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C»HI No. IQHo(IOII
NPS Form 10«10
(ROY. we)
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form
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This form Is for ulle In nominating or requesting determlnationll of eligibility for Individual properties or dlstrlctl. See Inltructlons In Guideline.
for Completing National Register Forms (National Regillter Bulletin 16). Complete each Item by marking "x" In the appropriate box or by entering
the requellted Information. If an Item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable. " For function., .tyles, materlall,
lind areBS of .Ignlflcance, enter only the categorlell and lubcategorlell lilted In the Instruction •. For additional Ipace ule continuation aheetl
(Form 1()'900a). Type all entries.
1. Name of Property
historic name
West Granyi
other names/site number
11e
Hi stor'; c Di stri ct .
2. L.ocatlon
code
025
county Hampden
zip codeO 1034
code
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3. Classification
Ownership of Property
Category of Property
Number of Resources within Property
bulldlng(s)
[Xl district
site
structure
obJect
Contributing
o
[1J private
[1J public-local
o public-State
o public-Federal
o
o
o
Name of related multiple property listing:
Noncontributing
13 buildings
_-"""O_sltes
_-lo/.O_ structures
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41.-. objects
36
2
40
17
Total
Number of contributing resources previously
0
listed In the National Reglsler _ ......_ __
N/A
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4 State/Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authorlly under the National Historic Preservation Act of 198e, as amended, I hereby certify that this
request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for reg istering properties In the
National Reg ister of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth In 38 CFR Part 80.
rn nomination 0
In,\y opinion, I
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Slgn~ture
p,o~y [[J mool. 0 doo. nol mool tho Nallonal Rogl'IO' c,llo,la. 0
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of certifying official Execu(i ve I)i rector, Massachusetts Hi stori ca 1
State Historic Preservation Officer
State or Federal agency and bureau
In my opinion, the property
0
meets
0
does not meet the National Register criteria.
Signature of commenting or other official
0
C omm i~~ od;
,
j
See continuation eheet.
Date
State or Federal agency and bureau
5. National Park Service Certification
I, hereby. certify that this property is:
o entered in the National Register.
o See continuation sheet.
o determined eligible for the National
Register. 0 See continuation sheet.
o deterrT1 ined not eligible for the
National Register.
o
o
removed from the National Register.
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6. Historic Functions
West Granville Historic District,
Granville, Massachusetts
Current Functions
Landscape/Unoccupied Land;
Agriculture/Agricultural Outbuilding
Street Furniture;
Health Care/Medical Office
Landscape/Unoccupied Land;
Street Furniture; Natural Feature
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6. Function or Use
Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Domestic/Single dwelling; Secondary Structure
Commerce/General Store Education/Academy
Religion/Church; Parsonage
Funerary/Cemetery
Current Functions (enter categories from instructions)
Domestic/Single dwelling; Secondary Structure
Commerce/General Store
Education/School
Religion/Church; Parsonage
Funerary/Cemetery
7. Description
Architectural Classification
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Materials (enter categories from instructions)
No Style
Colonial/Georgian
Early Republic/Federal
Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival
Late 19th Century Revival/Colonial Revival
Late 19th Century American/Bungalow
foundation Stone,
walls Cl apboard,
roof
other
Concrete, Bri ck
Sri ck, f1 ushb'oard
Asphalt
Bri ck Granite, Metal, I ron,
Board and Batten; Sandstone
Describe present and historic physical appearance.
Of the three extant settlements in the Town of Granville, Massachusetts, West
Granville is the westernmost. Granville is located in the southwestern corner
of Massachusetts, bordered by Southwick to the east, Westfield to the north,
Tolland 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.
West Granville is geographically isolated from the other Granville villages.
The "Great Valley", to the east, separates West Granville from Granville
Center. To the west, a notch in the Berkshire Hills provides a natural border
between West Granville and the adjacent Massachusetts community of Tolland.
The village sits at the crossroads of the main east to west corridor,
Massachusetts Route 57 (Main Road), and the Beech Hill and Hartland Hollow
Roads running north and south respectively. A sense of order is brought about
by the regular arrangement of l50-year-old maple trees which line its streets
and the consistency of building set-backs. A small lawn in front of the
church provides open space in the village center.
A strong sense of antiquity prevails in West Granville. The village retains
an i mpressi ve number of ei ghteenth century Georgian and ni neteenth century. "
Federal and Greek Revival structures. Common to most of the buildings are
wood-frame construction, central brick chimneys, stone foundations, clapboard
siding and three- or five-bay facades.
The parcel lines of many of the properties have remained consistent throughout
the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and intrusions have occurred only on
the eastern and northern ends ~f the village. The four non-contributing
buildings within the district were all constructed after 1950 on the periphery of the district.
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A. Colonial Period (ca. 1750 to 1775)
One of the first settlements in Granville grew at ' the crossing of Beech Hill
and Main Roads, the intersection that defines West Granville today. Beech
Hill Road was formerly the primary road between Granville and Blandford. Of
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the five structures which exist from this early period, three are Georgian
farmhouses, all on Main Road; the Ezra Baldwin House, 460 Main Road, 1763,
(lnv #30); the Captain Aaron Coe House, 490 Maln Road, 1770, (lnv #27); and
the Thomas Lloyd House, Maln Road, ca. 1770, (lnv #31). Elements common to
these Georgian buildings include side-gable orlentation, five-bay facades,
center chimneys and center entrances. Second and third-story overhangs are
present on the Baldwin and Coe Houses.
One of the Georgian houses with second-story overhangs is the Ezra Baldwin
House, 460 Main Road, (lnv #30), 1763. It is a side-gabled, flve-bay,
center-hall plan saltbox. second-story gable overhangs are present on the
facade and the elevations. The facade features a double-leaf door hung with
strap hinges. A simple cornice and supporting pilasters flank the door.
Throughout the structure, first story windows are 16/16 double hung wood sash,
and second story and gable windows are 8/8 double hung wood sash. A sided
gabled barn with a large central sliding entry is north of the house.
The Aaron Curtis House, Main Road, (Inv #18), 1765, is a two-story,
Side-gabled, five-bay, center-hall plan resldence, related to the L. Hubbard
House on Main Road in Granville Center in scale and facade details. It has a
clapboard exterior with a central brick chimney and stone foundation. The
center entry features paneled double-leaf doors flanked by 3/4 sidelights, and
pilasters supporting a full, carved entablature. A carved roping motif is
visible under the eave. Two-story pilasters flank the central bay and trim
the corners of the house. All windows are 12/12 double hung wood sash. A
twentieth century, side-gabled barn is south of the house.
