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Ut'llted States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
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Registration Form
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Thla torm la tor ule In nominating or requeatlng determlnatlonl of eligibility tor Indlvldull propertlel or dlltrlotl. S•• Inltruotlonl In Guldelln..
tor Comp/etlnp Netlonel Rep/ater Forma (National Reglater Bulletin 18). Complete elch Item by mlrklng "X" In the Ipproprllte box or by entering
the requeated Information. It In Item doea not Ipply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "notlppllclble." For functlonl, etylel, miterllll,
and Ire.a ot Ilgnllle.nee, enter only the cltegorl .. and lubcltegorl.. lilted In the Inltructlonl. For Iddltlonal eplce UII contlnultlon eh..tl
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Name of prop.rt~
GranVl Ie Vl II age Hl sto'rl c 01 strl ct
historic name
other names/slte number
2, Location
Ie and water streets
Maln and Granb
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Ownership of Property
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buildings
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objects
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4 State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this
request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties In the
National Register of HistoriCcffiaces and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth In 36 CFR Part 60.
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5. National Park Service Certification
I, hereby, certify that this property is:
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determined eligible for the National
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�s:-Function or Use
Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Current Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Domestic/Single dwelling; secondary structure
Commerce/Specialty Store
Soci al/Grange
Education/Library
Domestic/Single dwelling; secondary structure
Commercial/Specialty Store
Education/Library
Recreation/Marker
1. Description
Architectural Classification
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Materials (enter categories from instructions)
No Styl e
Colonial/Georgian
Early Republic/Federal
Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival
Late Victorian/Queen Anne; Romanesque;
Ita 1; anate
foundation Stone;
walls Cl apboards;
gr an He; bri ck
bri ck
roof Asphalt; slate
other Cast iron; gran; te
Describe present and historic physical appearance.
Granville Village represents the easternmost of three village settlements in
the town of Granville, Massachusetts. Granville is located in the
southwestern portion of the state, bordered by Southwick to the east,
Westfield to the north, Tolland, Massachusetts, to the west and Granby,
Connecticut to the south. A series of intervales and rugged hillsides
characterize this eastern Berkshire highland community. Expansive apple
orchards and four reservoirs lie in the hills above Granville's three villages.
Granville Village, also known as East Granville or Jockey Corners, stretches a
half mile along the secondary east to west corridor, l"1assachusetts Route 57,
also known as Maple Street and r~ain Road. A spectacular row of aging maple
trees lining both sides of Main Road creates a placid atmosphere as the road
passes through the village. Granby Road and Water Street intersect the south
side of Main Road, within the district. A triangular plot of land formed by
the crossing of Granby Road, Maple Street, and a connecting road provides the
village with a common. The village boundaries include the rugged Granville
Gorge to the east, the Town of Granby, Connecticut to the south, Granville
Center to the west, and Cobble Mountain Reservoir area to the north.
Dickinson Brook runs through the village, providing a source of power for the
village's industry.
The village is predominantly residential in character with nineteenth century
wood-frame houses. Clapboard Siding, brick chimneys, stone or brick
foundations and double hung windows are common elements in village
architecture. Ornamentation of these structures is modest, including
pedimented gables, simple window and door surrounds and turned posts and
balustrades. The few intrusions to Granville Village are either nineteenth
century dwellings within the district which have been significantly altered,
or homes which have been constructed on the ends of the district after 1950.
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Section number
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Granville Village Historic District,
Granville, Massachusetts
6. Historic Function
Current Functions
Religion/Religious Structure;
Church-related residence
Recreation/marker
Agriculture/Agricultural outbuilding
Industry/Manufacturing facility
Landscape/Street furniture-object
Religion/Religious Structure;
Church-related residence
Industry/Manufacturing
Industry/Manufacturing facility;
Communications facility
Landscape/Street furniture-object
7. Archi tecture
Late 19th Century Revival/Colonial Revival
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Granville, Massachusetts
Outbuildings, barns and garages are generally of the same period as the
. associ ated resi dence, except where otherwi se noted. Street addresses are
based on fire numbers where posted, as Granville has not yet adopted a house
numbering system.
A. Pre-Industrial Period (before 1830)
Before the beginning of the Early Industrial Period-(1830), Granville Village
was a small crossroads with a few residences, a tavern, a blacksmith shop and
a meetinghouse. The structures remaining from the early nineteenth century
are wood-frame and exhibit characteristics common to this period including
side-gable orientation and symmetrical fenestration. The Baptist
meetinghouse, erected in 1821 on the site of the current Federated Church, was
moved across Granby Road and si gnificantly alJered to become a
non-contributing residence. The descriptions of these early nineteenth
century dwellings follow:
The Reverend George D. Felton House (Inv #63), 108 Main Road, is a Georgian,
two-story, three-bay, side-gabled, center-hall plan house built in 1804 with a
second-story facade overhang and third story gable overhang. The center entry
features fluted pilasters supporting a broken pediment and transom light.
Major alterations have been made to this house in the twentieth century,
including a two-story addition, and a two-car garage with cupola.
The A. Clark House, (Inv #61), Main Road, ca. 1810, is a wood-frame,
two-story, five-bay, side-gabled Federal residence with a center-hall plan.
The entryway features an entablature with a triglyph motif and a shed-roofed
porch with turned posts along the south side of the house. A series of
fieldstones, with granite hitching posts at the front corners, outline the
remnants of an earlier front porch. Asphalt shingles may obscure original
architectural details. The hay barn to the west of the house features transom
lights in the paneled door and horizontal siding. A twentieth century
addition has altered that structure.
