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…
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.
George Aldrich photos of trees near the Nelson farm on West Hartland Road, West Granville.
Photo 1: George Aldrich standing next to fallen ash tree.
Photo 2: Ice storm.
Photo 3: Elm tree
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.…