The Captain Aaron Coe House, 490 Main Road, (Inv #27), ca. 1765 is a
two-story, side-gabled, five-bay bUllding with a center chlmney. The second,
story overhangs and the center entry with a paneled double-leaf door, fluted
pilasters with rosettes and full entablature with a keystone, are Connecticut
River Valley details. Granite slabs are used as steps to the front entry. A
twentieth century garage is sited to the rear of the house.
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The Thomas Lloyd House, Main Road, (Inv #31), ca. 1770, is similar to the
Baldwin (Inv #30) and Coe (Inv #27) Houses on Main Road. It, too, is a
side-gabled, five-bay, center entry house with cornerboards. The center entry
features a double-leaf door flanked by two-story, fluted pilasters supporting
a broken pediment. Windows throughout the house are 12/12 double hung wood
sash with simple surrounds. Two twentieth century outbuildings are located
east of the house; a garage and gambrel-roof guest house.
B. Federal Period (1775-1830)
The period o~ greatest building activity in West Granville occurred during the
Federal Period, primarily at the turn of the nineteenth century, prior to the
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incorporation of the town of Tolland, once part of Granville, in 1810.
·Between 1775 and 1810, West Granville was an active religious, commercial and
residential center. The construction of the Second Church of Christ
Congregation Church on land donated by Aaron Coe was completed in 1778. It
was here that Reverend Lemuel Haynes, foster-son of Deacon David Rose of
Granville Center, first preached. A little later, in 1790, John Phelps, High
Sheriff of Old Hampden County, constructed his ambitious brick house. The
bricks were fired at a local kiln (site unknown). The Daniel Gillet House,
Beech Hill Road, (Inv #12), was built in 1800. Gillet was a storekeeper and
trader who also served as the first master of the Mt. Pleasant Lodge of
Masons. The Masons held meetings in the third floor ballroom of his elegant
Federal house. The Curtis Tavern was constructed in 1765, and operated as a
tavern from that date until 1840, when it was sold out of the family. The
Church is on the northeast corner of the junction of Main Road and Beech Hill
Road, and the Phelps House is on the northwest corner. The Gillet House is to
the north and the Curtis Tavern is on the corner opposite the Church.
The Second Church of Christ Congregational, Main Road, (Inv #16), is a
two-story Georgian structure with Greek and Gothic Revival additions.
Originally constructed in 1778, the clapboard-sided building features first
story overhangs and symmetrical five-bay fenestration patterns on both the
east and west elevations. These characteristics are also found on the
domestic architecture of this period. A two-story facade pavilion with
pedimented gable roof contains three identical entries, each flanked by
pilasters supporting a cornice. They also feature transom lights with
grid-like mullions. Paired second story windows in the center bay are
enclosed in an arch outlined by molding. Granite steps lead to the entrance.
A square steeple with a fixed window rises to a second section with
pointed-arced window surrounds on each side' and four Gothic Revival sptres. A
painted wooden sign, featuring Gothic spires on two corners, is located close
to Main Road, marking the church, and a steel flagpole stands on the green in
front of the church.
The only brick Federal period dwelling in all of Granville1s three villages is
the John Phel~s House, 118 Main Road, (Inv #14), 1790. It is an impressive
center-hall pan, two-story, flve-bay house, wlth a low hip roof and four
i nteri or brick chimneys. The facade features a center entry with a reces'sed
paneled door, sidelights and a transom. Pilasters, supporting a broken
pediment with denti1s, frame the entry. Brick, laid vertically, provides a
flush lintel, and diamond-shaped iron braces are extant between the first and
second stories. A one-story clapboard wing, with two interior brick chimneys
and two entries, is on the north elevation. One of those entries is flanked
by 6/6 double hung wood sash windows and the other features a recessed paneled
door and fluted, joined pilasters supporting a full entablature. A barn, shed
and fieldstone well are north of the house. The barn is front-gabled, with
board and batten siding, a large sliding door and a hayloft.
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Among the ten extant Federal Period structures are three with gambrel
rooflines; the Button Box, Beech Hill Road, ca. 1800, (Inv #11 ); the James
Johnson House, 1794, (lnv #28).; and the L. Baker House, Maln Road, 18'2tr,'""'TInv
#33}. The Button Box is an example of an unaltered Georglan cottage with a
gambrel roofline. Two side-gabled Federal farmhouses in West Granville, the
Nathan Curtis House, Main Road, ca. 1800, (Inv #19) and the Atkins House, 450
Main Road, ca. 1800, (Inv #32) are related to the earlier Georgian houses in
scale, roofline and gable orlentation. They are all five-bay, Side-gabled
. residences with second and third story overhangs.
Three classically detailed Federal style homes, the Gillette House, Beech Hill
Road, ca. 1800, (Inv #12); the Phelps House, 118 Main Road, 1790, (Inv #14);
and the Cooley House, 100 Main Road, ca. 1800, (Inv #15) were built along the
north-south route crossing Maln Road. They dlsplay fine period ornamentation
including fanlights and pedimented dentilated gables. A fourth Federal
residence, the James Johnson House, Main Road, (Inv #28), 1794 has twentieth
century Colonial Revival detalls. The indlvidual descriptions of the ten
Federal Period structures follow:
The James Johnson House, Main Road, (Inv #28), 1794, features a gambrel roof,
central brick chlmney and stone-ln-concrete foundation. It is two stories,
with five-bay symmetrical fenestration and a second story dormer centered in
the facade. The gambrel roofline overhangs the first story, and displays
dentilated trim. The main entry is centered on the first floor and features a
panel ed door fl anked by 3/4 si del i ghts and topped by a si x-pane transom. A
pedimented, gabled roof portico shelters this entry. Its brick foundation
suggests that it was a later Colonial Revival addition. Engaged columns
support the portico roof, and the pediment and eaves are trimmed with
dentils. The first story windows are 12/1 double hung wood sash, flan~ed with
shutters. The dormer features centered twin 8/1 double hung wood sash
windows, flanked by a pair of 8/1 double hung wood sash windows. A one-story
clapboard wing projects from the east side of the house. The west elevation
features a recessed entry sheltered by a pedimented portico supported by
columns. To the west of the house is a side-gable barn built in two parts.
