an Englishman. The club hosted championships of the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 1901, 1903 and 1904. However, the clubhouse burned down on March 27, 1909. It was rebuilt that same year, to the design of architect Chester Kirk. In 1915, the club hosted the U.S. Open. In 1916, Keller purchased more land to expand the golf course. Two years later, in 1918, Keller hired A. W. Tillinghast to build a second golf course to complement the Old Course. However, Tillinghast recommended that the Old Course be plowed over, and he went on to design and build two new courses, which were called the Upper and the Lower. In order to provide better transportation to Baltusrol Golf Club, Keller became a partner in the New Orange Four Junction Railroad, which became the Rahway Valley Railroad in 1904. The railroad, based in New Orange, NJ (now Kenilworth), was extended to Summit, NJ in 1906, with a station a short walk from the golf club's main gate. The Rahway Valley Railroad became one of the more successful short line railroads in the United States, operated by Mr. Keller's estate following his death in 1922, until it was sold to Delaware Otsego Corporation in 1986. He was a member of the (now defunct) Calumet Club of New York City and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, D.C., two social clubs. He was also a member of the Metropolitan Golf Association and the New Jersey State Golf Association. Personal life He resided at 12 West 56th Street. In Who Killed Society?, Cleveland Amory said he was "uninterested in girls, had a curious looking drooping moustache, and spoke in a squeaky affected voice." Death He died of an intestinal ailment on February 16, 1922, at the French Hospital in New York City. He was 67 years old. At the time of his death, he was a resident of Springfield at the Baltusrol Golf Club. References 1857 births 1922 deaths People from Manhattan People from Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey American publishers (people) Golf administrators American socialites