That's 1928, and officially open for play, w/9 holes, in 1929. The remaining 9 holes were opened in 1932. Orrin Smith started out as a construction foreman for Willie Park Jr. at Shuttle Meadow, 1916, and he was associated with Donald Ross. He did start his own company in 1925, but his experience began 13 years prior to his building CC of Torrington.
There were, and still are, some of the most down to earth members at CCT. Torrington (six miles east) was a booming factory town in its heyday and on a golfing note the Union Hardware Co., makers of Union golf shafts, was located there. Union subsequently became AMF, FM Precision Golf, and one other 'name' that escapes me right now. Rifle shafts originated there and they were still being produced at the site until a few years ago when True Temper bought them out. I grew up right across the street from the factory and sadly witnessed TT's trucks rolling out of the gates one day when I went to visit my 86 year old aunt, who lived next door to us and still lives in the same house she grew up in.
Only a handful of fairway bunkers are scattered about CCT's 18 holes but the site is wide open to the wind. You can experience a 5 club gale in the middle of the summer and in the winter the town of Goshen (where the course is located) has the largest snowdrifts in the state, bar none. What it lacks in sand it makes up for in terrain, it's a roller coaster ride in places.
Although the course possesses a number of good holes, I think it stands out for the strength of its par 3s, in length and in how well they are protected by bunkering or severe tilt. The least physically protected of the bunch is the 17th, but in the wind it might be a 5 iron or a 3 wood, depending on the direction of the blow. Thankfully the player can run a ball onto the surface. None of the other par 3s allow this although a ball can be bounced onto the Redan-like 6th green from the right side, but only after a carry of some 175 yards or so.
There are only 4 greens where you can let your guard down a bit, numbers 1, 8, 10 and 14, but I honestly can't think of any that might be seen as a hog's back or that incorporate a false front (possibly number 4). Maybe we have a difference of what constitutes such features.
I think Ron Forse has given the club a master plan for some renovation work they want to do, but I don't think much has been done with it to date.