Louis Keller was an American publisher, social arbiter of high society, and golf club owner.
10 Facts About Louis Keller
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Louis Keller was the founder of Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey and the first publisher of the Social Register.
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Louis Keller was born on February 27,1857, in New York City.
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Louis Keller's French-born father, Charles M Keller, was a lawyer who drafted the Patent Act of 1836 and served the first Commissioner of Patents.
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Louis Keller's French-born mother, Heloise de Chazournes, came from an aristocratic Catholic family who was prominent in New York society.
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In 1916, Louis Keller purchased more land to expand the golf course.
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The Rahway Valley Railroad became one of the more successful short line railroads in the United States, operated by Mr Louis Keller's estate following his death in 1922, until it was sold to Delaware Otsego Corporation in 1986.
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Louis Keller was a member of the Calumet Club of New York City and the Metropolitan Club of Washington, DC, two social clubs.
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Louis Keller was a member of the Metropolitan Golf Association and the New Jersey State Golf Association.
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Louis Keller died of an intestinal ailment on February 16,1922, at the French Hospital in New York City.