The main segment is shingled, and a vertically sided shed is attached to the
rear.
The Button Box, Beech Hill Road, (Inv #11), ca. 1800, is a side gabled,
one-and-one-half story, center-hall plan cottage wlth gambrel roof and center
chimney. The three-bay facade features a center entry flanked by two 6/6
double hung wood sash windows. The upper half-story features a centered 12/12
fixed window flanked by two, small four-pane fixed windows. The east
elevation along Beech Hill Road, is two bays with 12/12 double hung
symmetrical windows. The north elevation, or rear of the house, contains a
sidehall entrance. A granite hitching post is near the front of the house,
close to the road.
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The Daniel Gillette House, 23 Beech Hill Road, (Inv #12), ca. 1800, is a ~
two-story, five-bay, side-gable Federal structure, sited perpendicular to the
road. Both its east elevation and facade feature symmetrical fenestration,
with 12/12 double hung wood sash windows with lintels. Both planes contain
slightly recessed paneled doors and feature pilasters supporting a cornice and
recessed fanlight. Modillions trim both the pedimented gables and the eaves.
The gable contains a 12/12 double hung wood sash window. The house and its
landscaping obscure most of two barns, which are located northwest of the
house.
The Noah Cooley House, 100 Main Road, (Inv #15), ca. 1800, is a side-gabled,
two-story, three-bay, sidehall plan dwelling. The sldehall entry features a
pilastered surround with full molding tracing the top of a recessed segmented
fanlight. Sidelights and pilasters flank the door. The east elevation,
overlooking Hartland Hollow Road, is four-bay, with an elliptical fanlight in
the pedimented gable. A shed-roof porch fits between the main block and side
wing. A side-gabled, twentieth century shed and a nineteenth century
side-gabled barn, containing large, hinged double doors, are to the south of
the house. A cast iron lamp post marks the driveway to the house.
The Nathan Curtis House, Main Road, (Inv #19) is unique in West Granville,
being the only residence with Doric columns and a Greek Revival temple
facade. Built ca. 1800, it is a front gable, three-bay house with first story
overhangs on its east and west facades which was altered ca. 1950. The
sidehall entry features engaged pilasters and 1/2 sidelights flanking the
door. A second set of pilasters, supporting a full entablature, frame the
entire entry. 16/16 double hung wood sash windows are used on the other first
story bays, and 20-pane double hung wood sash windows on the second. The
Doric columns, supporting a pedimented, gable-front portico date from the
twentieth century remodeling.
The A.B. Peebles House, 480 Main Road, (Inv #29), ca. 1800, is a side-gabled
cottage with a brick foundatl0n, clapboard slding and a central brick
chimney. It is a one-and-one-half story, five-bay, center-hall plan with a
Greek Revival entry. Features of this entry include a paneled door with 3/4
sidelights flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature. The four facade
windows are 12/12 sash, with simple surrounds. A one-story, gable front,
clapboard wing extends to the rear. Two of the four outbuildings are attached
to the house. A shed with three sliding doors leads to the side-gabled barn,
and both are connected to the house. A small, side-gabled, detached shed is
east of the house. To the north of the shed is a twentieth century garage.
Stone walls outline the entire property along Main Road.
The Atkins House, 450 Main Road, (Inv #32), ca. 1800, is a side-gabled,
Georgian farmhouse. The five-bay saltbox, wlth a central brick chimney and
stone foundation features overhangs on both the first and second stories. The
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center entry with a paneled double-leaf door, pilasters, entablature and
transom lights are similar to the Thomas Lloyd House (Inv #30). All the first
and second story windows are 12/12 double hung wood sash, and a fixed 4/4 pane
window is in the east gable. A one-story, side-gable wing, containing a
secondary interior brick chimney, extends off the north of the house.
Connected to the east corner of the wing is a side-gable, twentieth century
garage. A nineteenth century gambrel roof barn with hinged doors is east of
the garage.
The L. Baker House, Main Road, (lnv #33), ca. 1820, is related to the group of
house with gambrel roofs 1n west Granvll Ie. ThlS five-bay cottage features a
gambrel overhang on the first story. Three shed dormers on the south
elevation increase the amount of useable interior space. The center entry
features a double-leaf door with a simple architrave and the symmetrical
fenestration is close to the cornice line. The east elevation is three-bay
and windows throughout the house are 12/12 double-hung wood sash. A
side-gabled, flushboard nineteenth century barn, with a large sliding entry
towards the east end of the facade, is located to the east of the house.
Assessor's records indicate a 1770 date of construction for the Lyman Marks
House, 491 Main Road, (Inv #25). This suggests that an earlier house,
possibly the rear ell, was on the site at that time, as the present residence
was constructed ca. 1830. It is a side-gabled, three-bay cottage with a
center-hall plan. The central entryway and small, two pane, fixed second
story windows feature plain surrounds. The elevation contains 12/12 double
hung wood sash wi ndows on the fi rst story and 2-pane, fixed wi ndows on the
second. A porch with a hipped roof supported by squared posts wraps around
the facade and east elevation. To the south of the house is a gambrel roofeq
barn with an attached lean-to.
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C. Early Industrial Period (1830-1870)
Building after 1830 began to decline in West Granville, as the town's
population base shifted toward the east to emerging industrialization in
Granville Village. Three dwellings, the Helena Duris House, 496 Main Road,
1832, (lnv #23); the Parsonage, Main Road, 1840, (lnv #24); the Dr. Holcomb
House, Main Road, ca. 1840, {lnv #26}; an academy, Maln Road, 1837, (lnv #17);
and one commerclal structure, Benton's Market, 500 Main Road, 1860, (lnv #21)
exist from this period. Greek Revlva1 characterlstlcs predomlnate, such as
front gable orientation and use of Classical elements like pilasters and
columns. The Second Church of Christ Congregational, Main Road, 1778, (lnv
#16) received Greek Revival a1teratlons durlng thlS perlod. The church
renovations include the entry pavilion and tower which date from the same time
as the construction of the adjacent academy building. The five early
industrial period structures are detailed below.
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The Helena Duris House, 496 Main Road, (Inv #23) is a Greek Revival,
front-gabled sidehall plan dwelling with symmetrical fenestration, built in'
1832. The three-bay facade contains a recessed entry with pilasters
supporting a full entablature, a paneled door with twelve fixed panes, flanked
by 3/4 sidelights and a transom. The front pedimented gable contains a leaded
fixed window. The gable also contains a small louver vent centered below the
pitch. A nineteenth century, front-gabled barn on the property has been
converted into a two-car garage.
