List of Quarries in Vermont & Quarry
Links, Photographs and Articles

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers (Quarry Owners, Manufacturers and Polishers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 508.)

  Barclay Brothers,

  Quarry Owners, Manufactures and Polishers of….Barre Granite.

  We own and operate Light and Dark quarries that are producing first-class dimension stock of any size. Our facilities for Quarrying are unsurpassed, and orders for Rough Stock will receive prompt attention. Our manufacturing department is equipped with Pneumatic Tools for surfacing, carving and lettering granite. Our new surfacing machine is the latest and most valuable improvement ever made in granite working machinery, and gives more satisfactory results on large surfaces than when finished by hand. Our Column Cutting Lathes and Polishing Lathes are the largest in Barre, and our polishing mill is equipped with thirteen polishing machines. We have every convenience for handling Large Work.

  Caps, Dies, Etc., Polished for the Trade. - Barre, Vermont.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Barclay Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

  The Barclay quarry was “the S. 35° W. continuation of the large Jones Light quarry…” The operator was the Standard Granite co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite is “light Barre,” of a light, slightly bluish-gray color and a fine to medium texture.

  The Barclay Quarry opened in 1907 and measured 220 by 100 feet with a depth of 75 feet.

  Granite from this quarry was used for monuments and memorial chapels. Examples are: The Robert Burns statue and pedestal in Barre, Vermont; the First North Dakota soldiers’ Memorial in St. Paul, Minnesota; the Indian Massacre Memorial in Serena, Illinois, the Wade Memorial Chapel in Cleveland, Ohio; the Hancock (canopy) Memorial in San Francisco, California; the Doctor Kimball Memorial in Concord, New Hampshire, the General Thomas (shaft) memorial in Springfield, Ohio; and the Senator Dillon Shaft in Davenport, Iowa.

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers in “The Granite Industry (of Barre, Vermont),” by W. F. Scott,in the Interstate Journal, July-August, 1902, Vol. 5, Nos. 4-5.

  Interior of Barclay Bros.’ granite shop, the largest in the world, Barre, Vermont

  
  • Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers Plant  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, March 1906, pp. 229)

    Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont
    Quarry Owners, Manufacturers, Polishers, Column Cutting

“Exterior view of our plant.” Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont, advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, March 1906, pp. 229.

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers – “The Granite Industry of Barre, Vermont,” written by George H. Gilman of Claremont, New Hampshire, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, Vol. IV. No. 3, January, 1910, pages 358-366. (The article discusses the equipment at the Barclay Brothers and Boutwell, Milne, Varnum quarry.)

“Sullivan Bushing Tool, Barclay Brothers,” “The Granite Industry of Barre, Vermont,” “Mine and Quarry,” Jan. 1910	“Sullivan Hand Surfacer Channeling across the end of a long block, Barclay Brothers,” “Mine and Quarry,” Jan. 1910	“Sullivan ‘WJ’ Air Compressor, Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont,” “Mine and Quarry,” Jan. 1910

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers – “Drill Core Problems,” by Professor Alfred C. Lane, of Tufts College (Until recently State Geologist of Michigan), in Mine and Quarry. Vol. IV, No. 3, January 1910, pp. 367-368A.

“Sullivan ‘D-28’ Crane Surfacer, Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont, from “Drill Core Problems,” by Professor Alfred C. Lane, of Tufts College (Until recently State Geologist of Michigan), in Mine and Quarry, January 1910, pp. 367.

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers' Power House and Dump Piles

  (colorized postcard photograph #9070; Pub. expressly for the F. W. Woolworth Co.; postmark July 30 1914)

• Barre, Vermont – Barclay Brothers’ Publications circa 1918:  
  • Monument Trade Builder, January-February 1918, published by Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont.

Front cover of the January-February 1918 issue of Monument Trade Builder	View on the bank at the Barclay quarries.

	Photographs of the Barclay Bros. office and drafting facilities

• • Monument Trade Builder, March-April 1918, published by Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont.

Front cover of the March-April issue of Monument Trade Builder	“View on the bank at the Barclay quarries, showing a nice pattern being loaded.” (Barre, Vermont)	“Main Battery of Surfacing Machines” at Barre, Vermont

• • Monument Making, Barclay Brothers, Barre, Vermont, published 1918 or before, 32 pp. (I have not been able to locate a copy of this Barclay Bros. book yet. If you find a copy of this book online, please let me know. Peggy B. Perazzo.)
• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Barre Granite & Quarry Company’s Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

  The Barre Granite & Quarry Company’s granite quarry was “about 500 feet north of the Canton quarry, and in about that direction from the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was E. L. Smith & Co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite is “light Barre” with a light-gray color.