Built in 1820, the J. Phelps House (Inv #78), Maple Street, was moved to its
present location from the site of the Granville Publlc Library (#75). It is a
two-story, side-gabled Federal dwelling with a central chimney. The unusual
fenestration pattern, windows grouped by two and three, suggests facade
alterations. Details include simple window and door surrounds, mUlti-pane
windows in the second floor and four-pane windows on the first floor. A
two-bay extension to the main block matches the structure1s massing, yet
contains no windows. The foundation of both the main block and the extension
is dressed stone. A small, one-story shed and a one-story, side-gabled
storage barn with side entryway and front sliding door are located to the
south of the house.
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Granville Village Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
B. Early Industrial Period (1830-1870)
. Industry, most notably the manufacturi ng of drums, spurred the mi d-ni neteenth
century development of Granvill~ Village. The Noble and Cooley Drum Company
(Inv #102) Water Street, founded in 1854, and two smaller drum factories,
employed a majority of the village's residents. Residences constructed at
this time were generally modest wood-frame buildings, with little
architectural detail. Of the nine residences remaining from this period, four
are Greek Revival and five are small, front-gabled, workers' houses. Common
characteristics of the buildings include gable-front-and-wing plan, pilastered
door surrounds and shed-roofed porches with turned spindles. Seven are
located along the western section of Route 57 (Main Road) in the village. The
Granville Grange (#76) and Baptist Parsonage (#77) are the remaining civic and
religious structures erected during this period ..
The L. T. Spelman House (Inv #71), 97 Maple Street, is an 1831 clapboard,
front-gabled, 1 1/2 story residence with simple door and window surrounds.
scale and proportions it is similar to the R. Barlow House (Inv #73).
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The R. Barlow House (Inv #73), 96b Maple Street, is a front-gabled Greek
Revival sidehall plan, built ln 1837. Like the L.T. Spelman House (#71),
architectural details include corner boards, frieze boards and a fixed, 8-pane
gable window with vertical leading. The nineteenth century, wood-frame, hay
barn to the east, with vertical flush-boarding features a loft window in the
west gable.
A modest residence, the Rufus Barlow House (Inv #68), Main Road, was built in
1840. The center-hall plan house is side-gabled with a three-bay facade.
Because it has been built into a steeply graded site, it is two-stories in the:
front and three in the rear. Obscured by large coniferous trees is a
one-story, side-gabled wing to the north of the main section. The full
length, shed-roofed porch contains p centered pediment, turned posts and a
spindle valance and railing. A bay window, on the west facade, may be a later
alteration. The Barlow house has an elaborate grouping of four,
mid-nineteenth century outbuildings. A side-gabled livestock barn that
features a series of small wi ndows on the south elevation, a small
front-gabled barn with horizontal siding and sliding doors, a larger
front-gabled barn with sliding doors, and another with a hinged entry on the
facade complete the complex. A well with a twentieth century wooden cover, is
west of the house.
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Another Barlow House (Inv #74), 94 Maple Street, ca. 1840, is a front-gabled
Greek Revival dwelling. The main block features three-bays and a four-bay
. wing block. Door and window surrounds throughout the structure are
unembellished. Later additions-include a one-story polygonal bay and a full
width facade porch with squared posts, curvilinear brackets, lattice spindle
valance and turned baluster. Attached outbuildings include a carriage barn
with arched entries, a loft window and a gable window. The property also
contains a blacksmith shop, which has been altered into workshop and storage.
The Baptist Parsonage (Inv #77), 6 Granby Road, is a Greek Revival structure,
built in 1850 to house a private secondary school. This front-gabled,
two-story building features simple door and window surrounds typical of
Granville residences of this period. A shed-roofed porch, supported by
squared posts is tucked into the "L" formed by ~he main block and side wing.
The George King House (Inv #66), 104 Main Raod, ca. 1860, is another modest
Greek Revival, front-gabled, sideha11 plan residence. A wing with a hip roof
contains the main entry. Architectural details include 1/2 length sidelights,
and modest, engaged Doric columns on the wing doorway. Synthetic siding may
obscure original details. An adjacent one-story, front-gabled hay barn, ca.
1860, features a sliding door and a window with shutters in the gable. A
wooden hewn lamp post, with a cast iron light fixture, is located to the west
of the house, towards the street.
The Simon Henry House (Inv #64), 106 Main Road, is a vernacular 11/2 story
Greek Revival sideha1l plan residence, ca. 1860, with a three-bay,
front-gabled facade and a one story side-gable wing. A brick chimney is
centered in this wing section. The simple door surround with low pitched
cornice, and wide eave roof are typical mid-nineteenth century vernacular
elements. A one-story agricultural barn with a hay loft door over the former
sliding main door is north of the house.
,
Built in 1860, the J. M. Gibbons House (Inv #79), 86 Maple Street, is one of
two examples of Ita1ianate architecture present in Granville. It is a
side-gabled, three-bay, two-story house with a secondary facade gable. The
two-story wing,which extends off the rear of the house may be the original
section of the house. The centered doorway features pilasters supporting a
lintel and triangular pediment. Additional details include paired windows, a
second floor full-length arched window and a smaller arched window in the
facade gable. The east side of the house features a two-story porch. While
squared posts support both stories, details of the two stories suggest that
the porches were built at different times. The first floor porch has no
brackets and a geometric patterned balustrade. Both porches may have extended
across the facade at an earlier period.
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Granville, Massachusetts
The Noble and Cooley Drum Company (Inv #102) Water Street, constructed in
1870, is the site of the oldest contlnuous drum manufacturer in Granville. . There are three main industrial buildings in the factory complex and several
smaller storage buildings, all wood-frame construction. The largest building
is a seven-bay, side-gabled vernacular building with a secondary gable
centered on the facade. The six over six mUlti-pane sash windows feature
simple surrounds with cornices. The entry to this structure is located in the
fifth bay and is covered by a trussed, steeply pitched hood supported by
scrolled brackets. A weathervane and an oversized drum are prominent
decorative elements mounted on the roof. The second building features the
same number of stories and similar gable, but is six-bay. The entry, in the
fifth bay, has a shed roof supported by scrolled brackets. The mUlti-pane
sash windows are paired. The third structure is also six-bay, with a
two-story entry in the sixth bay. A group of storage buildings are integrated
into the drum factory complex. A twentieth century garage, a side-gabled
agricultural barn and a two section, side-gabled utility shed with transom
lights are among those buildings. A pond, located to the west of the barn,
marks the entrance to the factory complex.
