Moses Weed built this small saltbox house in 1790 in the hills of
West Granby, six miles to the west of its present location. The Weed family cleared and farmed the land.
The farmhouse, after being owned by the Weeds, Lampsons, and Corrells, was sold in
1924 to John Enders, who used it as a hunting cabin.
After the Enders State Forest was established, the
Weed-Enders
House was leased to the Salmon Brook Historical Society and moved, in 1974, to 208
Salmon Brook Street.
The eighteenth century farmhouse was restored to its original condition, and has
multiple uses. An elegant Victorian Parlor depicts, in cluttered splendor, a different
view of the past. Visitors can look through a stereoptican or marvel at an Edison
Phonograph.
In addition, the building houses a fine research and genealogical library, the
curator's office, and the Society Museum Store, featuring Granby history books, maps, and
other Granby memorabilia.
The Weed-Enders House
is typical of the
farm homes found nestled amid stone-walled fields in the rugged hills of Granby.