  The Barre Granite & Quarry Company’s quarry was opened in 1904. When it was measured in 1907, it was about 300 feet in a N. 22° E. direction by 150 feet across. When it was measured in 1918 it had a depth of 100 feet.

  The granite from this quarry was used for monuments and buildings. Granite from this quarry was mainly used in the Vermont capitol in Montpelier.

• Barre, Vermont - the Barre Granite Association (The history of the Barre granite industry and the Italian carvers are described.)
  • About the Barre Granite Industry (photographs and history)
• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Barre Granite Works (circa 1899) (Granite) (Excerpt from Gazetteer of Washington County, Vermont, 1783-1889, Part First, compiled and published by Hamilton Child, Edited by William Adams, Syracuse, N.Y.: The Syracuse Journal Co., Printers and Binders, April 1899, pp. 142-143. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “The Barre granite works have an office and shops opposite the Central Vermont railroad station. Messrs. H. A. Duffy and W. S. George are the proprietors. The firm owns quarries of dark and light granite, employs from fifty to sixty men, manufactures every description of monumental, cemetery, and statuary work, and deals in both rough and finished granite. Mr. Duffy is a practical granite and marble cutter. He came to Barre from Syracuse, N. Y., where he had nineteen years’ experience in the business, and, with Daniel J. Francis, was the firm of ‘Syracuse Marble and Granite Co.’ The energy and push of this company has made it one of the leading firms in Barre.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Barre Medium Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

  The Barre Medium Quarry was “about 500 feet southeast of the Milne quarry.” The operator was the Barre Medium Granite Co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite is “medium and light Barre,” having a light medium bluish-gray color and fine to medium texture.

  The Barre Medium Quarry opened in 1906. It was measured in 1907 and was found to be 200 feet from north to south by 150 feet across. It had a depth from 10 to 25 feet. In 1922 the quarry was idle.

• Barre, Vermont – Bizzozero & Co. (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 527.)

  Bizzozero & Co., Barre, VT

  Manufacturers of all kinds of Monumental Work From Light and Dark Barre Granite.

• Barre, Vermont - Granite Quarry Scene

  (colorized postcard photograph #11, #74118, C. W. Hughes & Co., Inc., Mechanicville, N.Y.; C. T. American Art Colored; no postmark)

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Boutwell, Varnum, & Milne Company

  Also See: “Graniteville, Vermont – Boutwell, Milne and Varnum”

• Barre, Vermont – Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company Rock of Ages  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 27, No. 2, February 1917, pp. 18)

  Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Barre, Vermont – The Rock of Ages

  Dark Barre Granite, the “Rock of Ages,” is the aristocrat of the granite industry of the world.  It is of a rich, dark blue gray that is absolutely unfading and remarkably free from streaks and markings of all kinds.

  The polishing possibilities of this stone are remarkable.  It lends itself to a most enduring glass-like surface that almost deceives the eye, so deep and transparent is the luster that can be produced. 

  Always specify the “Rock of Ages” in your orders and you will get the best granite from the greatest granite center in the world.

Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Barre, Vermont – The Rock of Ages, advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 27, No. 2, February 1917, pp. 18.

• Barre, Vermont – Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company  (from Granite Marble & Bronze, December 1917, pp. 42)

“Guy Varnum, of Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company, Barre (Vermont), who has been appointed Captain in the Ordnance Department of the U. S. Army.”

• Barre, Vermont – Boutwell, Milne and Varnum – The Story of the Rock of Ages, Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company, Montpelier, Vermont, written and compiled by Athol R. Bell, 1925.  (history and photographs about the Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company quarries) A few of the photographs in the book are shown below.

