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

• Montpelier, Vermont – William Edson Adams, President of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., Montpelier, Vermont – Obituary  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XIX, No. 2, February 1907, pp. 158)

  “William Edson Adams, president of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., Montpelier, Vt., a brief obituary notice of whom was given last month, died December 4 (2006)….”

1907 obituary for “William Edson Adams, Montpelier, VT.” “... president of the Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., Montpelier, Vt.….”

• Montpelier, Vermont – the Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Company, Quarriers  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. XXXIII, No. 5, May 1921, pp. 346)

Boutwell, Milne & Varnum Co., Quarriers, Montpelier, Vermont (advertisement from The Monumental News, May 1921, pp. 346)

• Montpelier, Vermont – C. P. Gill & Co. (Manufactures) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 514.)

  C. P. Gill & Co.,

  Manufacturers of all kinds of

  Monumental and Cemetery Work.

  From the best Dark, Medium and Light Barre Granite. Orders filled promptly Work guaranteed to be first class. Always get our estimates before placing orders.Montpelier, VT.

• Montpelier, Vermont - Capitol Granite Co. (Manufacturer). The following information is from The Monumental News, “Among Our Advertisers” section, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 517.

  “Several tracings of some exceedingly fine monumental work in Barre granite have been received from the Capitol Granite Co. of Montpelier, Vt. They represent work shipped and in process of construction and indicate that the firm named have been among the favored ones this season in securing large contracts. During the month of June they shipped a solders monument to a southern city, on which was some very elaborate carving. The base of the monument was 20 feet square and total height 65 feet. There were several very heavy stones in the job, notably the spire which was 27’ in length, 3’ 4” square at butt and 2’ 8” at top, shipping weight 31 tons. A copy of the St. Martins Cross now being made by this company, has the following dimensions: lower base 9’ 0” x 9’ 0” x 4’ 0”; second base 7’ 8” x 7’ 8” x 2’ 3”; the cross is 2’ 9” square at base, 6’ across the arms and 22’ high, it is being finished in the best possible manner and will e…(cannot read word) credit to the manufactures. A duplicate of ex-president Harrison’s family monument, a large octagon shaft monument and other big jobs are under the hammer here.”

  • Montpelier, Vermont – Capital Granite Company, Quarriers and Manufacturers of Dark Barre Granite  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. 8, #3, March 1896, pp. 205)

  Cutting Sheds of Capital Granite Company, Montpelier, Vermont (from The Monumental News, March 1896, pp. 205)

  Capital Granite Co., Quarriers and Manufacturers of best Dark Barre Granite
  “Our experience in the Granite business, and our quarry and plant being equipped with the latest and most improved machinery, enables us to produce large work cheaply and puts us in a position to supply the trade with first-class work at reasonable prices.  Remember we always give you the kind of granite and work you buy.  It will pay you to correspond with us before placing your order.

  Quarries at Barre, Vermont – Office and Works at Montpelier, Vermont – T. W. Eagan, Manager

  • Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Capital Granite Co., 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. 330. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

    “The Capital Granite Co. was organized in 1887. The firm is composed of Thomas Eagan and Daniel McQueeney. They manufacture from Barre granite monumental, statuary, and all kinds of cemetery work; also ornamental building work to order. They employ twenty skilled workmen, and produce work of fine quality and finish. Their office and shops are located at the new granite sheds on Barre street, and on the C.V.R.R. Their polishing machine is run by a motor driven by Berlin water.”

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – H. Cobb, Marble & Granite Manufacturer (Marble & 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.)

  “Weston & Smith are successors to H. Cobb in the manufacture of marble and granite. Mr. Cobb established the business in 1866, continued until his death in 1886, when the present firm purchased the business….”

• Montpelier, Vermont – the Cooperative Granite Company Granite Shed (From Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, "Notes From Quarry and Shop" section, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 78.)

  "The Cooperative Granite Company, Montpelier, Vt., intend to commence January 1, on an immense granite shed suitable for cutting, polishing and working up the famous Ascutney granite. Several analyses of this granite have been made during the past few weeks, all of which tend to show that it is the most endurable species of granite in the world. They will give employment to nearly 200 men."

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Hiram B. Cross, Monumental & Statue 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. 329. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Hiram B. Cross, manufacturer of monumental and statue granite, has shops near the depot of the M. & W.R.R.R.R.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – Dillon & Haley (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 516.)

  Dillon & Haley,

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments and General Cemetery Work.

  Estimates cheerfully given. Correspondence Solicited.

  Barre Street, Montpelier, Vermont

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Edwards, White & Co., 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. 330. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Edwards, White & Co. (Thomas Edwards, George E. White, and John D. Williams), granite manufacturers, are located at the new granite sheds, in Montpelier. This company was formed June 1, 1888. They manufacture every thing in the line of granite work from Barre granite, with fine carving a specialty, and are doing a wholesale and retail business, giving employment to fifteen skilled workmen.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – Fraser & Broadfoot (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 518.)

