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

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

  Mortimer & Campbell, Barre, Vt.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments, Tablets and Cemetery Work.

  Correspondence with Trade Solicited.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the T. J. Murphy & W. C. Quinlen Granite Shops on S. Main Street (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.)

  “The firm of W. C. Quinlen and T. J. Murphy has granite shops located on S. Main street. They are practical granite cutters. They commenced business January 1, 1887, and moved to their present location May 1, 1887. Mr. Quinlen was earlier in the business with J. S. Young, now of Montpelier. They manufacture and deal in cemetery and monumental work, in dark and light granite, wholesale and retail, and employ from ten to twelve men.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – the National Granite Co. (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.)

  “The National Granite Co. was organized August 23, 1886, with a cash capital of $10,000, and was the first granite stock company formed in Barre. The officers are: William H. Morse, president; James Haley, vice-president; W. A. Strong, secretary; and C. B. Martin, treasurer. The board of directors are William H. Morse, H. N. Parkhurst, R. B. Vaughan, John McGlynn, and James Haley. At the end of the first year of success the company increased the capital stock to $50,000, and elected its first board of officers. It is a leading company in the business, and has a pleasant office and shops on the bank of the river. A convenient side track to the works, and a steam derrick, give them convenient facilities for loading their finished goods for shipping. This company turns out monumental, cemetery, fine statuary, and building granite, and employs a force of forty men.”

• Barre, Vermont - North Barre Granite, Inc., Barre, Vermont (present-day company since 1895)

  History of North Barre Granite (photographs and history)

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Novelli & Calcagni  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, March 1906, pp. 237)

  Novelli & Calcagni, Barre, VT.
  We make a specialty of Statuary and fine carved monuments in Barre Granite
  A specimen of our work made for F. J. Scholz & Son, Evansville, Indiana

“A specimen of our work made for F. J. Scholz & Son, Evansville, Indiana.” (Novelli & Calcagni advertisement from The Monumental News, March 1906, pp. 237)

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

  “Edgar Norton’s granite shops are just north of Jones Bros., on the river bank. Mr. Norton commenced business in Barre January 1, 1886, is a practical granite cutter, and is acquainted with every detail of the business. He employs fifteen men in manufacturing, for the wholesale and retail trade, all kinds of cemetery and statuary work.”

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Wallace George Parker Obituary  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XIX, No. 2, February 1907, pp. 164)  “Wallace George Parker, a life-long resident of Barre, Vt., died January 7 (1907)…Mr. Parker was one of the first to develop the granite business in Barre….”

1907 obituary for Wallace George Parker, pioneer in the Barre granite business.

• Barre, Vermont – the Producers' Granite Company (The following information is from the "Notes From Quarry and Shop" section in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Frank W. Hoyt, Publisher, New York, pp. 578.)

  "J. Dunlop Smith, Secretary of the Empire Granite Co., Barre, Vt., has made petition for a dissolution of the Producers' Granite Company, one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the city. The Producers' Granite Company is a combination of the Empire Granite Company, and the Harrison Granite Company of Adrian, Mich., and has for the past two years operated jointly a large plant. A receiver has not yet been appointed and such action may be prevented by the Harrison people buying out the plant."

  • Barre, Vermont - Producers' Granite Company (From Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, "Notes From Quarry and Shop" section, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 84.)

    "Financial – Judge Thompson has appointed H. K. Bush receiver for the Producer's Granite Company, of Barre, Vt., and the affairs of the company are to be settled at once."

• Barre, Vermont – R. C. Bowers Granite Co. (Quarries) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, back cover.)

  R. C. Bowers Granite Co.

  Montpelier, Vt., and Aberdeen, Scot.

  Quarries: Barre, Vt.

  Don’t get Caught this Way. But remember that the Headquarters for Quincy, Barre, Concord, Westerly, Hill O’Fare, Peterhead, Red Swede, Emerald, and Blue Pearl Granites.

  Granite and Marble Statuary and David Mowat’s Scotch Chilled Iron for Rubbing is R. C. Bowers Granite Co.

• Barre, Vermont – R. L. Angier (The following advertisement is from The Reporter: Devoted To The Interests of Marble and Granite Workers, Vol. XVII, No. 6, published by Nichols & Co., Chicago, Illinois, June, 1884, pp. 11.)

  R. L. Angier, Barre, Vermont

  Barre Granite.

  Having lately bought and opened one of the best Quarries of Barre, Vermont,

  I am prepared to furnish rough Stock of the finest quality at reasonable prices.

  Sample and Price List sent on application.

• Barre, Vermont – Railway Granite Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 519.)

  Railway Granite Co., Barre, Vt.

  Manufacturers of BarreGraniteMonumentsand General Cemetery Work.

  From the best Light and Dark Stock. Estimates cheerfully given.

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

  Robins Bros., Barre, Vermont.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and General Cemetery Work

  from the Best Light and Dark Stock.

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