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

• Barre, Vermont – F. B. Martin (Monument Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

  F. B. Martin, Barre, Vermont.

  Manufacturer of all kinds of Monumental and Cemetery work from Light and Dark Barre Granite.

• Barre, Vermont – F. D. Sartelle (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 476.)

  F. D. Sartelle, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturer of General Monumental Work from Best Light and Dark Barre Granite - Pneumatic Tools.

  Do not fail to get my prices.

• Barre, Vermont – F. M. Pike Granite Company, Mansfield, Ohio, & Barre, Vermont (from Advertisement from The Monumental News, January 1909, pp. 9)

F. M. Pike Granite Company, Mansfield, Ohio, & Barre, Vermont advertisement from The Monumental News, January 1909, pp. 9) The Pinkstaff Monument  “Erected in Pinkstaff, Illinois, Old Pink Westerly Statue 6-0 high, Light Barre Die, base, and bottom base.  Light Barre die 6-0x3-6x3-6, Light Barre base 6-6x4-0x1-2, Light Barre bottom base 8-0x6-4x1-4”

• Barre, Vermont – F. S. Cary & Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 510.)

  F. S. Cary & Co., Barre, Vermont, or Zanesville, Ohio.

  Exclusive Wholesalers of Granite and Statuary.

  A Trial Will Convince You whether it Pays to Trade with Us.

  We are now in position to quote Manufacturers’ Prices for High Grade Work. If you want a good job of Carving or Tracing done with the pneumatic tool, place your orders with us. It costs you a 2 cent stamp to get our quotations on Barre, Quincy, Hardwick, Concord, Scotch or Swede granite. Also, Italian Statuary. We can save you money if you will consider the quality of work that we can ship. Order a set of our gilt edge enameled photo designs to boom your sales. Correspondence Solicited.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Forsyth & Ingram 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. 145. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Forsyth & Ingram’s granite works are located off Granite street, west of the railroad. The members of the firm, S. H. Forsyth and James Ingram, are granite cutters of twenty years’ experience. They engaged in business in Barre in 1882, and now occupy the shops formerly occupied by E. L. Smith & Co. They have every desirable facility for successfully carrying on their large business, including a derrick operated by steam. They quarry, manufacture, and deal in monumental, fine carved, and statuary work in light and dark Barre granite. The firm has established a branch agency at 1,313 Washington avenue, St. Louis, Mo. they employ forty men.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Fraser & Cassie Granite Shops (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. 146. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Fraser & Cassie (James Fraser and George Cassie), both practical granite cutters, have shops located just north of Marr & Gordon. They commenced business in June, 1887. This firm also manufactures, for the wholesale and retail trade, Barre granite, for monumental and cemetery purposes, and employs from fifteen to twenty men.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – E. C. French, Granite Manufacturer (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. 147. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “E. C. French, manufacturer of granite, commenced business in 1883, where E. A. Wilkinson is now engaged. In 1885 he moved to his present location on South Main street. He executes monumental and cemetery work of all kinds, for wholesale and retail trade, and employs ten men.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – A. H. Gable 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. 145-146. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “A. H. Gamble’s granite works are on South Main street in Barre. Mr. Gamble commenced the business with Charles Young, in the winter of 1882 and ’83. In May, 1887, he sold his interest to his partner, intending to remove to New York. Circumstances prevented his removal and he re-entered the granite business in Barre. He manufactures monumental and cemetery work for the wholesale trade, and employs from ten to fifteen men.”

• Barre, Vermont – George & Rogers (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 476.)

  George & Rogers, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and General Cemetery Work.

  From best Light and Dark stock.

  We Will Try To Please You. Give Us A Trial.

• Barre, Vermont - “Granite Center of the World,” presented in the “Vermont Products” section of the Central Vermont chamber of Commerce web site. (Scroll down to the entry.)
• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Grant & Co.

  See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Alexander Grant & Co.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Harrison Granite Company Quarries (Granite)  Harrison Granite Company Clientele Catalog (& Monuments) (pdf), Harrison Granite Company, Established 1845, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Quarries & Works:  Barre, Vermont, January 1, 1918, 24 pp.