  Fraser & Broadfoot, Montpelier, Vt.

  Manufacturers of all kinds of Monumental Work

  From Best Light and Dark Barre Granite. Estimates cheerfully given.

• Montpelier, Vermont – Fraser & Craven (Granite Dealer) (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.)

  Fraser & Craven

  The granite firm of Fraser & Craven, at Montpelier,
  has been dissolved, and the business will be continued by E. E. Craven.

• Montpelier, Vermont – Goodenough & Swawsey (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

  Goodenough & Swasey

  Manufacturers of Light and Dark Barre Granite Monuments and General Cemetery Work.

  Montpelier, VT. - Correspondence Solicited.

• Montpelier, Vermont – H. J. Bertoli & Co., Sculptors  (advertisement in the May 1895 issue of The Monumental News, May 1895, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 333.

H. J. Bertoli & Co., Sculptors, Montpelier, Vermont, advertisment (1895)

• Montpelier, Vermont – H. J. Bertoli & Co. (Sculptors) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 479.)

H. J. Bertoli & Co. Sculptors, Montpelier, VT.

Statuary and General Carving. Portraits a Specialty. Best New England Granites. We use Pneumatic Tools.

• Montpelier, Vermont - Hughes Granite and Quarry Company Records, 1907 – 1932, Offices in Montpelier, Vermont, Quarry in Adamant, Calais, Vermont, presented on the Vermont Historical Society Online web site. (The following quote is used with the permission of the Vermont Historical Society.)

  (Hughes Granite and Quarry Company Records, 1907-1932 Description (in PDF format) - Vermont Historical Society Library - MSA 85 Box Inventory)

  “This collection contains the papers of the Hughes Granite and Quarry Company, established in Clyde, Ohio, in 1907. In 1920 the business opened offices in Montpelier, Vermont, and a took over a quarry in the village of Adamant, Calais, Vermont, formerly known as the Whittier Quarry Company owned by Charles Whittier. In 1924 the Hughes Company was succeeded by the Adamant Quarry Company owned by the former stockholders of Hughes, including C. S. Whittier.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – Jones & Gale (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 525.)

  Jones & Gale, Montpelier, Vermont.

  Manufacturers of Barre Granite Monuments of all kinds, Send for Estimates.

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Kelleher & Co.

  See: Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – T. J. Kelleher & Co. Granite Manufacturers below.

• Montpelier, Vermont – the Lane Manufacturing Company  (Power Traveling Crane Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1903, pp. 230)
  

  Power Traveling Cranes
  For marble, granite and stone plants made with capacity of 10, 20, and 40 tons
  The Lane Manufacturing Co., Montpelier, Vt.

Lane Manufacturing Company, Montpelier, Vermont  (Power Traveling Crane Advertisement from The Monumental News, April 1903, pp. 230)

• Montpelier, Vermont – Lynch & McMahon (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 525.)
  Lynch & McMahon, Office and Works Montpelier, Vt.

  Manufacturers of Fine Monumental Work of any description. The celebrated Dark Barre Granite our specialty. Quarries at Barre.

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – P. Roberts & Son 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. 329. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “P. Roberts & Son’s granite shops are located on Taylor street. They commenced business in 1881, and manufacture every thing from Barre granite in the line of monumental work, curbing, and posts, giving employment to from eight to ten skilled workmen. They turn out work of excellent quality and fine finish.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – Perry Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 475.)

  Perry M’F’G Co., Montpelier, Vt.

  Manufacturers of The Latest Improved Polishing Machine.

  For ease of handling, wide range of adjustment, quality or material, thorough construction - it has no rival. Send for descriptive Cat. fully explaining our valuable improvements. As for prices.

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

  The Practical Granite Co., Montpelier, Vermont.

  Manufacturers of High Grade Granite Work.

  Light, Medium and Dark Barre Granite.

  Rough Stock Furnished to Order. Exclusively Wholesale Send for Estimates.

• Montpelier, Vermont – R. C. Bowers Granite Co. (Chilled Iron/Shot Dealer) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York.)

  R. C. Bowers Granite Co., Montpelier, Vt.

  Sole Agents in United States and Canada
  For David Mowat's Scotch
  Chilled Iron or Shot.

  • Montpelier, Vermont - R. C. Bowers Granite Co., The following information is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 517-518.

    “The R. C. Bowers Granite Co. of Montpelier, Vt., are sending out some excellent half tone prints of views of the Vermont Quarry Co.’s quarries at Barre, Vermont. The product of these quarries is known as ‘Bowers No. 4 granite’ and it was used exclusively in the exhibit made at the World’s Fair by the Bowers Granite Co. The views received show that some large stone is being taken out and there is plenty of it in sight. It is a dark granite, takes a good polish, and dealers who are not acquainted with it may hear something to their advantage by corresponding with the R. C. Bowers Granite Co. regarding it.”