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The West Granville Academy, Main Road, 1837, (Inv #17) is a front-gabled,
two-bay, pedimented gable-front Greek Revlval structure, built in 1837. In
scale, siting and detail it complements the adjacent church. The symmetrical
facade contains two entries. Both feature paneled doors flanked by engaged
pilasters supporting a cornice. A transom, featuring a grid pattern of
mullions similar to that of the church, tops each door. The second story
features two identical 12/12 double hung wood sash windows with simple
surrounds. A horizontal gable window topped by a cornice contains four fixed
panes. Granite slabs form the steps to the academy.
The Second Church of Christ Congregational Parsonage, Main Road,
(Inv #24), 1840, is another in the group of front gabled Greek Revival
structures in West Granville. It is two story and two bay with a sidehall
entry. A porch, with a hipped roof and fluted Doric columns, wraps around' the
east elevation and part of the facade, sheltering the entry. The entry
features a paneled door flanked by flush pilasters. A one room, one-story
addition projects from the west side of the house, and a twentieth century
wing is attached to the rear.
The Dr. Vincent Holcomb House, Main Road (Inv.#26), ca. 1840, is a two story,i
three-bay, gable-front-and-wlng house. The center-hall plan features an entry
with a paneled door, pilasters and entablature. Double hung wood sash windows
with simple surrounds are consistent throughout the house. A flushboard barn
is attached to the rear of the house. It features first story overhangs and a
12-pane fixed window on the facade. To the rear of the house is a nineteenth
century, gambrel-rOOf barn with first story overhangs and a hayloft.
Benton1s Market, 500 Main Road, ca. 1860, (Inv #21) is the only existing
business in West Granville. Assessor1s records indicate the extant structure
was constructed in 1860, however the 1850 map indicates a store and hotel at
this site. It therefore, seems likely that Benton1s was constructed to
replace an earlier store on this site. An undated photo, taken before Main
Road was paved, shows the store with a pitched roof, second story gable
overhang, and a five-bay facade. The present building, with a front-gabled,
gambrel roofline features an integral lean-to on the east elevation providing
storage space. The facade is 1 1/2 stories with a shed roofed entry porch
raised up about six feet on granite slabs. Th metal porch roof, supported by
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squared posts, rests on slabs of granite along the front of the building. The
three-bay facade features two large 2/2 fixed display windows flanking the
center entry. Two 6/6 double hung wood sash windows provide light in the
front gable.
Two gas pumps ca. 1970, sit in front of the store, very close to the road.
tail, rusted metal signpost also stands in front of the store.
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D. Late Industrial and Early Modern Period (1870-1940)
The latter half of the nineteenth century brought few new structures to West
Granville. A bungalow-style dwelling, the J.W. Rice, Jr. House, 498 Main
Road, ca. 1900, (lnv #22), the only bungalow 1n West Granville, suggests the
turn of the century interest in weekend homes. And the West Granville School,
Beech Hill Road, (Inv #13) was built in 1934 to accommodate children who
formerly made the strenuous trip to East Granville each day to attend school.
Detailed descriptions of these structures follow:
The only bungalow in West Granville is the J.W. Rice, Jr. House, 498 Main
Road, (lnv #21) ca. 1900. The 1855 and 1894 maps indicate a hotel and later,
liThe Hlghland House li on this site, however, since the store next door also
served as a hotel and the present house, which was constructed in 1900, is a
single family residence, the map reference may overlap these properties. The
Rice House was built as a vacation and weekend house. It is two stories, with
a steep side-gabled roof sloping in front to cover a full-width enclosed
porch. Symmetrical shed dormers on the facade contain three, 6/1 double hung
wood sash windows. The main entry, centered in the porch, features 3/4
sidelights and transom lights. A one-story, hip roofed wing extends off the
east of the house. The south elevation contai ns a secondary entry with 3/4 /
sidelights. The central chimney is brick and the foundation is, atypically,
constructed of fieldstone. A twentieth century garage is located to the north
of the house.
The West Granville School, Beech Hill Road, (lnv #13) 1934, is the only
example of the Colonial Revival arch1tecture 1n West Granville. It is a
side-gabled, one-story brick structure, with a pitched roof pavilion
projecting from the facade. The pavilion contains a central entryway and two
clapboard wings. Details include an arched entry with brick keystone and
quoins, sidelights and a leaded fanlight.
A steel flagpole, secured by fieldstones, is situated between the school and
the road and a stone wall marks the boundary between the school grounds and
the Daniel Gillette House, to the north.
The West Granville Cemetery, Mai n Road, (lnv #802) contai ns approxi mately 300
stones, the earliest datlng to the 1770s. Set several yards back from Main
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Road, the entrance to the ground is marked by stone walls and a painted wooden
picket fence. The early markers (1770-1820) are sandstone, and are either
plain or carved with the death's head, willow or urn motifs. Some stones from
1810 to 1830 feature the broken willow motif. Granite and sandstone obelisks
were used between 1840 and 1890. John Phelps, the first sheriff of Hampden
County, is buried in this cemetery and the graves of Susan O. and Julius
Searle were removed from their family cemetery in the woods and placed in the
West Granville Cemetery in the twentieth century. The cemetery is still in
use.
The non-contributing properties within the district include a small number of
modest, twentieth century residences constructed primarily on the east end of
the district. Several of the eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings have
related outbuildings which have been severely altered or replaced with
twentieth century garages and storage sheds. These have also been considered
non-contributing.
The lack of intrusidns in the architectural fabric of West Granville coupled
with its isolated nature, makes West Granville an excellent example of a rural
nineteenth century village and a unique historical resource. This sense of
past merges with the present in no better a site that the West Granville
Cemetery. Here are the graves of some of Granville's earliest settlers
a1ongsi de generati ons of descendants. Th changi ng number of grave sites
reflects the evolving nature of West Granvi1le ' s population. The heavy
concentration of eighteenth and early nineteenth century stones tell of West
Granvi1le ' s bustling Pre-Industrial Period. The increasingly smaller number
of twentieth century markers reflects a more mobile, and somewhat more
fragile, contemporary community.