  Front and back covers of the Harrison Granite Co. Clientele and Monument Catalog	Title page of the Harrison Granite Co. Clientele and Monument Catalog	Letter from the Harrison Granite Co. to a customer dated June 1921

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Herlihy & Williams Granite Shops (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. 146. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Herlihy & Williams (M. C. Herlihy and Thomas Williams) formed this co-partnership January 1, 1887. Their shops are opposite the National Granite Co. They employ about thirty men in the manufacture of all kinds of granite work for building and monumental purposes, and do a wholesale and retail business.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Hobbs & McDonald, Tool Manufacturers (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. 148. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Hobbs & McDonald manufacture, deal in and repair all kinds of stonecutter’s and quarrymen’s tools. Their shops are located near Forsyth & Ingram’s granite shops, off the foot of Granite street, and are run by a twelve-horse power upright steam engine. They employ four men. Mr. Hobbs commenced business January 1, 1887, and Mr. McDonald became his partner April 15 of the same year.”

• Barre, Vermont – Hoffer & Corti (Sculptors) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 516.)

  Hoffer & Corti, Barre, Vermont.

  Scuptors - Artistic Carving and General Cemetery Work.

  Best Granites in the Market.

• Barre, Vermont – Hopkins & Huntington (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 519.)

  Hopkins & Huntington, Barre, Vt.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and General cemetery Work.

  First-Class Work Guaranteed. Write for Prices.

  Barre, Vermont – Hopkins & Huntington (Manufacturer)  (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, January 1896, Vol. 3, No. 1, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 77.)

Hopkins and Huntington, Manufacturers of Barre Granite, Monuments and General Cemetery Work, First Class Work Guaranteed.  Write for Prices.  Barre, VT.  (Photograph of cemetery stone of Fred R. & Hattie E. Stevens included in advertisement.)

• Barre, Vermont – Samuel B. Huse Obituary – Pioneer Granite Manufacturer  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XIX, No. 2, February 1907, pp. 164)

Obituary for Samuel B. Huse, pioneer granite manufacturer in Barre, Vermont; died Dec. 23, 1906.

• Barre, Vermont – I. A. Arche & Co. (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 519.)

  I. A. Arche & Co., Barre, VT.

  Manufacturers of Monumental Work of all kinds.

  Satisfaction Guaranteed.

• Barre, Vermont – J. C. King (Monument Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 476.)

  J. C. King, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturer of all kinds of Barre Granite Monuments, Etc.

  Rock Faced Work a Specialty. Correspondence Solicited.

• Barre, Vermont – J. P. Corskie (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 525.)

  J. P. Corskie, Barre, VT.

  Dealer in Dark and LightBarreGraniteMonuments.

  Orders solicited and promptly filled. Estimates furnished on application. Pneumatic tools for lettering and Carving. Tablets and general Drapery work. Draper and Carving a Specialty.

• Barre, Vermont – J. W. McDonald & Co. (Quarriers and Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 524.)

  J. W. McDonald. D. W. McDonald - J. W. McDonald & Co.,

  Quarriers and Manufacturers of Fine Monumental Work.

  Light and Dark Barre Granite.

  Best of Stock and Workmanship Guaranteed.

  P. O. Lock Box 97. - Barre, VT.

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the McDonald & Cutter 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 McDonald & Cutter Quarry was located “east-northeast of the top of Millstone Hill, east of the main street of Webster, in Barre.” The operator was the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite was mostly “light Barre” with some “medium Barre.” The color ranged from light medium to medium slightly bluish-gray color with a fine to medium texture.

    In 1907 the quarry was estimated to measure about “200 feet in a N. 20 ° W. direction by 175 feet across and from 65 to 110 feet deep.”

• Barre, Vermont – James Fraser & Son (Monument Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

  James Fraser & Son, Barre, Vermont.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and General Cemetery Work.

  Correspondence Solicited. Give us a trial.

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

  Jas. K. Milne & Co., Barre, VT

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments And Cemetery Work

• Barre, Vermont – John Benzie (Monument Manufacturer and Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 527.)

  John Benzie, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturer and Dealer in the best Light and Dark Barre Granite Monuments,

  And General Cemetery Work. Quarrier’s Pneumatic Tools. Estimates Cheerfully Given.

