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West Granby Historic District

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949: 62: 260: 76: 830: 101: 841: 223:, United States. It encompasses the historic village of West Granby, which extends along Simsbury Road between Firetown Road and Hartland Road. Although this area was settled in the 18th century, and has a few surviving buildings from that time, its most significant period of development was in the 19th century, when industry came to play a role in the area. The district was listed on the 108: 83: 256:
many agricultural outbuildings and garages. The houses are typically in simple vernacular interpretations of architectural styles popular during their construction, and represent a cross-section of 19th-century and early 20th-century architecture. There are only a few minor instances of the village's industrial buildings that survive, and one church.
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The district is roughly linear in shape, extending along Simsbury Road from Hartland Road in the north to Firetown Road in the south, with several listed buildings on Hartland Road and West Granby Street. Most of the district's 113 buildings' primary buildings are residential, although there are
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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,
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distillery. By 1819 it was one of the town's most important economic centers. These small industries survived until approximately the time of the
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Broad Hill, Hartland, W. Granby and Simsbury Rds. and Day St. S.,
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

West Granby Historic District is located in Connecticut
West Granby Historic District is located in the United States
Granby, Connecticut
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Granby, Connecticut
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East Granby Historic District
Granby Center Historic District
National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut


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