The club, which is located outside of East Canton, Ohio, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

[5] The club is named "Clearview" because Bill Powell, the designer and first owner, wanted a place that "would represent his 'clear view' of what the game should be about: access for all.

[7] The Clearview Golf Club was designed by Bill Powell and was begun in East Canton, Ohio in 1946.

[3] As an African American, Powell had faced prejudice when attempting to join other golf clubs in the United States, so he chose to build his own.

[2] Powell obtained financial support for his effort to build the golf club from two black physicians and from his brother who took out a second mortgage.

[6][9] His young daughter, Renee Powell, began playing golf on the course shortly after it first opened at the age of 3.

[12] A member of the Ku Klux Klan golfed his course, but Powell only told his daughter, Renee, about the incident.

[6] Like her father and her brother, Larry, Renee didn't draw a salary for working at the club.

[19] In 2007, civil engineering students from the University of Akron provided drawings and designs to help renovate the golf course.