• Barre, Vermont – John A. Connon (Manufacturer and Dealer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 470.)

  John A. Connon, Man’fr an Dealer.

  Light and Dark Barre Granite Monuments and Cemetery Work. - Write for Estimates.

• Barre, Vermont – Jones Bros. Granite Co. Largest Monumental Shed in the World, Barre, Vt.

  Jones Bros. Granite Co. Largest Monumental Shed in the World, Barre, Vt. (colorized postcard photograph, No. 214911; The Leighton & Valentine Co., N.Y. City; Printed in United States; early 1900s; unmailed)

• Barre, Vermont

  (color postcard photograph #9069; published expressly for the F.W. Woolworth Col.; no postmark) "Largest Hamblet Spire ever cut in Barre, Vermont, Rough Stock from The Wells & Lamson Quarry Co., Barre, Vt., Cut by Jones Bros., Barre, Vt. Length (sic) 50 ft., 4 ft., 6 in. square. Weight in the rough 103 tons. Weight when finished 80 tons."

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Jones Brothers Granite Works & Quarries (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. 143. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Jones Brothers. – The firm of Jones Brothers have been for many years the largest dealers in monumental work in Boston, their place of business being on Kilby street. They were, likewise, the largest dealers in Barre granite in the market, and often had the majority of the stonecutters in Barre working on their orders. Desiring to possess quarries and shops of their own in Barre, Jones Brothers, in August, 1886, purchased the business of Messrs. Mackie & Simpson. Since acquiring the property Jones Brothers have largely increased the force at both shops and quarries, and now give employment to seventy-five stonecutters and from twenty-five to thirty quarrymen, in addition to teamsters, etc. The firm’s shops are on the bank of the river, spur tracks running thereto. Jones Brothers’ quarries are eight acres in extent, and the firm deals in both finished and rough stone. They manufacture every class of cemetery and architectural work, and their business in Barre is managed by competent persons. Jones Brothers are in possession of unexcelled facilities for the rapid and economical execution of all orders. They employ skilled draughtsmen and designers, and present much originality in their work.”

• Barre, Vermont – the Jones Brothers’ Polishing Shed 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 Jones Brothers’ polishing shed, Barre, Vermont

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Jones Brothers Company  (Advertisement  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XXI, No. 4, April 1909, pp. 313) 

    Jones Brothers Company
    Main Office:  161 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts – Quarries and Works:  Barre, Vermont

(photo caption in advertisement - photo of the Sandring monument)  “Sample of Our Work.  This monument was cut from our fine grain light barre stock, which is the best grade and shows up carving to the best advantage….” Jones Brothers Co., Quarry & Works at Barre, Vermont (Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1909, pp. 313)

• Barre, Vermont – Jones Bros. Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XXXI, No. 9, September 1919, pp. 614)
  

  The Jones Standard

  The Holman-Richardson, which we furnished to the Van Amringe Granite Company, is but one of the many beautiful memorials we have made that have given entire satisfaction to critical customers.

  Barre Granite – The Granite Centre of the World
  Memorials of One Standard
  Jones Bros., Boston Massachusetts – Barre, Vermont

Jones Bros. Company Advertisement  (from The Monumental News, September 1919, pp. 614)

• Barre, Vermont – Jones Bros.  (Photograph from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 41)
  

“The new office building of Jones Bros. Co., Barre, VT., as it looks on a busy day.” (Photograph from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 41)

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Jones Dark 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 Jones Dark Quarry was located “in Williamstown (Orange County) but adjoins the Empire quarry in Barre.” The operator was the Jones Bros. co. of Barre, Vermont, and Boston, Massachusetts. The granite is a “dark Barre” of a dark bluish-gray color with a fine to medium texture.

  The Jones Dark Quarry opened about 1886. In 1907 it measured “about 300 feet in a N. 80° E. direction by 250 feet across and in 1917 was 125 feet deep.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Jones Light 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 Jones Light granite quarry was “about south-southeast of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was the Jones Bros. Co. of Barre, Vermont, and Boston, Massachusetts. The granite is a "light Barre" with a light, very slightly bluish-gray color. The quarry has two openings. The older and main opening in 1907 measured “over 550 feet in a N. 35° E. direction by 60 to 200 feet across, and in 1918 was 125 feet deep. A later one, 300 feet N. 30° E. from the north end of the other, was about 200 feet square and 50 feet deep.”

