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  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Merrill Russell 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. 329. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

    “Merrill Russell has shops for the manufacture of granite work near the Central Vermont depot.Mr. Russell commenced the business in Barre, in 1881, where he continued until 1886, when he removed his shops to Montpelier, where he is now engaged. He employs ten skilled workmen, and is turning out manufactured goods of fine finish and superior quality of the famous Barre granite, which in quality is inferior to none in the world. He executes every thing in granite, with monuments and statues a specialty.”

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

    Smith & Wales, Monuments, Barre, VT.

    Manufacturers of Monuments And General Cemetery Work From Best Light and Dark Barre Granite. Correspondence Solicited.

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Smith & Wells Co. Monument Works (circa 1880) (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. 143-144.

    See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont –Wells, Lamson & Co. Monument Works (circa 1899)

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Stafford & Ladd

    See: Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Stafford & Batchelder Granite Manufacturers (circa 1899) above.

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont – Staffords & Batchelder Granite 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.)

    “Staffords & Batchelder manufacture all kinds of polished granite columns and pilasters, for buildings. This enterprise is the only one of its kind in Barre. The industry was instituted in December 1886, by the firm of Stafford & Ladd. In April, 1887, Mrs. J. H. Batchelder purchased the interest of Ladd, and since then the business has been conducted under the present firm name. They now also turn out urns, vases, and round work in either large or small pieces, rough or polished. The shops are at the foot of Granite street. The firm employs five men.”

  • Barre, Vermont – Standard Granite Company  (Article entitled, “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite”  Some facts about the light Barre granite quarries of the Standard Granite Company.  The reopening of the famous Sunnyside Quarries, from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXVII, No. 7, July 1917, pp. 14-15, 46)

    Excerpts from the above article:

    “A quarry property cannot be bought one day and operated the next.  It takes years to develop a quarry and farseeing judgment to look ahead and carefully analyze the future possibilities of an undeveloped mountain of granite.  Such judgment was one big business characteristic of the late Hon. William Barclay, who some years ago bought quarry property ‘on the hill’ near Barre and established what is known as the Standard Granite Co., owned and operated at present by his son, D. M. Barclay.

    “William Barclay was born in Scotland in 1850….”

    “When Mr. Barclay decided to reopen the Sunnyside quarry, those who knew the character of the stone were delighted with the prospect….”

    “Power house and loading facilities of the Standard Granite Co.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15) “A big sheet of granite in the Stndard Quarry. Note the size of the sheet as compared with the four men.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15) “Top view of the quarry showing some of the fine patterns taken from the Standard Quarries.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15)

    “Power house and loading facilities of the Standard Granite Co.”

    “A big sheet of granite in the Stndard Quarry. Note the size of the sheet as compared with the four men.”

    “Top view of the quarry showing some of the fine patterns taken from the Standard Quarries.”
    • “The big derrick just before its erection in the Sunnyside Quarry.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15) “The Sunnyside Quarry before work of reopening was commenced. Note big mast of derrick to be erected on the spot.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15) “General view of the top of the Standard Quarries showing the big derricks in operation.” (from “An Interesting Story of Standard Granite, from “Granite Marble & Bronze,” July 1917, pp. 14-15)

    “The big derrick just before its erection in the Sunnyside Quarry.”

    “The Sunnyside Quarry before work of reopening was commenced.  Note big mast of derrick to be erected on the spot.”

    “General view of the top of the Standard Quarries showing the big derricks in operation.”
    “D. M. Barclay, proprietor of the Standard Granite Co, Barre, VT,” from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 27, No. 7, July 1917, pp. 46. “D. M. Barclay, proprietor of the Standard Granite Co, Barre, VT,” from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 27, No. 7, July 1917, pp. 46

    • Barre, Vermont – Standard Granite Company  (Established 1890) Quarriers Only  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXVII, No. 12, December 1917, pp. 6)

      Standard Granite Co., Barre, Vermont  (Est. 1890 – Quarriers Only)
      Sunnyside Barre Granite – The Superfine Stock of the Barre District

      The Sunnyside quarry, known to some of the older men in the business to contain some of the finest light Barre granite on the hill, is again in operation.  It is now possible for dealers and manufacturers to obtain this stone in any quantity and any size desired.

      It was necessary to close this quarry some years ago because of transportation difficulties.  These difficulties have been overcome and the Sunnyside stock is again brought into the market.  Specify Sunnyside stock in your next order and you will be surprised at the fine texture and beautiful color of this celebrated stock.

      • “The Sunnyside Quarry as it looked just before it was reopened early in the Summer.” Located in Barre, Vermont. Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXVII, No. 12, December 1917, pp. 6. “The Sunnyside Quarry as it looked just before it was reopened early in the Summer.” Located in Barre, Vermont. Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. XXVII, No. 12, December 1917, pp. 6
    • Barre, Vermont – Standard Granite Company, Inc.  (Advertisement in American Stone Trade, June 1929, pp. 7)
    “Cut out of Standard Granite by Cook, Watkins, & Patch, Inc., Boston, Mass., and Barre, Vt.” “Cut out of Standard Granite by Cook, Watkins, & Patch, Inc., Boston, Mass., and Barre, Vt.”
  • Barre, Vermont – Stephens & Gerard (The following information is from the section "Marble and Granite" in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 61.)

    Stephens & Gerard

    Stephens & Gerard are building a new cutting shed, 122 x 59 feet,
    on Smith meadow, Barre, to be completed April 1.
    It will have a traveling crane and all modern improvements.

  • Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Stephen & Gerard 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.)

    This quarry was “600 feet north of the Anderson quarry and south to south-southeast of the tope of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The operator was the Standard Granite Co. of Barre, Vermont. The granite is “medium Barre,” a gray color with a fine texture.

    The quarry was measured in 1907 and was about 175 feet in a N. 30° E. direction by 159 feet across. It had a depth from 20 to 50 feet.

  • Barre, Vermont – Stephens & Reid (Monument Manufacturers and Dealers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 524.)

    Stephens & Reid, Barre, VT.

    Manufacturers of and Dealers in Barre Granite.

    Monuments, Tablets, and Cemetery Work. Polishing Heavy Work a Specialty.

  • Barre, Vermont – Stone Mountain Grit Co. – StoneMo Grit for Poultry  (history & advertisement) “Granite Poultry Grit:  Barre Aids the ‘Food For Victory’ Program” (pdf), by Paul Wood, Vermont Granite Museum, April 2012.

    • Stone Mountain (StoneMo) Grit Co., Lithonia, Georgia, & Barre, Vermont, Advertisement

    Stone Mountain (StoneMo) Grit Co., Lithonia, Georgia, & Barre, Vermont, Advertisement

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