The Norfolk Country Club is a private country club at 50 Golf Drive in

Norfolk, Connecticut Norfolk () is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 census. The urban center of the town is the Norfolk census-designated place, with a population of 553 at the 2010 census. Norfolk is per ...

. Founded in the 1910s, it features a nine-hole

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A.W. Tillinghast Albert Warren "Tilly" Tillinghast (May 7, 1876 – May 19, 1942) was an American golf course architect. Tillinghast was one of the most prolific architects in the history of golf; he worked on more than 265 different courses. He was inducted into ...

, and a clubhouse designed by

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that is listed on the

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. Activities at the club include dining and social events, golf, and tennis.

Setting

The Norfolk Country Club is located southwest of the village center of Norfolk, a summer resort community in the northwestern hills of

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. The club is set on the west side of Golf Drive, on a roughly L-shaped parcel of . The clubhouse is located adjacent to Golf Drive, as are the tennis courts, with the golf course occupying most of its property. The course was designed by A.W. Tillinghast and went into service in 1928.

Clubhouse

The clubhouse is a U-shaped wood frame structure with Georgian Revival design. The open mouth of the U faces south toward the main parking area, and its western facade looks over the golf course, with a band of windows providing a view. Two brick chimneys rise near the bends in the U. Small gabled dormers adorn the roof faces on the inside of the U. The main entrance is in the center of the U, sheltered by a projecting gabled portico, which is supported by round columns and has a segmented arch at its center. The ends of the U legs have gabled ends with Palladian windows. The clubhouse was built in 1915-17 to a design by

, and a

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architect who summered in Norfolk, and is credited with more than thirty commissions in the community.

References

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Setting

Clubhouse

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