C. Late Industrial Period (1870-1915)
The Civil War created a huge demand for drums, and caused Granville Village to
reach its peak of prosperity. Merchants opened businesses in the village and
built homes which reflected this economic boom. They include seven residences
constructed along the eastern portion of Route 57, (Maple Street) and one at
the western end of the district on Route 57 (Main Road). The residences
exhibit an arrary of Italianate, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival details.
The stately Romanesque Revival Granville Public Library (Inv #75) is the only /
Late Industrial Period civic building in the distrlct. The individual
structures are:
The F.M. Clark House (Inv #65), 103' Main Road, ca. 1870, is a front-gabled,
wood-frame, sldehall plan dwelling wlth an altered entry placement. A
secondary gable on the north elevation contains paired windows. It is one of
a group of five residences clustered on this section of the main road.
Outbuildings include a twentieth century garage and a small shed, ca. 1870.
The W. Moore House (Inv #69),
houses in the eastern portion
two-story, front-gabled house
porch features a hipped roof.
with shed roof had been added
the rear of the house.
98 Maple Street, 1875, is one of four Queen Anne
of Granville Village along Route 57. It is a
with ornamental gable shingles. The full facade
In the twentieth century, a one-story garage,
off the rear. A small, screened cottage is to
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The Goddard House (Inv #67), Main Road, 1880, is a front-gabled, one and
one-half story residence with decorative gable shingles and a six pane gable
. window. A twentieth century garage, to the south of the house features a
large hinged central door which-replaced the original sliding door (track is
sti 11 present).
The Miles J. Rose House (Inv #83), 80 Maple Street, 1880, is a cross-gabled,
two-story, Italianate residence. The entryway pilasters support a heavy
cornice and paired brackets. A polygonal bay on the facade also features
paired brackets. A one-story porch with turned posts and decorative brackets
is nestled into the "L" fonned by the cross-gabled blocks. Each of the gables
contains an oculus with segmented leading. A nineteenth century, side-gabled
barn to the northwest of the house features wide eaves, exposed rafters, a
sliding door and hinged loft doors.
Built in 1888, the George L. Oysler House (Inv #82), 81 Maple Street, is a
front-gabled Queen Anne dwelling. Wide board banding, above and belOW the
windows, is set off by clapboard siding and scalloped shingles in the gable.
The gable window is rectangular with multiple panes.
A shed-roofed porch,
supported by turned posts and curvilinear brackets, is tucked into the "L"
formed by the main and wing blocks. A wood-frame barn is behind the site of
the old blacksmith shop (no longer extant). It is a side-gabled structure
with clapboard siding. Evidence of a sliding door remains as the track is
still in place, and a hinged hayloft door is centered above this main door.
The Ben Gibbon House (Inv #80), 84 Maple Street, ca. 1890, is a two-story,
three-bay, hip-roofed Colonial Revival dwelling. The facade features two
hip-roofed dormers and an elaborate system of porches. The first floor
hip-roofed porch, with heavy, squared piers extends across the full facade. ,
The second floor sleeping porch is shingled and pedimented, and occupies only'
the center bay. A small shed, built in the twentieth century, to the
northwest of the house, is the on1Y,outbui1ding.
The Fred Gibbons House (Inv #81), 82 Maple Street, 1890, is the most complex
example of Queen Anne style in Granville. A two-bay, two-story pavilion
projects from the three-bay facade. An enclosed porch wraps around the west
side of the house. A second-story doorway leads out onto the porch roof which
has been edged with a turned post and spindle balustrade. The house is
clapboard sided with scalloped shingles in all the gables. Gables also
feature a variety of windows with simple surrounds; rectangular, mUlti-pane
and palladian. A twentieth century garage on the northwest of the house is
the only outbuilding.
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The Granville Grange (Inv #76), 4 Granby Road, 1890, is a large, Greek
Revival, center-hall wood-frame building. Towering hemlock trees obscure this
building which has been used successively for several different community
functions. It is a two-story, front-gabled structure with a center entrance.
A shed-roofed, one-story porch with turned posts and decorative brackets,
extends the full length of the facade. An exterior fire escape leads to a
second floor door.
A small, front-gable shed ca. 1890, with a center entryway beneath the hayloft
door has, until recen~ars, been used as a garage for the Baptist
parsonage. A cast iron railing, alongside stone steps, leads from the street
to the house.
The Charles Thompson House (Inv #62), 110 Main Road, ca. 1900 is a
center-hall, two-story, hip-roofed Colonial Revlval residence. The facade
features a two-story portico supported by four, squared columns. Red brick
was used to build the foundation and chimney. To the east of the house is a
barn, with a variety of exterior siding including shingles and flush vertical
siding. The large central door features transom lights and side-gabled
section contains a large, arched doorway and centered hayloft door.
The Romanesque Revival Granville Public Library (Inv #75), Maple Street, 1901,
is an excellent example of the style commonly used tnroughout Massachusetts
for civic buildings at the turn of the century. Its one-story, hipped-roof
design features a tripartite, arched entry, recessed below a gabled wall
dormer. The yellow brick facade with red brick banding includes finished
masonry trim around the entry arches, sills, lintels and door surrounds;
foliate capitals on the columns at the main entryway; monochrome slate roof,
and field stone foundation. A conical turret with a brass finial covers the
northwest section of the building. The turret contains a stained glass
transom window.