West Granville has seen little new development in the past 75 years. Although
within commuting distance from commercial and industrial centers in Westfield
and Springfield, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut the hilly terrain
surrounding West Granville has traditionally discouraged large scale housing
developments. Recently, building trends seem to be changing and some new
construction is occurring along the scenic roads in West Granville.
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Archaeological Description
While no prehistoric sites are currently recorded in the district it is
possible that sites are present. Site densities are low in this area of
Massachusetts, however, locational characteristics of the property indicate
favorable conditions for native settlement and subsistence. Well-drained
terraces with minimal slope bordering Pond Brook, a tributary stream of the
Farmington River, are present within the .district boundaries. An additional
unnamed stream which flows into Pond Brook is found above the district's
western boundary. These criterion combined with the size of the district (49
acres) and known regional site densities indicate a moderate sensitivity for
perhistoric resources.
There is a high potential for significant historical archaeological remains
within the district. Controlled testing and excavation can determine the
locations of outbuildings (barns, sheds) related to eighteenth and nineteenth
century residences, still extant around the intersection of Beech Hill and
Main Roads, one of the first settlement areas in Granville. Similar testing
can also locate occupational related features (trash pits, privies, wells)
also related to most structures in the district. Archaeological survivals
likely exist which may contribute towards the interpretations of specific
structures. Artifact and structural survivals may exist to determine whether
an earlier 1770 structure was demolished or incorporated into the 1830 Lyman
Marks House at 491 Il1ai n Road. These types of remai ns can al so determi ne
whether or not an earlier structure did, in fact precede the ca. 1860 Benton's
market as an 1850 map indicates. Artifact and structural survivals can also
provide valuable data indicating the functions of specific buildings including
the ca. 1800 Gillette House on Beech Road which may have been a tavern and the
1765 Curtis Tavern opposite the church on Main Road. Little industry was
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8. Statement of Significance
Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: .
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'0 nationally
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Applicable National Register Criteria
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Criteria Considerations (Exceptions)
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Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions)
Agriculture
Architecture
Community Planning and Development
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Period of Significance
1763-1940
Cultural Affiliation
Significant Person
N/A
Architect/Builder
Significant Dates
N/A
N/A
N/A
State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above,
West Granville meets Criteri a A and C for inclusion on the Nationa" Register
of Historic Places. It meets Criterion A as a pre-industrial rural village,
striving to maintain a stable economy despite the loss of population in the
western district in 1810 as Tolland broke from Granville and the exodus caused
by the Ohio migration in 1830. It fulfills Criterion C by possessing a nearly
intact collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century buildings, with
vernacular Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival styling. It also meets
National Register Execeptions A and D.
Although West Granville's eighteenth century economy was primarily
agricultural, West Granville residents supported a school, a tavern, a tannery
and a doctor during the Colonial Period. Most prominently, it was home for
many years to the first sheriff in Hampden County, giving the village regional
prominence. The extant Colonial Period streetscape and landscape contribute
to West Granville's importance as a secondary rural village.
A. Colonial :and"Federal :Perio:d(l763-l830)
Granville's Colonial population was 1,126 residents in 1776, making Old
Granville the fifth most populated town in what was then Hampshire County.
Population increased throughout the period although the separation of Tolland
in 1810 caused a loss of 42% of Granville's land area and 34% of its
residents. By 1830, population in Granville was 1,649. Many of the early
settl ers were from Spri ngfiel d and Hi ngham, l>1assachusetts and Durham and New
Haven, Connecticut. West Granville settlement occured in the third quarter of
the eighteenth century and was primarily based on agriculture. Crops were
grown in the valleys and hay was raised on the uplands. It is likely
Springfield and Westfield were the markets for Granville farm products. By
the early nineteenth century wheat, corn and cattle grazing were the important
elements in Granville's economy.
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The only extant structures dating back to Granville's -mid-eighteenth century
settlement period stand in West Granville. These Georgian buildings: the
Aaron Coe House; the Ezra Baldwin House; the Thomas Lloyd House, and the
Federal house of Aaron Curtis were homes of the Granville farmers who used
valleys and uplands for crops, pastureland and hay production.
Building continued into the latter half of the eighteenth century as West
Granville flourished. The construction of the Second Church of Christ
Congregational in 1778 marks this community's importance as a religious and
civic center. Thirty-three years after the First Church of Christ
Congregational was formed in the center of Granville, the Second Church was
organized. The difficult terrain between West Granville and the eastern
villages was a strong impetus to the group of 28 Congregationalists who
founded the parish. Set back from Main Road on a deep lawn, the Second Church
of Christ Congregational, stands today where it did in 1778.
Unlike the First Church, in Granville Center, which kept the same preacher for
sixty-three years, the Second Church saw a series of preachers who served for
short periods of time before accepting more permanent positions in parishes
elsewhere. Notable among these Second Church preachers was the Church's
first, the Reverend Lemuel Haynes. Mr. Haynes, born in Hartford of a Scotch
mother and African-American father, was brought to West Granville in 1753 by
David Rose. He served as an indentured servant until he was twenty-one.
Raised by the Rose family as a devout Christian, Mr. Haynes developed a talent
for preaching, and went on to become a prominent black figure in American
history. He preached at the Second Church in West Granville for five years in
the last quarter of the eighteenth century before eventually settling in
Vermont.
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Three early nineteenth century West Granville residents were politically
active on the state and local level. John Phelps was a lawyer who acted as
the Granville Town Clerk (1797), Granville Selectman (1802-1806) and Sheriff
of Hampden County (1813-183l). Considered the most influential resident in
West Granville during the nineteenth century, he was appointed sheriff by the
Federalist Massachusetts Governor, Caleb Strong. Phelps resided throughout
his life in Granville, travelling to Springfield regularly to open every term
of court. A jail cell, concealed in the basement of his home is extant.
Another influential West Granville resident was Daniel Gillette, who came from
Connecticut and stated a Lodge of Masons in his home. He may have run a
tavern at this location, since he was granted a tavern license in 1808. The
Gillette house is one of three in West Granville with Classical details. The
house at 100 Main Road was the home of Noah Cooley, a selectman (1829-l83l)
and a representative to the General Court in 1832.
