A new clubhouse will rise from the ashes at Wampanoag Country Club in West Hartford after the Town Plan and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a special use permit for the project this week.
Wampanoag Country Club Inc., which owns the private golf club at 60 Wampanoag Drive, sought the permit to build a new, approximately 39,000-square-foot clubhouse building with associated landscaping and site grading to replace the original facility that was destroyed after fires on consecutive days in April.
The cause of the fires has not yet been determined but town fire officials have said they were not intentionally set. No one was injured in either fire.
The original single-story clubhouse was located on the parcel’s southern boundary for nearly 70 years. Following the two fires, the building was demolished in August.
The new clubhouse will be two stories, “with a porte cochere (a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through), outdoor terraces and a walkout basement on two sides.”
The proposal also includes work associated with “stitching the proposed building footprint back into the site in its shifted location.” It notes that the total square footage of the new facility includes a covered outdoor terrace on the first floor, with an additional outdoor terrace proposed for the second floor.
Construction plans Include installing a 30-foot by 75-foot tent “to support club operations while the new building is being constructed.”