Local tradition indicates that a structure stood on the site of the M. Spelman
House (Inv #72), Maple Street, 1900, as early as 1763. The present building
is a side-gabled, two-story, three-bay, residence which features simple door
and window surrounds on the asymmetrical facade. A shed-roofed porch with
decorati ve tdm and the fri eze over the doorway are 1ater additions. The
side-gabled barn, ca. 1900, features two small, 4-pane windows which allow
light into the first floor gabled end.
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The Dr. Clifford A. White House (Inv #84), 79 Maple Street, ca. 1900, is a
side-gabled, five-bay, Queen Anne style dwelling with a secondary facade
gable. It is one of the few eXamples of multi-family residences in
Granville. A shed-roofed porch-shelters double entryways with a centered
pediment, turned posts, curvilinear brackets and spindle balustrade. A
single-story wing with entryway extends off the side elevation. The stone
foundation of this section suggests the house and wing were not built
simultaneously. A barn with side gables, sliding doors and two hayloft
windows is located to the south of the house. There is a fieldstone-lined
well to the southwest of the house.
E. Early Modern Period (1915-1940)
The most contemporary contribution to the Granville Village Historic District
is the J.M. Gibbons Store (Inv #70). Erected on the site of two previous
stores, each destroyed by fire, the 1934 structure exemplifies Granville's
early efforts to retain its historical aesthetic. Colonial Revival elements
prevail in the design, rather that other contemporary 1930's architecture.
The store is described below:
The J.r~. Gibbons Store (Inv #70), Granby Road, is a Colonial Revival
structure, built in 1934 to replace the original 1851 store. Local tradition
may have dictated the Colonial Revival style replacement. This is a
clapboard, single-story, front-gable building with a rear second-story. The
facade features a cornice and pedimentect gable containing a 1/2 circle window
with simple surround and keystone. Large, six-pane leaded windows topped by a
triple line of leaded transom windows provide interior light and product
display space. A series of small windows on the side elevations provide light
to the rear of the store.
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A granite hitching post stands at the far west end of the parking lot. A
barn, obscured by lilacs and other tall shrubs, stands behind the store.
Granville Village remains a typical late nineteenth century industrial village
with an extant mix of civic, religious and commercial buildings. The range of
residential buildings includes modest, Greek Revival houses; large scale
residences with Italianate and Queen Anne architectural details and a few
early nineteenth century, side-gabled farmhouses. Outside of the district,
settlement is sparse with open fields to the south, steep hills to the north
and west and contemporary infill to the east.
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Archaeological Description
-While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded in the district, or in the
general area (within one mile), -it is possible that sites are present. The
physical characteristics of the district, well drained soils on level terraces
in close proximity to Dickinson Brook and Cobble Mountain Reservoir, both part
of the Farmington River Drainage, indicate favorable locational criteria for
native settlement and subsistence activities. These criteria combined with
the size of the district (+ 59 acres), nineteenth century historic period
development and known regional site densities indicate a moderate potential
for the recovery of significant prehistoric resources.
There is a high potential for locating significant historic archaeological
remains within the district. Controlled testing, and excavation can determine
the location and function of potential Colonial Period structures within the
district, none of which survive today. Local tradition mentions at least one
house which stood on the site of the Spelman House on Maple Street as early as
1763. Archaeological research can be used to effectively test that local
tradition. During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
settlement and manufacturing/industry increased, however, prior to 1830,
Granville Village remained a small crossroads with a few residences a tavern,
a blacksmith shop and meetinghouse. Most contributing civic, religions and
residential structures from this period still exist although structural
features may survive from at least one late eighteenth century building which
is no longer extant. The ca. 1797 Wilcox Tavern or Hotel located opposite the
present general store burned and was demolished by ca. 1920. Early nineteenth
century structural remains also likely survive including those of the 1821
Baptist Meetinghouse at the site of the present Federated Church.
Occupational related features (trash pits, privies, and wells) and
outbuildings (barns, sheds) likely survive from several of the eighteenth and
nineteenth century structures still extant or demolished in the district.
>
Historic period development flourished during the mid to late nineteenth
century with industrial expansion in the village. Most of this expansion
occurred with development of the Noble and Cooley Drum Company. By ca. 1857
the Noble and Cooley Drum Company moved from Granville Center to facilities
south of the village green on the east side of Granby Road. Structural
remains and trash deposits may survive at this location when the mills burned
in 1899. Noble and Cooley was reestablished on Water Street shortly after the
fire at the site of an earlier and smaller drum company. The company still
exists there today, probably with surviving trash deposits associated with
nineteenth and twentieth century drum manufacture. Additional nineteenth
century historic archaeological survivals in the village likely include
structural remains of the Universalist Meetinghouse at the site of New England
Telephone on Main Road, the remains of two or three stores at the Gibbons
Store site on Granby Road, and the site of a horse track east of the village
on the site of the present school.
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�8.
statement of Significance
Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties:
nationally
statewide
[XJ locally
o
0
Applicable National Register Criteria
[ZJ A
0
Criteria Considerations (Exceptions)
[XI A
[]] B
B
[XI COD
0
Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions)
Architecture
Community Planning and Development
Industry
COD
0
E
0
FOG
Period of Significance
Significant Dates
1810-1940
N/A
Cultural Affiliation
N/A
Significant Person
N/A
Architect/Builder
N/A
State Significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above.
Granville Village fulfills National Register Criterion A as an example of a
nineteenth century industrial village, dominated by a single employer, the
Noble and Cooley Drum Factory. It meets Criterion C through its many extant
Greek Revival and Victorian structures, which relate to the drum factory and
the development of that industry. It also meet National Register Exceptions A
and B.
The village's civic, commercial and residential structures reflect the
population of laborers and merchants. Its social and religious history tells
the story of an industrially based population, competing for resources and
status with the town's older, more established hamlets of Granville Center and
West Granville. Not until the mid-nineteenth century did manufacturing pave
the way for commerce to thrive in the village.