Front cover of The Story of the Rock of Ages, the history of the Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Montpelier, Vermont	“Looking northward in 1880 where cattle grazed at the right of Barre’s main thoroughfare there are miles of residential streets. The wide spaces flanking the left are now occupied by nearly a hundred granite plants.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	“Length, width, depth limited only by railway clearance rules, blocks of unbelievable size are obtainable in the Rock of Ages quarries.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)
“Tremendous Power – The Rock of Ages air compressor is capable of delivering 3,700 cubic feet of air per minute.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	“This section of the new Rock of Ages quarry plant is to include a model machine shop, work room, welding department and wood working shop.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	“Here will be housed the Fire Department, quarry offices, drafting room and a retiring room for tourists who annually visit the home of Rocr (sic) of Ages.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)
“The Rock of Ages Power House and near it the lily-padded cooling pond, its waters continually churned by the compressor pumps.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	“A noonday slant on one of the earliest Rock of Ages quarrying crews. At the extreme left is Henry Coughlin, one of the first Rock of Ages foremen, now of granite, N. C., at his left, J. M. Boutwell.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	“Quarry No. 1 as the photographer saw it in 1890. Now it is a yawning chasm and the 82-ft. derrick mast which the prophets had cast for a white elephant role has yielded its place to one that is more than 100 feet high.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)
“In the shadow of long trestles. The men in the loading yards pursue their exacting tasks.” (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Blocks of granite transported by rail by the Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co. (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)
Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)
Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying large block granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Photograph of a horse-drawn wagon carrying granite (The Story of the Rock of Ages, 1925)	Advertisement in The Story of the Rock of Ages, the history of the Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Montpelier, Vermont, 1925

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Boutwell Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

  The Boutwell quarry was “about south of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co. in Montpelier, Vermont. The granite was chiefly “dark Barre” but there is also “dark medium” and “medium” granite. The “dark Barre” is a medium bluish-gray color with a fine texture.

  The Boutwell Quarry opened about 1886. The shape of the quarry at inspection was T-shaped and measured “about 600 feet in a N. 80 ° E. direction by 60 feet north and south at the east end and 120 feet at the west end, with a 150-foot square extension on the north side, but only 150 feet from the west side.” It had a depth of 50 to 100 feet in 1907.

  The granite from the Boutwell Quarry was sold in rough blocks and the author reports “there are no records of the monuments made of its blocks.”

  The Smith obelisk at Sharon Vermont, was made from granite from the Boutwell Quarry.

• Barre, Vermont - Boutwell, Milne and Varnum Co., Quarry No. 2 - Largest Quarry Owners in the World

  (color postcard photograph #9068; published expressly for the F.W. Woolworth Co.; postmark November 10, 1913)

• Barre, Vermont - Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Quarry, Rock of Ages

  (postcard photograph; early 1900s; unmailed)

• Barre, Vermont - Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company. Barre, Vermont.

  Ad from The Vermonter, The State Magazine, Published monthly by Chas. R. Cummings, White River Junction, Vermont, January 1911.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Bruce Brothers Granite Works

  See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Vermont Granite Co. (circa 1899)

• Barre, Vermont – Brown & Demerell, Manufacturers  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 55)

  Brown & Demerell, Manufacturers, Barre, Vermont
  Quality dealers recognize the worth of B & D Monuments

  Western Representative:  Robert L. MacLane, 1130 Masonic Temple Building, Corner State and Randolph, Chicago, Illinois

Brown & Demerell, Manufacturers, Barre, Vermont – Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, October 1920, pp. 55

• Barre, Vermont – Brown, Carroll & Company  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXVII, No. 7, July 1917, pp. 2)

  Brown, Carroll & Co., Barre, Vermont

  “The Jones Memorial was cut for a dealer’s family lot and shipped by us in May, 1917.  We want you to notice the careful manner in which the carving is finished and the clean surfaces and sharp edges on the entire job....”

“The Jones Memorial was cut for a dealer’s family lot and shipped by us in May, 1917....” Brown, Carroll & Co., Barre, Vermont.

• Barre, Vermont – Brown, Carroll & Company  (photograph from Vol. XXVII, No. 12, Granite Marble & Bronze, December 1917, pp. 42)

“George S. De Merrell, of Brown, Carroll & Company, who has received the commission of First Lieutenancy in the Ordnance Department of the Army.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Bruce Granite Quarry (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, by T. Nelson Dale, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1923.)

  “The Bruce quarry adjoins the Boutwell on the southwest and lies about south of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Montpelier, Vermont. The granite is a “dark Barre” of a medium bluish-gray color and fine texture.

  Accessory minerals: Titanite, magnetite, pyrite. Secondary minerals: Not a little calcite within the orthoclase, kaolin, one or two white micas.

  The Bruce Quarry opened in 1890. When it was measured in 1907 it was “about 250 feet in a N. 80 ° E. direction by 125 feet across and 60 to 100 feet in depth.”

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