The large tobacco barn, built in 1914 by Fred M. Colton, was given to the Society by his daughters in 1976.

The Barn displays are a microcosm of Granby's past. A cabinet houses a fine exhibit of local Indian artifacts. A large collection of early quilting, spinning, and weaving tools includes a rare Connecticut spinning wheel. Another corner is devoted to the Civil War memorabilia of Col. Richard E. Holcomb.

Circa 1914

An early Meeting House is recreated from many of Granby's early churches. Doors from the Episcopal church of 1790, Universalist Church pew, First Church organ, South Church hymn boards, West Granby Methodist Church pew doors, and a Swedish Bible from the early days of Pilgrim Congregational, welcome a black-clad mourner in a Shaker cloak.

The rest of the Barn shows Granby in the 1890 era. A Village Store is filled with an amazing variety of items. There is a dressmaker's shop, a shoemaker's shop, and a creamery. The kitchen features apple peeler and sausage stuffer, iron cookstove and coffee mill. A wash kitchen has an 1830 zinc bathtub with a wooden lid, a stove to heat the heavy flat irons, and a hand cranked washing machine.

The back half of the Barn has a variety of exhibits from Granby's rural heritage. There are farm tools and machinery, sleds and sleighs, a huge hoisting wheel, hay rakes and hay forks, carpenter tools, items used in cider mills, grist mills, blacksmithing, maple sugaring, hog slaughtering, bee keeping, harness making, ice cutting and a large tobacco section. Also on display is Granby's first fire fighting equipment, a colorful voting booth and the beautiful horse drawn, glass-sided Hayes hearse.

A visit to the Salmon Brook Historical Society is a journey through the history of Granby.