The town was first settled in 1734, and the economy at that time was based
primarily on agriculture. The population of Granville (which included the
present town of Tolland) in 1754, was 75 families, many of whom arrived in
Granville from Springfield and Hingham, Massachusetts and Durham and New
Haven, Connecticut. These earliest settlers pastured their animals on the
uplands, raised hay and, by 1775, supported at least two complexes of grist,
saw and fulling mills. During the next thirty years, settlement remained
focussed west of the present Village although a tavern and some local
manufacturing developed in East Granville (Granville Village). Dodd Wilcox
was the innkeeper of the tavern ca. 1792, which was located opposite the
present Country Store (Inv #70). His son, Colombus, continued to operate the
inn in the nineteenth century but was equally well-known for racing his horses
on the local track, east of the village (on the site of the present school).
Colombus ' daughter owned and operated the "hotel" as a boarding house, into
the early twentieth century when two schoolteachers and two drum factory
office workers boarded at Wilcox Hotel. The building was demolished ca. 1920
and the vacant land used as a village common.
(conti nued)
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National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Granville Village
Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
Section number ____
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The 1790 formation of the First Baptist Church in Granville Village (now an
.altered, non-contributing structure) in the village was an important religious
development. The founders of this church had been members of the First
Congregational Church in Granville Center. Ruled by the principles of Puritan
Christianity of the formidable Reverend Dr. Timothy Cooley, the Congregational
church began to add to its membership. Twenty-five men and women organized a
new pari sh in the vill age under Bapti st doctri ne. Consi derect outcasts by the
traditionalists in Granville Center, this parish offered sanctuary to those
who had been persecuted, offended and rejected by the Congregational minister.
There are few examples of extant architecture from this period. The Georgian
residence of Reverend George D. Felton, 1804 (Inv #63) and the Federal
dwellings of A. Clark, built in ca. 1810 (Inv #61) and J. Phelps, ca. 1820,
(Inv #78), are modest homes with few architec~ural details.
Granville Village harbors a tradition of strong values in the area of
. education. The Academy at Granville Village, 1850 (Inv #77) is unusual
because it was not established in conjunction with a parish of any sort. It
was founded and financed by a few private individuals; free-thinkers who were
advocates of education at the high school level.
These "free-thinkers" pooled their resources, purchased a $500 plot of land
owned by the vil1age ' s blacksmith and, in 1850, erected the structure which
stands today. The school was co-educational, and operated for 21 years. In
1873 the academy building was sold to the Baptist Church and became a
parsonage.
For 150 years, the major industry in Granville Village has been the
manufacturing of drums. The other areas of significance for the village have:
through the years, been greatly influenced by the presence of this industry.
In 1854, Silas Noble, a carpenter and tinker, living on Granville Hill, began
creating sample drums in his house. He became so involved in the process that
he enlisted the help of his lifelong friend, James P. Cooley, a Granvil"ie
lawyer. The partners joined resources and the Noble and Cooley Drum Company
was formed. Within three years, they had outgrown their original space and
located new facilities south of the village green, on the east side of Granby
Road. In 1899' these buildings burned, and the company reestablished itself
along Dickinson Brook on Water Street. Three of the buildings which Noble and
Cooley purchased from Gibbons and Henry at that time (a small drum firm which
functioned on the site ca. 1873-1899) exist today (Inv #102) and have been in
continuous use. As detailed below, this industry has had a profound impact on
the physical development and social fabric of Granville Village.
>
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National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Granville Village
Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
Section number ____
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When the drum factory expanded in Granville Village, many new houses were
constructed. Modest, front-gabled Greek Revival residences were built along
. the Main Road to house drum factory workers and their families. This
community of laborers erected utilitarian civic and religious buildings; the
Baptist parsonage, built in 1850 (Inv #77), and the Grange, built in 1890 (Inv
#76) are the two extant examples. The success of the drum industry brought a
prosperity to Granville Village that lingered on from the 1850s through the
Great Depression. The several late nineteenth century dwellings along Maple
Street, were erected and owned primarily by the Gibbons', a family of
merchants who also owned the general store.
The most notable commercial establishment in Granville Village was the village
store. While a general store was present in the village from the 1840s, J. M.
Gibbons was the longest successive merchant. The present store is the third
structure built by the Gibbons family; the other two were destroyed by fire.
When Gibbons erected his second store in 1884, it was the largest building in
Granville Village, apart from the churches and the drum factory. A two-story,
L-plan building, it contained the post office, a dance hall and living space
for one family. It provided temporary housing for families on an emergency
basis, and it was an intermediary site for the Academy. The store continued
to be run by the Gibbons family until 1944. They began the tradition of
selling aged cheese in 1934, when between 7,000 and 8,000 pounds were sold
through the mail and they are noted for their cheese to the present day.
The most architecturally complex civic structure extant in Granville village,
is the Granville Public Library, constructed in 1901 (Inv #75) which best
exemplifies this social and economic tension. Funds to construct the library
were raised by the Granville Women's Club, and matched by a local attorney.
The women's club was an exclusive group, which selected its own membersi
Women of immigrant backgrounds or connections were not encouraged to join.
When the club selected the village site for the new building, citizens from
Granville Center protested. They felt it threatened their position as the
cultural and social center of the community. To reinforce its disapproval,
Granville Center opened its own library soon after the new public library was
completed.
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While Granville Village appears to have retained its late nineteenth century
atmosphere with the addition of relatively few contemporary buildings, it did
-experience change after the time of the Second World War. Some of its
nineteenth century structures, i-ncluding the Universalist meetinghouse (at the
site of the current New England Telephone Company) were demolished, and the
large Wilcox Hotel on the site of the present village green, burned in the
early twentieth century. Granville did not have a Common until the twentieth
century, when demolition and fire cleared the triangle of land enclosed by the
church, the library and the general store. With improved forms of
transportation and better roads Granville residents more easily sought jobs in
nearby urban areas. Social activity in Granville Village, as a result,
diminished.
