Pictures of the blacksmith shop that was located at the south end of what is now the village green. It was owned by Augustine Holcomb (1818-1893). He is buried in Silver Street Cemetery with his wife, Alvira (Dickinson) Holcomb.
The Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System (MACRIS) allows you to search the Massachusetts Historical Commission database for information on historic properties and areas in the Commonwealth. The MACRIS database includes 174 Granville…
A small service station and store located next to the Granville Country Store and across from the Village Green that used to be operated by Max and Dorothy / Dot "Ma" Stacker. Ma Stacker and her husband Max moved to Granville in the early 1950's from…
The Jensen Farm, on Old Westfield Road. Now part of the reservoir watershed.
History (Not all Owners Known): Built circa 1800 > Bancroft (1855) > J.W. Tryon (1870) > J. Jensen > Darius and Marie (Hansen) Jensen, Harry E. Jensen (1941) > ??? >…
Photo 1: Winchester's grocery store, probably 1930's, with West Granville Congregational church in the background.
Photos 2 and 3: West Granville Store, March 1999 and January 1, 2009. Paul Jensen photos used here with permission.
This house was on the left (west) side of West Hartland Road. It was the next house after the Nelson/Aldrich farm heading south. Both houses are now gone and the land is now State Forest.
Former owners include George Atkins and Lester Sattler.…
348 Water Street, Asa Seymour House, 1785. MACRIS Inv. # GRN 101
This house was discussed on the Granville Community Forum, May 2018. The following information was crowd-sourced:
1. Asa Seymour was a Mayflower descendant.
2. At one time the house…
25 Granby Road, Granville, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1824/25 as the Baptist Church and originally located across the street where where the Federated Church is now.
In 1849 the building was sold to John Phelps for $105 and moved across the…