The Brackenridge Heights Golf Course remains on the market after several years.

If owner Ted Tomson has his way, the 83-acre property in Harrison will remain mostly green.

“I’d like to see it stay a golf course,” said Tomson, owner of a scrap metal yard in Brackenridge and Harrison, and Lernerville Speedway in Buffalo Township.

“It’s beautiful. I’d like the restaurant and wedding venue to reopen, but we’ve got too much other stuff going on.”

Tomson dismissed rumors that he’d been approached by Allegheny County to purchase the property, which sits off of Lane Avenue in the township’s Natrona Heights neighborhood.

The nine-hole golf course, its clubhouse and restaurant are listed on Loopnet.com for $2.5 million. It is assessed at about $875,000 and zoned C-1. That allows for uses such as country clubs, public parks and playgrounds, agriculture, forestry, nurseries, greenhouses and cemeteries.

Originally established as the Brackenridge Heights Country Club, the property near Route 28 at Burtner Road dates back more than 100 years. It was founded in 1913 when a temporary five-hole course was leased from the Henry Brackenridge estate.

The facility ceased operations as a private club at the end of 2010. It was foreclosed on and sold to the Tomson family in 2011 for $970,000.

Shortly after, they opened an upscale restaurant, Tables on the Green, and deemed the long-private nine-hole golf course open to the public.

All amenities are closed but the family still maintains the grounds.

Abigail Gardner, Allegheny County spokeswoman, said she was unaware of any consideration by the county to purchase the property.

It’s not the first time the Tomson’s have quashed rumors of a pending purchase. In 2023, Ted’s son, Rubus, said the rumor mill was ramping up about the property being converted for low-income housing. He said that wasn’t an option.

There was a legitimate proposal on the table in 2019 for a holistic wellness and recovery center, but township zoning stood in the way.

Developers pitched an idea that would have included a bed-and-breakfast, restaurant, an office building and programs for veterans, but township ordinances didn’t support the plan.

Tomson, a veteran, said he would’ve liked to see services for military service men and women. A successful recreation spot would also get his vote, Tomson said.

“What might be neat is if the data center fails in Springdale, maybe they’d consider putting it up here,” he said.

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