South Granville Congregational Church

It is a white frame church built in the 1840s; nearby is a Greek Revival parsonage of similar vintage.

The church and parsonage are on a small unpaved semi-circular drive on the north side of Route 149 at the western edge of South Granville.

[1] The ceiling has coves on adjacent walls to improve the sanctuary's acoustics, to the point that local community concerts are often held at South Granville despite the presence of larger churches in the region.

[1] The parsonage, just south of the church, is a two-story frame house on slate foundation with a slate-shingled gabled roof.

It is sided in clapboard, with pilasters at the corners and the center of the main block, supporting a plain frieze and box cornice.

[1] South Granville was first settled in 1789, at a time when the border between New York and Vermont (then still an independent nation) had not been established, and settlers were hoping to be incorporated into the latter.

That year a group of residents called an ecclesiastical council met there in order to establish a place of worship.

[1] Their first church was built a mile (1.6 km) west of the village at what is now the intersection of Lee Road and Route 149.

Modern heating systems were added to the parsonage around 1900, and sometime later in the 20th century one of the upstairs bedrooms was converted into a bathroom.