The Noble and Cooley Drum Company1s 150 year presence in Granville Village
today, is the principal factor in maintaining-Granville Village1s position as
the social and religious center of the town of Granville. The Federated
Church of Chri st Congregational, Granville Vill age School, Granville Publ ic
Library and the J.M. Gibbons Store are all located in Granville Village.
Granvillels architecture, social history and religious history contribute to
the understanding of the structure of this nineteenth century industrial
community. The presence of its sole industry, and the peripheral commercial
establishments, typify similar nineteenth century industrial hamlets.
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National Part< Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Granville Village
Section number _8 _
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Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
Archaeological Significance
" Since patterns of prehistoric occupation are poorly understood, any surviving
sites would be significant. Sites in this area can be important by providing
data on upland interior sites in general and how they were influenced by
" 1arger regi onal settl ement/subsi stence trend. Specifica 11y, si tes in thi s
area may contribute data which indicates socio-economic similarities with
cultural groups to the west in New York and the Hudson River drainage, the
south in Connecticut along the Farmington River Drainage, or the east in the
Connecticut River Valley.
Historic archaeological remains described above have the potential for
providing detailed information on the social, cultural and economic patterns
that characterized a small rural community which expanded from it's eighteenth
century agricultural beginnings to a thriving" nineteenth century industrial
village. Archaeological survivals can help document the districts eighteenth
century settlement for which few examples remain as well as further document
the district's nineteenth century industrial growth for which most
contributary elements survive. Occupational related features can be important
by providing information on the lives of workers and inhabitants in the
district and the technology that developed around the manufacture of drums.
Granville Village may contain important industrial/commercial survivals since
only one industry, drum manufacture, and one manufacturer, the Noble and
Cooley Company characterized commercial growth. Historic archaeological
remains are also important because most residential, commercial and religions
structures characteristic of the towns fluorescence still remain with limited
intrusions. This factor may indicate the intact survival of occupational
rel ated features associ ated wi th those structures and structural remai ns of
buildings no longer extant.
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�9. Major Blbllographlcal Reterenee.
[i) See continuation sheet
Previous documentation on tile (NPS):
preliminary determination 01 Individual listing (36 CPR 67)
has been requested
previously listed In the National Register
previously determined eligible by the National Register
designated a National Historic L.andmark
recorded by Historic American Buildings
SuNey* ______________________________
o
o
o
o
o
o Record by Historic American Engineering
recorded
Primary location 01 additional data:
r!l State historic preeeNatlon office
o Other State agency
o Federal agency
o L.ocal government
o Other
o University
Sp'ecllv repository:
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MassaChusetts Hlstorical Commission
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10. Geographical Data
Acreage of property approxi mate) V 59 acres
UTM References
A ~ 1617161318101
Zone
Easting
C l.LLaJ 1617161915101
14161519121010/
Northing
141615191311101
B
lJ..JlJ
Zone
o lLL8J
1617,61810101
Eastlng
1617171] 14101
141615191212101
Northing
14,615191313101
[Xl See continuation sheet
Verbal Boundary Description
[]) See continuation sheet
Boundary Justification
[i) See continuation sheet
11. Form Prepared By
nameltltle
Lynda Faye, P]anner with Betsy Friedberg, NR Director
organization Massachusetts Historical Commission
date Fa 11 1989
street & number 80 Boyl ston Street
telephone 617 -727 -8470
stateMassachusetts
zip code02]] 6
city or town
Boston
* U.S.GPO: 1988·0·223·918
�Untted Stat- Department of tne lnterior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Section number _9_ _
Page .....:.__
Granville Village Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
Beers,'F.W., Atlas of Hampden County, MA., New York. 1870.
'Duris, Helena et al., "ZOOth Anmversary Celebration Pamphlet." Granville, MA. 1954.
Everts, Louis H., History of the- Connecticut Valley in ~1assachusetts. Phila. 1879.
pp. 1082-8.
"Granville Historic Resource Survey". Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. 1987.
Personal Interviews:
Mrs. Leona Clifford, Southwick, MA. June, 1989.
Mrs. Wilhelimina Tyron. Granville, MA. June, 1989.
Richards. Atlas Survey, Hampden County, MA., Boston. H.A. Haley. 1855.
Wilson, Albion B., History of Granville, MA., Hartford, Connecticut printers. 1954.
�Untted .Stat- Depertment of the .nterior
Natlonal Part< Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Granville Village
Section number _1_0_
Page ____
Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
Verbal Boundary Description
The district boundaries follow the back parcel lines as shown on the Granville
Assessor's map #27, and geographical features such as the stream and a 300
foot set back from the road where neither the back parcel lines or
geographical features are appropriate.
Boundary Justification
Boundaries for the Village were determined both by historical association and
architectural compatibility. Buildings included within the district were
either part of the early settlement of the village or related to growth
spurred by the drum industry. Outside the district, to both the south and
west, fields and orchards create open areas between the widely spaced
dwellings. To the east, 20th century infill has occured.
�Unttecl Stat- Department of the lmerior
Natlona! Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Section number _1_0_
Page ______
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Granville Village Historic District
Granville, Massachusetts
GRANVILLE VILLAGE SUPPLEMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS
GRANVILLE VILLLAGE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT
GRANVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
on file at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
26 Central" Street
West Springfield, Massachusetts
290-00
Looking west at the entrance to Granville Village District, northwest
junction or Main and Old Westfield Roads; showing the Fred Gibbons
House, Inv #81 in the foreground and t~e Ben Gibbons House, Inv #80.
290-4
Looking east along the north side of Main Road, from the west end of
the Common; including the W.Moore House, Inv #69, in the foreground,
the R. Barlow House, Inv #73, the second R. Barlow House, Inv #74 and
the J.M. Gibbons House Inv #79.
