Meadow Brook Golf Club Clubhouse In Reading Destroyed By Fire For Second Time In Nearly A Year

READING (CBS) – For the second time in nearly a year, a fire has destroyed the clubhouse at the Meadow Brook Golf Club in Reading.

Flames broke out around 5 a.m. Tuesday at the clubhouse on Grove Street. There were no sprinklers installed yet because it was under construction after the original 75-year-old building was destroyed in a fire on April 17, 2020.

The new clubhouse was set to reopen in June, but is instead a total loss for the second time in just over a year.

"Someone said lightning never strikes twice. I think we've all learned in the last 13 months lightning can strike many times over. Nothing has surprised me," said Kate Coppins, a Board of Governors member at Meadow Brook.

"We're fortunate it's member-owned club. It's not a private-owned club. It's a thriving membership. This club has been around since 1898. So it's been a part of the North Shore community, the greater Reading area. We'll persevere. Right now it hurts. We'll rebuild, we'll come back."

There's no word yet on what caused the fire or where it started.