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Granby is a town in northern Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 10,903 at the 2020 census. [1] The town center is defined as a census-designated place known as Salmon Brook. Other areas in town include North Granby and West Granby. Granby is a rural town, located in ...
The Granby Center Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district encompassing a portion of the village of Granby Center in Granby, Connecticut.The village developed in the 18th century as a farming center, and a now includes a variety of architectural styles from the late 18th to early 20th centuries.
The Frederick H. Cossitt Library is a historic library building at 388 N. Granby Road in Granby, Connecticut. It is a Queen Anne style building, designed by Jasper D. Sibley and built in 1890. Construction of the library was championed by George S. Godard , later librarian of the Connecticut State Library , and was funded by a bequest from ...
The area that is now West Granby village was first settled in the early 18th century, and was largely agrarian, with a sawmill established on the West Branch Salmon Brook about 1742. In 1784, the water power of the brook was harnessed for a gristmill, carding mill, trip hammer facility, and gin distillery.
The Salmon Brook Historical Society is the local historical society of Granby, Connecticut.The society's museum property is located and 208 Salmon Brook Street, and includes four historic buildings, which include museum displays of historic items, and a small research library.
Allen's Cider Mill stood at the crossroads village of North Granby, on the south side of Mountain Road just west of its junction with Connecticut Route 189. It was a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, set close to the road, with a gable roof and a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story shed addition. Its exterior was finished in vertical board siding.
Old New-Gate Prison is a former prison and mine site on New-Gate Road in East Granby, Connecticut. It is now operated by the state of Connecticut as the Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine Archaeological Preserve. Previously closed for restoration since 2009, it was re-opened on July 14, 2018. [3]
The East Granby Historic District encompasses a predominantly rural and agricultural area of the town of East Granby, Connecticut.Extending northward from the town center and covering some two square miles, it includes one of the state's highest concentrations of surviving 18th and early 19th-century farmsteads, and a relatively little-altered landscape.