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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.
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 oldest graves of East Granby can be found in the East Granby Center Cemetery, and dates back to 1737. East Granby Center Cemetery – Located Near East Granby Center On School Street. The East Granby Cemetery was established in 1722, and it is no longer active. [15] Copper Hill Cemetery – Located In The Northwest Part Of Town
Simsbury Airport is a public use airport located in Simsbury and East Granby. Ensign-Bickford Industries, founded in Simsbury in 1836, is still headquartered in town. The Pinchot Sycamore, an American sycamore in Simsbury, is the largest tree in Connecticut. According to a measurement made in 1998, the tree was 26 feet (7.9 m) around and 95 ...
The town of Granby was settled in the 17th century, and was part of Simsbury before incorporating in 1786. Granby Center, located in the eastern part of the town due to the later separation of East Granby, is one of three villages that arose in the town, and has historically been its principal civic center. Land use practice of the period was ...
Viets' Tavern is an 18th-century tavern on Newgate Road, directly across the street from the Old Newgate Prison State Historical Site in East Granby, Connecticut. The building was home for many years to the prison warden, who also operated it as a tavern. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]
The Barkhamsted Reservoir was commissioned in 1940 after the completion of the Saville Dam on the East Branch of the Farmington River at a cost of $10 million. [7] It is the largest reservoir in Connecticut, the largest impoundment on the Farmington River system, and its 54 acre watershed extends from the towns of Barkhamsted and Hartland ...
East Granby is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut. Pages in category "East Granby, Connecticut" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.