J. Lewis Wyckoff (December 10, 1864 – March 19, 1931), was an American businessman, stationery manufacturer, golfer, and promoter of golf. Wyckoff was the junior partner of the White & Wyckoff Manufacturing Company, a patron and backer of golf course architect
Donald Ross,
and a civic activist in
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,238. Located north of Springfield ...
who was largely responsible for its 1909 annexation of the village of
Smith's Ferry from
Northampton, Massachusetts
The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571.
Northampton is known as an acade ...
.
He was also referred to as the "father of Mount Tom Golf Club", which today bears his name as the Wyckoff Country Club, as well as its adjacent neighborhood, known as Wyckoff Park.
In addition to serving as president of White & Wyckoff, he occupied a number of other business and civic positions by the time of his death.
This included as vice president of Cowan Truck Company, a director of the Hadley Falls Trust Company, trustee of Holyoke Savings Bank, an active 32nd degree freemason of the Mount Tom and William Whiting Lodges of Holyoke, member of the
Holland Society of New York
The Holland Society of New York was founded in New York City in 1885 to collect information respecting the settlement and history of New Netherland. Its main objective is to find and preserve documentation about the inhabitants' lives and times s ...
, and the
Alden Kindred of America.
References
External links
Wyckoff Country ClubWhite & Wyckoff Collection Holyoke Public Library
1864 births
1931 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
American manufacturing businesspeople
American people of Dutch descent
American stationers
Businesspeople from Massachusetts
Golfers from Massachusetts
People from Holyoke, Massachusetts
People from Northampton, Massachusetts
People from Perry, New York
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