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Granville Center Historic District

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The historic district is essentially linear, stretching along Main Road, with Trumble Lane extending south roughly one-third the distance from its western end, which is anchored by the Colonial Revival town hall, the district's only 20th-century building. Most of the buildings in the district are
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as an industrial center to the east. As a result, the center's architecture is largely reflective of the first half of the 19th century. Its continued civic importance was reinforced when a new town hall was built at the western end of the district in 1927.
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The town of Granville was settled in 1738 and incorporated in 1775. Granville Center was one of its early places of settlement, and is where its first meetinghouse, supposedly near the junction of Main Road
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wood-frame houses, and the majority were built during the Federal period. There are only a few Greek Revival and Victorian era buildings, all houses, in the district.
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts
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National Register of Historic Places in Hampden County, Massachusetts
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Granville Centre, Nova Scotia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Granville Center Historic District is located in Massachusetts
Granville Center Historic District is located in the United States
Granville, Massachusetts
42°4′2″N 72°52′33″W / 42.06722°N 72.87583°W / 42.06722; -72.87583
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historic district
Granville, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places
Massachusetts Route 57
Granville Village
West Granville Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampden County, Massachusetts


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