The Oldest Houses in Granby
181 resources stand on the state's historic inventory here: 153 of them buildings, with 9 recorded as demolished and excluded below. The assessors' rolls corroborate the age: about 29 parcels in town carry pre-1800 construction dates.
The Oldest on the Inventory
- 1730Montague, Luke and Hannah Dickinson House · 202 West St · Federal
- 1750Nash, Eleazer and Phebe Kellogg House · 2 Burnett St · Colonial
- 1750Ayres, Samuel and Martha Bell House · 218 Batchelor St · Colonial
- 1751Smith, Asahel and Elizabeth - Warner, John and Margaret Shumway House · 117 Batchelor St
- 1754Domo, Peter and Mary House · 4 Parish Hill RdLocal historic district
- 1755Vinton, Dr. Samuel and Abigail Smith - Montague, Giles F. House · 1 Bittersweet Ln · Colonial; Colonial Revival
- 1760Moody, Azor and Clarissa Hayes - Taylor, Frederick and Sarah H. Knight House · 129 West St · Federal
- 1760Moody, Lt. John - Church, David and Rachel Moody House · 291 East State St · Colonial
- 1760Smith, Levi House, Tavern and Store · 130 West St
- 1760Warner, Stephen Jr. and Rachel Montague House - Home Place · 81 East St
- 1760Chapin, Elijah and Thankful Billings - Ferry, Luther Jr. and Eliza A. Fullar House · 63 Ferry Hill Rd · Altered beyond recognition; No style
- 1760Alvord, Moses and Persis Negus - Moody, Thomas Hovey and Hannah Ferry House · 55 Ferry Hill Rd · Altered beyond recognition; Colonial Revival
Dates are the surveyor's attribution, often approximate. Names are the inventory's own historic designations. These are private homes unless a museum says otherwise, admire from the road.
What Granby Is Built In
- Greek Revival22
- Federal18
- Cape; Postwar Traditional8
- Colonial7
- Cape; Colonial Revival4
- Queen Anne3
- Italianate3
- Victorian Eclectic3
Inventoried buildings by recorded style, the survey's lens, not a census of every roof in town.
What Listing Actually Means Here
45 sit in a local historic district, where exterior changes need a commission's sign-off, the designation with teeth. The inventory maps 10 historic areas in town: Granby Historic District; Granby Hollow - Aldrichville; Carver Street Area….
Old Houses Nearby
The nearest towns, and the age of their housing stock.
From the Desk
RE413 News: what to check before you buy an old house here. Built from the same public record as the figures on this page.
Sources
- Massachusetts Historical Commission inventory; assessors' parcel rolls for the age corroboration. Checked 2026-08-05.
"Figures through" is the period the publisher's data describes; "checked" is only when we last asked. The full sourcing: sources and method.