Bootscootin' Back to the Past in Turkey Hills, East Granby CT: Where Barns and

The East Granby Historic District, a dazzling slice of rural and agricultural East Granby, Connecticut, stretches northward from town, spanning approximately two square miles. It boasts one of the state's highest concentrations of surviving 18th and early 19th-century farmsteads – you guessed it, the good ol' 'Turkey hills'. East Granby eventually earned that very title, settling way back in the 1700s as a part of Simsbury before gettin' its independence as a part of Granby in 1786.

Been around the block a few times, this one. A purely agricultural hub, it's faced a smidgin of suburban development pressure since the 20th century. The district's main buildings – mostly wood frame, with just a couple of bricks to round out the crew – showcase colonial Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival styles. Two remarkable institutions also call the district home: a stone Congregational Church smack dab in the middle and an old schoolhouse reinvented as a cozy library. Most of the buildings are timber-frame, with only two brick houses adding a sprinkle of contrast.

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