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B. Early Industrial Period (1830-1875)
By 1830, the population in West Granville began to level off, and new
construction slowed. This was partly due to the creation of the town of
Tolland, previously West Granville. At the same time, agricultural
communities throughout New England were threatened by the loss of large groups
of people who left family farms for new lands in the Ohio Valley. It is
likely that this exodus plus the rise of the drum industry during the middle
of the century, in Granville to the east, contributed to the lack of growth in
West Granville. However, the building of the West Granville Academy, 1837 and
Benton's Market, ca. 1860, demonstrate this community's viability. In
addition to the school and store, there was a tannery at the Lyman Marks
House. Also a physician, Dr. Vincent Holcomb, and a spectacle and
jewelry-maker, lived in West Granville in the nineteenth century.
Local tradition holds that the earliest academy in Granville providing
education beyond the grade school level is the extant West Granville Academy,
built in 1837. Funds to establish this institution and erect the academy
building were raised by a group of West Granville residents including Noah
Cooley, Aaron Curtis and Dr. Vincent Holcomb. The academy provided secondary
education to young men of Granville, surrounding towns and the more distant
communities of Whately, Massachusetts and Farmington, Connecticut. (The
Academy in Granville Center was a Select School for Young Ladies while the
school in the Federated Baptist parsonage was for boys and girl s.) Mr.
Conwell, the founder of Temple University lectured at the West Granville
Academy in the second half of the nineteenth century. The school ceased
operation in the latter half of the nineteenth century, when public high
schools began to emerge.
For many years the town of Granville did not have a post office. The little'
mail that came and went from Granville did so via the stage coach passing
along Route 57, or from hand to hand. The stagecoach line connected Granville
to Westfield and Tolland, where other connections could be made. Finally, in
1818, with a population of 1500, the first post office was established in West
Granville. It remained the only post office in all three Granville villages
for 75 years. Towards the end of the nineteenth century Granville's
population'base had shifted to the eastern part of town, home of the
prospering drum manufacturing industry. Need for a post office in West
Granville diminished, and in 1909 it was disbanded. The letter case from the
West Granville post office is today part of an antiques collection in the
Wiggins Tavern, Northampton, Massachusetts.
C. Late Industrial Period (1875-1930)
Little construction occurred in West Granville after 1870. A drum
manufacturing industry which had been established in Granville Center, and
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moved to Granville Village, created jobs and brought about an increase in
population to that area. Some West Granville residents maintained their
farms, orchards and herds. Agricultural products included apples, pears,
butter, cheese, corn, hay, oats and potatoes. Granville had twenty sawmills
during this period, the largest number in any town in the county.
The distance West Granville residents were required to travel to the eastern
section of town to shop, go to school and attend religious services,
encouraged them to maintain some forms of educational, civic and commercial
activity in West Granville.
The Second Church did not have a parsonage until 1864, when the church's
parish committee voted to buy the Greek Revival residence of Samuel Colton,
the jewelry and spectacle-maker, for their parsonage. This provided space for
church socials until ca. 1900. At that time, the West Granville Academy was
renovated and it became the parsonage. It remains a parsonage today.
The Granville Public Library stands today in Granville's easternmost
settlement area, Granville Village. Public records reveal that at least three
other libraries existed in Granville before the present library was erected in
1900. West Granville was home to the Dickinson Library, named after the man
who donated land for a library building and funds to buy books, Richard
Dickinson. Records show that the library existed prior to 1821, at an unknown
site.
West Granville had a nineteenth century district schoolhouse, no longer
extant. In 1934, not long after a new school was constructed in Granville
Village, the town voted to construct another, the West Granville School, so
that children could avoid a long, rugged trip each day to the school in
Granville Village.
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Granville, local resources indicate that the village had several businesses.
On the outskirts of West Granville, to the south, was a brick manufacturing
business. The red clay found in this area of Granville may have been used in
the many brick chimneys, and the bricks in the John Phelps House. A tavern
existed from the time of the establishment of West Granville Village well into
the nineteenth century when the Curtis Tavern was no longer active and the
Highland House served as a hotel. It may have been in the same building as
the store in the middle of the century. Samuel Coleman owned and operated a
spectacle shop which stood on the site of the Second Church of Christ
Congregational Parsonage. Lyman Marks owned and operated a leather sole
tannery out of his home at the eastern end of West Granville. Finally, the
oldest commercial structure in continuous use in West Granville is Benton's
Market. It opened in 1860 and remains a general store to this day.
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West Granville remains somewhat isolated today, despite the improvements in
roads and means of transportation. To the north and south, the cross roads
are lightly settled and to the east and west, steep mountains and sharply
curving roads inhibit casual travel. As a result, West Granville has remained
an example of a rural eighteenth and nineteenth century community with
relatively few intrusions.
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Archaeological Significance
Since patterns of prehistoric occupation in West Granville 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 larger regional settlement/subsistence trends.
Specifically, sites in this area may contain data which indicate similarities
with sites to the west in New York, to the south in Connecticut along the
Farmington River Drainage or to 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 life in a rural Massachusetts village that was active
during the Pre-Industrial Period but declined as a result of industrial growth
to the east. Archaeological resources can document the changes, if any, which
occurred to an agriculturally based economy as industry became more important
in neighboring communities. Limited growth occurred in West Granville after
it1s fluorescence in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries indicating a high
potential for the recovery of intact archaeological survivals for this period.
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9. Major Bibliographical Reterence.
Beers, F.W., Atlas of Hamgden County, MA., New York. 1870.
Duris, Helena et al., 1120 th Anniversary Celebration Pamphlet." Granville, MA 1954.
Everts, Louis H., History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts. Phila. 1879. ppl082-87
"Granville Historic Resource Survey." Pioneer Valley Planning Commission. 1987.
Personal Interviews:
Mrs. Leona Clifford, Southwick, MA. June. 1989.
Mrs. Whilhe1mina Tryon. Granville, MA. 1989.
Richards. Atlas Survey, Hampden County, MA., Springfield. 1984.
Tryon, Wilhelmina. liThe Drum Factoryll, Southwoods., July. 1987. pp. 16-18,34-36
Walling, Henry F., Map of Hampden County, MA., Boston, H.A. Haley. 1855.
Wilson, Albion B., History of Granville, MA., Hartford. Connecticut Printers. 1954.
Previous documentation on file (NPS):
preliminary determination of Individual listing (36 CFR 67)
has been requested
previously listed In the National Register
previously determined eligible by the National Register
designated a National Historic Landmark
recorded by Historic American Buildings
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10. Geographical Data
Acreage of property
approxi mate 1y 49 acres
UTM References
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Verbal Boundary Description
The boundaries have been drawn along the natural land formations that surround and isolate the
district. To the east of West Granville, the density of housing diminishes and Main Road
begins a slow steep incline. To the west of the district, housing becomes less dense and Main
Road (Route 57), drops off steeply. To the north and south are heavily wooded hills which
contain few buildings. Boundaries have been drawn following back parcel lines as seen on
Assessor s maps 12 and 23, Town of Granvi 11 e.
