Buried in Northeast Cemetery, Granville, Massachusetts.Winchell land was the first to be taken by eminent domain on April 1, 1898 when the construction of the original reservoirs began in Northeast Granville. The Winchell Reservoir was named for the…
William Henry Sanderson (1854-1940) was Granville's Superintendent of Schools (not to be confused with Henry W. Sanderson who was Superintendent of the Westfield Water Works and oversaw the taking of farmland in Granville for the Granville…
A "sort of genteel begging letter" from Wm. S. Pomeroy, owner of the store in Granville Center, to R.B. Cooley in 1902 seeking a contribution to the centennial celebration of the construction of the First Congregational Church, typically referred to…
From the Viola Elizabeth Bettinger (1899-1983) photo album. Viola Bettinger was a teacher at the old Granville Village School during the early 1920's. Her photo album was donated to the Granville Library Historical Room. All photos in the album have…
Wilhelmina Hansen Tryon donated many of the photos now on this site to the Granville Library Historical Room over many years, and was an active volunteer who helped to make Granville's one of the finer small town photo collections in…
Snowstorm of 29 Dec 1942, Hiers photo. Wilcox Hotel is on the right. Old Universalist Church (gone) steeple in the background. Granville Country Store is just out of sight on the left. Gas sign is visible. View is looking northwest toward Main Road.
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.…
Volume 1, Numbers 1-10, 1935, of a 2-page newsletter. Numbers 1 and 2 are titles the West Granville Parish News. As the result of a contest to name the newsletter it was re-named The Hill-Top-Ics of West Granville." The contest prize was a free…