How Historic are the Towns of Granby and East Granby?

There are over 90,000 sites in the United States listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Connecticut lays claim to 1,597 of them, with eight located within the town of Granby and six more in East Granby.

Between the two towns, East Granby has the distinction of having the earliest recognition and the most recent. Old Newgate Prison on Newgate Rd. was the first to achieve the national designation on Oct. 15, 1970. The most recent was the Whitfield Cowles House at 118 Spoonville Rd., designated on Apr. 8, 2014.

In Granby, the Rowe and Weed Houses at 208 Salmon Brook St. were the first to achieve the national designation on Jan. 18, 1978. The most recent was the West Granby Historic District, consisting of Broad Hill, Hartland, W. Granby and Simsbury Rds. and Day St. S., designated on May 1, 1992.

Others on the list of Granby’s official Historic Places and their dates of designation include:

• Nathaniel Holcomb III House (45 Bushy Hill Rd.), Apr. 29, 1982
• Granby Center Historic District (3-8 E. Granby Rd., 2 Park Pl., and 207-265 Salmon Brook St. S), Oct. 17, 1985
• Judah Holcomb House (257 N. Granby Rd.), June 16, 1988
• Frederick H. Cossitt Library (388 N. Granby Rd.), June 22, 1988
• Samuel Hayes II House (67 Barndoor Hills Rd.), Apr. 27, 1992
• Allen’s Cider Mill (7 Mountain Rd.), Apr. 28, 1992

Others on the list of East Granby’s official Historic Places and their dates of designation include:

• Viets’ Tavern (Newgate Rd.), Feb. 23, 1972
  
• Ezekiel Phelps House (38 Holcomb St.), Feb. 25, 1982
• East Granby Historic District (Church and East Sts., Nicholson and Rainbow Rds., N. Main, School and S. Main Sts.), Aug. 25, 1988
• Clark Farm Tenant House Site (address not listed), Jan. 31, 2002

Click here for a complete list, sorted by state, of all locations on the National Register of Historic Places.

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