  Accessory minerals: Magnetite (very little) and zircon. Secondary minerals: Calcite, usually in the orthoclase, kaolin, one or two white micas, and chlorite.

  The granite from the Jones Light Quarry was used for rough and hammered face and carved monuments. Some examples of the use of the dark quarry granite: the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument in Angola, Indiana; the Ohio and Iowa State Soldiers’ monuments in Chattanooga, Tennessee; the Governor Curtin monument in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania; the State Soldiers’ monument in York, Pennsylvania; the Hearn monument, “with monolithic spire 53 by 4 feet by 4 feet,” in Woodlawn, New York; the Rouse mausoleum in Winchester, Virginia; the Krueger mausoleum in Newark, New Jersey, the Gary mausoleum, “with roof stones of the “light,” 35 by 9 feet 6 inches by 1 foot 6 inches each,” in Wheaton, Illinois; and the Goodall monument in Sanford, Maine.

• Barre, Vermont - Jones Brothers Manufacturing Plant. The following information is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 508.

  “Work has begun on the extensive manufacturing plant to be built by Jones Brothers near the Mackie place which they purchased some time ago. It is the intention of the builders to make this establishment second to none in the country either in size or equipment. The Monumental News readers will hear more about it as the work progresses.” E. M. T.

• Barre, Vermont – the Wells-Lamson Granite Quarry, Jones Brothers Company, Producers of Guardian Memorials of Everlasting Beauty”  (Visit…The Home of Guardian Memorials, Barre, Vermont, undated brochure/mid-1900s)  The following is an excerpt from the brochure:

  “Don’t miss one of the most spectacular sights in New England, the Wells-Lamson Granite Quarry.  This is the oldest working quarry in the state of Vermont…this year marks its 141st anniversary.  Granite has been quarried on the site of the Wells-Lamson quarry ever since 1825, and probably before that.

  “You’ll see huge blocks of granite being lifted to the surface by 115-ft. derricks which rim the gigantic quarry.  You’ll watch solid granite being cut with a white-hot jet flame…and see hardy Vermont quarrymen at work.  Immense grout (waste) piles tell the story of careful selection…less than 15% of the granite quarried can be used for memorials.

  “The Wells-Lamson quarry is in Websterville, Vermont, just 4 miles from Barre.  The ride to the quarry and the 400-ft. deep quarry itself is a must for camera enthusiasts….”

Wells-Lamson Granite Quarry, Jones Bros. Co. brochure (mid-1900s)

• Barre, Vermont – the Wells-Lamson Granite Quarry

  For a historical and geological description of the Wells-Lamson granite quarry and other local quarries in the Barre, Vermont area, see:  Barre Granite Quarries, Barre, Vermont, Dorothy A. Richter, Hager-Richter Geoscience, Inc., Geological Society of America Centennial Field Guide – Northeastern Section, 1987.

• Barre, Vermont - Jones Brothers Granite Quarry (Scroll down to photograph near bottom.)
• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Kenerson Design Studio, 24 Elm Street, Barre, Vermont – A Portfolio of Architectural Memorial Designs brochure (pdf), presented by Kenerson Design Studio, Barre, Vermont, no date of publication.

Front cover of A Portfolio of Architectural Memorial Designs	One of the pages in the brochure displaying cemetery monuments by Kenerson Design Studio	Back page of the brochure displaying cemetery monuments by Kenerson Design Studio

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the Sumner Kimball’s Granite Shops (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. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Sumner Kimball’s granite shops are located opposite the National Granite Co. Mr. Kimball removed his granite works from Montpelier in August, 1886. He also quarries and manufactures, for the wholesale and retail trade, a full line of monumental, cemetery, and building work, and employs from thirty to forty men.”

• Barre, Vermont – Kingston Bros. & Co. (Monument Manufacturers and Dealers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

  KingstonBros. & Co., Barre, VT.

  Manufacturers of and Dealers in Light and Dark Barre Granite.

  Cemetery Work of every description. Correspondence with Dealers solicited.

  Do not fail to get our prices.

   

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