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The boundary of the West Granville District is intended to delineate the area which relates
to the late 18th and 19 century growth of this area. Structures included are related in
scale and quality of craftsmanship. North and south boundaries were determined by back
parcel lines streams and ridges and when neither 'of these was appropriate, by the 300 line
from the road. Outside of the district, it is lightly settled with a large number of
contemporary houses and 1arge, open spaces.
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organization Massachusetts Historical Commission
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street & number 80 Boy1 ston Street
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WEST GRANVILLE SUPPLEMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHS
WEST GRANVILLE NATIONAL REGISTER DISTRICT
WEST GRANVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS
On file at the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
26 Central Street
West Springfield, Massachusetts
290-17
north side of Main Road, looking west, with a view of the entrance to
the West Granville Cemetery, Inv #802 and the A. B. Peebles house,
Inv #29.
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south side of Main Road, on the southeast corner of Hartland Hollow
Road, looking to the west; including the Aaron Curtis House, Inv #18,
in the foreground and the Noah Cooley House, Inv #15, which is
located on the southwest corner of Hartland Hollow Road.
290-20
south side of Main Road, looking east; including the Nathan Curtis
House, Inv #19, in the foreground and the parsonage, Inv #24.
290-23
north side of the Beech Hill junction, looking west along Main Road;
including Benton1s Market, Inv #21, in the foreground and the John
Phelps House, Inv #14
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photos taken winter of 1989 to supplement those photographs of Granville
already on file at the Massachusetts Historical Commission listed below:
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1- View of the West Granville Church, Inv #16, the West Granville Academy,
Inv #17 and the West Granville Fire Station (nc).
2- Junction of Main Road and Hartland Hollow Road with a glimpse of the Noah
Cooley House, Inv #15, to the west.
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CONSTRUCTION-/ STATUS
STYLE
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HISTORIC NAME
STREET ADDRESS
Button Box
Beech Hill Road
1800
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12-10
Granite Hitching Post
Beech Hill Road
ca. 1800
C
12-10
Shed
Beech Hill Road
ca. 1800
C
N/A
B
12-10
Shed
Beech Hi 11 Road
ca. 1800
C
N/A
B
Daniel Gillette House
23 Beech Hill Road
1800
C
Federal
B
12-10
Barn
23 Beech Hill Road
ca. 1800
C
N/A
B
12-10
Barn
23 Beech Hill Road
ca. 1800
C
N/A
B
West Granville School
15 Beech Hill Road
1934
C
Colonial Revival
B
Flagpole
15 Beech Hill Road
ca. 1934
NC
N/A
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John Phelps House
118 Mai n Road
1790
C
Federal
B
23-2
Barn
118 Mai n Road
ca. 1850
C
N/A
B
23-2
Shed
118 Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
23-2
Covered Fieldstone
Well
118 Mai n Road
ca. 1790
C
Noah Cooley House
100 Main Road
ca. 1800
C
Federal
B
23-18
Barn
100 Main Road
ca. 1800
C
N/A
B
23-18
Cast Iron Lamp Post
100 Main Road
ca. 1950
NC
23-18
Shed
100 Main Road
20th c.
NC
12-10
12-10
12-9
MHC #
11
12
13
12-9
23-2
23-18
14
15
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Georgian Gambrel
B
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DATE OF
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STREET ADDRESS
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STYLE
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Second Church of
Christ Congregational
Main Road
1778
C
12-21
Flagpole
Main Road
ca. 1960
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12-21
Painted Wooden Sign
Main Road
ca. 1850
C
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12-21
16
Georgian with Greek,
Gothic, and Renaissance
Revival elements
B
12-21
17
West Granville
Academy
Main Road
1837
C
Greek Revival with
Gothic elements
B
23-11
18
Aaron Curtis House
Main Road
1765
C
Federal
B
Barn
Main Road
20th c.
C
N/A
B
23-11
23-11
19
Nathan Curtis House
Main Road
1800
C
Georgian with Greek
Revival additions
B
12-22
21
Benton's Market
500 Main Road
1860
C
Commercial Gambrel
B
Steel Signpost
500 Main Road
ca. 1950
NC
J. W. Rice Jr. House
498 Main Road
1900
C
Bungalow
B
Garage
498 Main Road
ca. 1960
NC
N/A
B
Helena Duris House
496 Main Road
1832
C
Greek Revival
B
Garage
496 Main Road
ca. 1832
NC
Greek Revival with
20th C. alterations
B
Second Church of
Christ Congregational
Parsonage
Main Road
1840
C
Greek Revival
B
Barn
Main Road
ca. 1840
C
Greek Revival
B
12-22
23-4
22
23-4
23-4
23
23-4
23-9
23-9
24
2
0
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MAP/
PARCEL #
MHC #
HISTORIC NAME
DATE OF
CONSTRUCTION
STREET ADDRESS
STATUS
STYLE
RESOURC
Lyman Marks House
491 Main Road
1770
'.
C
No Sty 1e
B
Barn
491 Main Road
C. 1800
NC
Gambrel with 20th C.
al terations
B
Dr. Vincent Holcomb
House
Main Road
c. 1840
C
Greek Revival
B
Barn
f~ai
n Road
c. 1840
NC
Gambrel
B
Captain Aaron Coe
House
490 Main Road
1770
C
Georgian
B
12-24
Garage
490 Main Road
c. 1950
NC
N/A
B
12-25
House
Main Road
c. 1950
NC
James Johnson House
main Road
1794
C
Colonial Revival
B
Barn
Main Road
c. 1800
C
N/A
B
A.B. Peebles House
480 Main Road
1800
C
Vernacular Cape
B
12-26
Shed
480 Main Road
c. 1800
C
N/A
B
12-26
Barn
480 Main Road
c. 1800
C
N/A
B
12-26
Shed
480 Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
12-26
Garage
480 Main Road
20th C.