290-5
Looking west on Main Road from the west end of the Common, showing
the hill to Granville Center and the Rufus Barlow House, Inv #68.
photos taken winter 1989 to supplement the photographs of Granville on file at
the Massachusetts Historical Commission including:
1-
Looking south across the Granville Common to the Granville Store, Inv
#70.
2-
Looking to the east at the Granville Public Library, Inv #75 and down
to Maple Street.
3-
Looking west up Main Road, Route 57, at the junction of Granby Road
and Maple Street.
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National Park Service
National Register of Historic Piaces
Continuation Sheet
Section number
10
Page
UTM Coordinates
E.
18 677150 4659060
F.
18 676930
4658920
G.
18 676730
4658680
H.
18 676620 4658680
I.
18 676580 4659000
J.
18 676360 4659000
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Granville Village Historic District,
Granville, Massachusetts
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Village
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
RESOURCE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A. C1 ark House
Main Road
1810
C
Federal
B
27-85
Barn
t~ai
n Road
c. 1810
NC
Federal with major
a1terati ons
B
27-85
Barn
Main Road
c. 1920
C
N/A
B
27-85
House
Main Road
c. 1945
NC
N/A
B
27-85
Barn
Main Road
c. 1920
C
N/A
B
27-85
House
Main Road
c. 1945
NC
N/A
B
27-84
House
Main Road
c. 1960
NC
N/A
B
27-84
Barn
Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-84
Granite Hitching Post
Main Road
19th C.
C
0
27-84
Granite Hitchi ng Post
Main Road
19th C.
C
0
27-66
Vacant/Orchard
Main Road
N/A
N/A
25-1 & 2 62
Charles Thompson House 11 0 Mai n Road
c. 1900
C
Colonial Revival
B
25-1 & 2
Barn
11 0 Ma inRoad
c. 1900
C
N/A
B
Rev. George D. Fel ton
House
108 Main Road
1804
C
Georgian w/ alterations
B
27-1
Spl it-rail fence
108 Main Road
20th C.
NC
27-84
House
107 Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
Simon Henry House
106 Main Road
c. 1860
C
Greek Revi va 1
B
Barn
106 Main Road
c. 1860
C
N/A
B
27-85
27 -1
27-2
27-2
61
63
64
1
0
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Vi 11 age
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
RESOURCE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------House
105 Main Road
c. 1960
NC
Contemporary Dutch Col.
B
F.M. C1 ark House
103 Main Road
c. 1870
C
Vernacular
B
27-82
Garage
103 Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-82
Shed
103 Main Road
c. 1870
C
N/A
B
George King House
104 Main Road
c. 1860
C
Vernacular Greek Revival
B
27-3
Barn
104 Main Road
c. 1860
C
N/A
B
27-3
Wooden Hewn Lamp Post
104 Main Road
20th C.
NC
Goddard House
Main Road
1880
C
Vernacular
B
27-81
Garage
Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-80
Vacant
t,1ai n Road
N/A
N/A
Rufus Barlow House
Main Road
1840
C
Vernacular
B
27-4
Barn
Main Road
c. 1840
C
N/A
B
27-4
Barn
Nain Road
c. 1840
C
N/A
B
27-4
Barn
l>1ain Road
c. 1840
C
N/A
B
27-4
Barn
Main Road
c. 1840
C
N/A
B
27-5
New England Telephone
Company Buil di ng
Main Road
c. 1970
NC
N/A
B
27-79
Stacker1s Serv i ce
Station
Granby Road
c. 1950
NC
Commercial
B
W. Moore House
98 /vtaple Street
1875
C
Queen Anne
B
27-83
27-83
27-3
27-81
27-4
27-6
65
66
67
68
69
2
0
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Village
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
27-6
Garage
98
Maple Street
20th C.
NC
27-6
Fence
98
t4ap 1e Street
20th C.
NC
John M. Gibbons Store
Granby Road
1934
C
27-76
Granite Hitching Post
Granby Road
c. 1880
C
27-76
Barn
Granby Road
c. 1934
C
N/A
B
L.T. Spelman House
97 Maple Street
1831
C
Vernacular
B
Fence
Granby Road/Maple Street
20th C.
NC
M. Spelman House
Maple Street
c. 1900
C
Vernacular
B
Barn
Maple Street
c. 1900
C
N/A
B
R. Barlow House
96
Maple Street
1837
C
Greek Revival
B
Barn
96
Maple Street
c. 1837
C
N/A
B
R. Barlow House
94 Maple Street
c. 1840
C
B
27-9
Old Blacksmith Shoppe
Maple Street
c. 1976
NC
Greek Revival w/
alterations
N/A
B
27-77
Veterans t4emori al
Maple Street/Granby Road
c. 1950
NC
N/A
S
Granville Public
Library
14ap 1e Street
1901
C
Romanesque
B
27-45
Cast Iron Lightpost
Maple Street
c. 1950
NC
27-46
Cast Iron Railing
Maple Street
c. 1950
NC
Granville Grange
4 Granby Road
1890
c
27-76
27-78
70
71
27-78
27-78
72
27-78
27-7
73
27-7
27-9
27-45
27-46
74
75
76
3
N/A
RESOURCE
B
o
Colonial Revival
commerci al
B
o
o
o
o
Greek Revival
B
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Village
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
RESOURCE
Barn
4 Granby Road
c. 1890
C
N/A
B
Baptist Parsonage
6 Granby Road
1850
C
Greek Revival
B
27-47
Granville Federated
Communi ty Church
8 Granby Road
c. 1960
NC
Colonial Revival
B
27-47
Cast Iron Lamp Post
8 Granby Road
c. 1960
NC
27-47
Iron Bell
8 Granby road
c. 1960
NC
27-75
House
Granby Road
19th C.
NC
Vernacular
B
27-75
Garage
Granby Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-74
House
Granby Road
19th C.
NC
Vernacular
B
27-73
House
11 Granby Road
19th C.