  • Montpelier, Vermont – the R. C. Bowers Granite Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, March 1906, pp. 188)

    R. D. Bowers Granite Co., Montpelier, Vt.
    No. 20 Correction Wynd, Aberdeen, Scotland– No. 27 Chancery Lane, London, W. C. England

    Carborundum – David Mowat’s Scotch Steel Shot – Marvelous Putty Powder – Hand Polisher’s Kit – Reversible Felt Buffers

R. C. Bowers Granite CompanyMontpelier, Vermont, advertisement from The Monumental News, March 1906, pp. 188.

• Montpelier, Vermont – Robert M. Fraser Polishing Mills and Cutting Sheds (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.)

  Robert M. Fraser

  The polishing mills cutting sheds of Robert M. Fraser, at Montpelier, Vt., were totally destroyed by fire. They contained considerable finished stock. The loss is $12,000, with only $3,000 insurance.

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Roberts & Son Granite Shops

  See: Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – P. Roberts & Son Granite Shops above.

• Montpelier, 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.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – Ryle & McCormick (The following information is from the section "Monumental News" 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. 70.)

  Ryle & McCormick, of Montpelier, Vt., have received a contract for a large monument for New Jersey. It will have a total height of 45 feet, and will weigh 85 tons.

• Montpelier, Vermont – Staples Granite Co. (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 518.)

  Staples Granite Co., Montpelier, Vermont.

  Manufacturers of High Grade Granite Work.

  Light, Medium and Dark Granite. Send for Estimates.

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Sabin Slate Co. Slate Quarry (circa 1899) (Slate) (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.)

  “Sabin Slate Co. – Montpelier has one of the best slate quarries in the United States. The quarry is owned and operated by the Sabin Slate Co., which was organized in 1882, and has a capital of $40,000. The quarry is within a half-mile of the postoffice, and at the crossing of the Central Vermont and Montpelier & Wells River railroads. The company owns forty acres of land, and employs thirty-five men. The vein of slate is 200 feet thick. The product of the quarry is unfading black slate, and it is prepared for roofing purposes entirely. The Sabin slate is very hard and durable, and contains no flint or other foreign substances. Every modern device for successfully working the quarry has been procured by the company.”

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Stafford, Lynch & Co. 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. 330. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “Stafford, Lynch & Co. Granite Co. is located at the new granite sheds, in the village of Montpelier, convenient to the Central Vermont and Montpelier & Wells River railroads. This company was formed April 1, 1888. The members of the firm are Thomas Stafford, Thomas F. Lynch, and Daniel C. Carey. They manufacture from Barre granite all kinds of work for the wholesale and retail trade, and give employment to twenty-six men.”

• Montpelier, Vermont – T. J. Kelleher & Co. (Manufacturers and Quarriers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 522.)

  T. J. Kelleher & Co., Montpelier, Vt.

  Manufacturers and Quarriers.

  Best Light and Dark Barre a Specialty. We do our own polishing, etc.

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – T. J. Kelleher & Co., 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. 329. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “T. J. Kelleher & Co., manufacturers of granite, have shops near the M. & W.R.R.R. depot, where they manufacture ornamental, building, monumental, and statuary work.”

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Weston & Smith Marble & Granite Manufacturers (circa 1899) (Marble & 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.)

  “Weston & Smith are successors to H. Cobb in the manufacture of marble and granite. Mr. Cobb established the business in 1866, continued until his death in 1886, when the present firm purchased the business. They manufacture all kinds of monumental work, in marble and granite, also curbing, posts, etc. They employ skilled workmen, and turn out work of high grade.”

• Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Wetmore & Morse 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. 329-330. (This book is available on Google Book Search – Full View Books for reading or downloading to your computer in PDF format.)

  “The Wetmore & Morse Granite Co. was organized under the laws of Vermont, January 29, 1889. The capital is $80,000. The directors f the company are Albert Johonnott, W. E. Adams, F. A. Dwinell, Fred E. Smith, F. M. Corry, H. H. McIntire, and H. H. Wetmore. The officers are Albert Johonnott, president; W. E. Adams, vice-president; F. A. Dwinell, secretary; and F. L. Eaton, treasurer. This company owns about twenty-six acres of quarry in Barre, and the first one opened there. In the early spring the company intends to erect spacious granite sheds in Montpelier, employ 100 men, and manufacture building granite, statuary, and all kinds of cemetery work, and will also deal in rough granite.”

  • Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont – Wetmore & Morse Granite Company Advertisement  (from The Monumental News, Vol. XXVI, No. 9, Chicago, September 1914, pp. 565)
    

    The Wetmore & Morse Granite Co., Montpelier, Vermont
    (Quarries at Barre)

    “This is a view of one of the greatest granite quarries in the world.  Six and seven carloads of rough stock shipped from this quarry every day in the y ear.  All Barre granite is good, but there is none better than ours, and our policy is to fill all orders promptly and satisfactorily.”

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