NC
N/A
B
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23-8
25
23-8
12-24
26
12-24
12-24
23-7
27
28
23-7
12-26
29
B
12-27
802
West Granville
Cemetery
Main Road
1770-Present C
12-28
30
Ezra Baldwin House
460 Main Road
1763
C
Georgian
B
Barn
460 Main Road
c. 1800
C
N/A
B
12-28
3
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MAP/
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CONSTRUCTION
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Thomas Ll oyd House
Main Road
ca. 1770
C
Georgian
B
12-65
Guest House
Main Road
ca. 1970
NC
Gambrel
B
12-65
Garage
Main Road
ca. 1970
NC
N/A
B
Atki ns House
450 Main Road
1800
C
Georgian
B
12-30
Garage
450 Main Road
ca. 1950
NC
N/A
B
12-30
Barn
450 Main Road
ca. 1800
C
Gambrel
B
Main Road
1820
C
Gambrel
B
Main Road
ca. 1820
C
N/A
B
12-29
12-65
12-30
12-31
31
32
33
L.
Baker House
Barn
12-31
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Inventory No:
GRN.B
Historic Name:
West Granville
Common Name:
Address:
City/Town:
Granville
Village/Neighborhood:
West Granville
Local No:
Year Constructed:
Architect(s):
Architectural Style(s):
Use(s):
Other Governmental or Civic; Residential District
Significance:
Area(s):
Designation(s):
Building Materials(s):
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area indicating properties w i t h i n i t .
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individual
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The v i l l a g e o f West G r a n v i l l e i s d e f i n e d by a c l u s t e r o f c i v i c b u i l d i n g s such as t h e
Church ( # 1 6 ) , t h e Academy (#17) and t h e School ( # 1 3 ) .
The
e a r l i e s t residences
i n c l u d e examples f e a t u r i n g overhangs, gambrel r o o f s and
s a l t b o x massing (#11, #19,
h a l l plans
#30).
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(#12, #14), a t t h e t u r n o f t h e 18th c e n t u r y .
traditional
center
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t r a d i t i o n c o n t i n u e d i n t h e f i r s t h a l f o f t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y d e p i c t e d i n Greek R e v i v a l
residences
(#23, #24,
#25).
L a t e r i n f i l l i s r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e g e n e r a l s t o r e
(#21)
and t h e Rice House (#22).
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
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development o f other areas o f t h e community.
o f area
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A secondary v i l l a g e developed a t t h e i n t e r s e c t i o n o f t h e major n o r t h - s o u t h and
east-west r o u t e s and was known as the M i d d l e P a r i s h .
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The Second Church o f C h r i s t
was e r e c t e d here i n 1778 s i g n i f y i n g a growing community's need f o r
i t s own e c c l e s i a s t i c a l e d i f i c e .
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century
t o t h e m i d - 1 9 t h c e n t u r y r e q u i r i n g and s u p p o r t i n g the s e r v i c e s o f a p h y s i c i a n , a
j e w e l e r and s p e c t a c l e maker, a t a n n e r
and a b l a c k s m i t h .
A Masonic Lodge was a l s o
l o c a t e d i n West G r a n v i l l e d u r i n g t h i s t i m e .
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Countryside and Scenes
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Views of the Granville countryside.
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
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West Granville Historic District
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West Granville Historic District, est. 1991. MACRIS inventory #GRN G
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Granville Public Library Historical Room and Massachusetts Historical Commission. See <a href="http://mhc-macris.net/macrisdisclaimer.htm">MACRIS disclaimer.</a><br />Copyright Paul Jensen: Photo of West Granville marker, taken 10 Dec 2000.
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Granby Road, The Mill in the Meadow, Built 1976
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The Mill in the Meadow was constructed in 1976 by Ralph Hiers, assisted by his grandson Matt Jones. <br /><br />Ralph was quite an expert in old mill sites in the Granville area. You can listen to him speak on that and other Granville history topics at <a href="https://historicalroom.omeka.net/items/show/653">THIS LINK</a>. <br /><br />The Mill in the Meadow is one of Granville's most photographed scenes. The main photo shown here is copyrighted and was taken by J.G. Coleman Photography and is used with permission, courtesy of the photographer. You can order a print of this image and thousands of others by contacting the photographer via his web site at <a href="https://www.jgcoleman.com/photography-blog/hiers-dream-mill-in-the-meadow-granville">THIS LINK</a>.<br /><br />The second photo was taken by Paul Jensen on April 9, 2000 and is used here courtesy of the photographer.<br /><br />The third photo was taken by Danny Nason and is used here with the permission of the photographer. <a href="https://dannynason.com/">https://dannynason.com/</a><br /><br />Ralph Hiers also built a scale model version of the Mill In The Meadow, complete with working waterwheel, as shown in the additional pictures. The model is on display at the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation.<br /><br />The next photo was taken on May 13, 2020, copyright Kris Bannish LeFebvre and is displayed here with permission.<br /><br />The aerial photo was taken 27 Dec 2020 by Jason Guigere of <a href="https://gigueresphotography.com/">Giguere's Photography</a> (see "Rights" below) and is shown here with permission..
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1976
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Photo 1: Copyright 2016, J.G. Coleman Photography. Used here with permission. May not be downloaded. Contact J.G. Coleman Photography at <a href="https://www.jgcoleman.com/photography-blog/hiers-dream-mill-in-the-meadow-granville">THIS LINK</a> if you wish to use the image.<br /><br />Photo 2: Copyright Paul Jensen, used here with permission. May not be used further without the permission of the photographer.<br /><br />Photo 3: Copyright Danny Nason, used here with permission. May not be used further without the permission of the photographer. <a href="https://dannynason.com/">https://dannynason.com/</a><br /><br />Aerial Photo: Copyright 2020, Giguere's Photography. Used here with permission. May not be downloaded or used further without the consent of <a href="https://gigueresphotography.com/">Giguere's Photography</a>.
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Scale model loaned for digitizing by the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation.
Danny Nason
Granby Road
Granville
J.G. Coleman
Kris Bannish LeFebvre
Massachusetts
Matt Jones
Mill In The Meadow
Paul Jensen
Ralph Hiers
Route 189
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Countryside and Scenes
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Views of the Granville countryside.
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
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Old Tree Near 655 Blandford Road, Granville, Massachusetts
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The old tree near 655 Blandford Road, overlooking the Cobble Mountain Reservoir. Tree removed 2020 (or 2019?).
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Paul Jensen (see "Rights")
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Copyright Paul Jensen. Photo displayed here with permission.
Blandford Road
Cobble Mountain
Granville
maple tree
Massachusetts
Paul Jensen