NC
Colonial Revival
B
27-72
House
13 Granby Road
19th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-71
First Baptist Church
15 Granby Road
c. 1800
NC
Federal with major
alterations
B
27-71
Garage
15 Granby Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-70
House
Water Street
c. 1840
NC
B
27-70
Barn
Water Street
20th C.
NC
Greek Revival with
maj or a 1terati ons
N/A
27-70
Lean-to (or shed)
Water Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-70
Lean-to (or shed)
Water Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
27-69
House
Water Street
20th C.
NC
Contemporary Georgian
B
27-46
27-47
77
4
o
o
B
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Village
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
RESOURCE
------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------~-------------------------- ---------------
27-68
House
Water Street
19th C.
NC
Greek Revival with
alterations
B
27-68
Garage
Water Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
J. Phelps House
Maple Street
1820
C
Federal
B
27-44
Shed
Maple Street
c. 1820
C
N/A
B
27-44
Barn
Maple Street
c. 1820
C
N/A
B
27-43
Vacant
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
J.M. Gi bbons House
86 Maple Street
c. 1860
C
Italianate
B
Shed
86 Maple Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
Ben Gibbons House
84 Maple Street
1890
C
Queen Anne
B
Shed
84 Maple Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
Fred Gibbons House
82 Maple Street
1890
C
Queen Anne
B
Garage
82 Maple Street
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
George L. Oysler House 81 Maple Street
1888
C
Queen Anne
B
Barn
81 Maple Street
c. 1880
C
N/A
B
Mil es J. Rose House
80 Maple Street
c. 1880
C
Italianate
B
Barn
80 Maple Street
c. 1880
C
N/A
B
Dr. Cl ifforcl A. Whi te
House
79 Maple Street
1900
C
Queen Anne
B
Barn
79 Maple Street
c. 1900
C
N/A
B
27-44
27-10
78
79
27-10
27 -11
80
25-11
25-12
81
25-12
25-42
82
25-42
25-13
83
25-13
27-41
27-41
84
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PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DISTRICT DATA SHEET
Town of Granville, Massachusetts, Granville Village
DATE OF
STREET ADDRESS
CONSTRUCTION STATUS
STYLE
RESOURCE·
------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------~------------------------- ---------------
27-41
Field Stone .Wel1
79 Maple Street
c. 1900
C
N/A
0
27-64
102
Noble & Cooley Co.
Water Street
1870
C
Late 19th C. Industri al
B
27-64
102
Noble & Cooley Co.
Water Street
1870
C
Late 19th C. Industrial
B
27-64
102
Noble & Cooley Co.
Water Street
1870
C
Late 19th C. Industri al
B
27-64
Garage
Water Street
c. 1920
C
N/A
B
27-64
Barn
Water Street
c. 1870
C
N/A
B
27-64
Shed
Water Street
c. 1870
C
N/A
B
27-65
Pond
Water Street
N/A
N/A
N/A
27-67
House
Water Street
c. 1950
NC
N/A
B
27-67
Garage
Water Street
c. 1950
NC
N/A
B
TOTAL
,
Buildings
Objects
Sites
Structures
Contributing
50
Non-contributing
32
4
8
o
1
54
41
o
o
6
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Inventory No:
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Historic Name:
Granville Village
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Address:
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Granville
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Granville
Local No:
Year Constructed:
Architect(s):
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Use(s):
Agricultural; Residential District
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Area(s):
Designation(s):
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East G r a n v i l l e ' s importance as a v i l l a g e c e n t e r developed somewhat l a t e r t h a n e i t h e r o f
t h e o t h e r areas.
There a r e o n l y two r e s i d e n c e w h i c h r e t a i n t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e c e n t e r
chimney p l a n (#61 & #78). Most o f t h e r e s i d e n c e s were c o n s t r u c t e d a f t e r 1850 and
f e a t u r e t h e g a b l e - f r o n t , s i d e - e n t r y p l a n w i t h Greek R e v i v a l d e t a i l s
(#64, #66, # 7 4 ) .
W h i l e e x h i b i t i n g Queen Anne massing, t h e M i l e s J . Rose House (#83) i s t h e o n l y example
o f I t a l i a n a t e d e t a i l i n g i n t h e v i l l a g e . By 1900, G r a n v i l l e ' s b e s t examples o f Queen
Anne (#83, #84, #88) and C o l o n i a l R e v i v a l s t y l e s (#62, #80) were c o n s t r u c t e d . W i t h t h e
c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e G r a n v i l l e P u b l i c L i b r a r y (#75) i n 1902, t h e area's s i g n i f i c a n c e was
again r e i n f o r c e d .
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
Explain h i s t o r i c a l importance
development o f o t h e r areas o f t h e community.
o f area
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relates t o the
The v i l l a g e d i d n o t develop u n t i l t h e second q u a r t e r o f t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y c o r r e s p o n d i n g .
t o t h e g r o w t h o f area m i l l s r u n by water power from t h e D i c k i n s o n Brook. A B a p t i s t
w o r k i n g c l a s s neighborhood developed i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e saw m i l l s , g r i s t m i l l s and keg
m i l l s . Many o f t h e Greek R e v i v a l r e s i d e n c e s were b u i l t d u r i n g t h o s e y e a r s . By 1860,
t h e r e were t h r e e competing drum f a c t o r i e s i n East G r a n v i l l e and t h e i r e x i s t e n c e s p u r r e d
much o f t h e r e s i d e n t i a l g r o w t h .
This p e r i o d culminated w i t h t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e
G r a n v i l l e P u b l i c L i b r a r y (#75) i n 1902. The General S t o r e (#70) a l s o dates from t h e
g r o w t h p e r i o d a t m i d - c e n t u r y , b u t was r e p l a c e d due t o a f i r e i n 1934.
BIBLIOGRAPHY a n d / o r
REFERENCES
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