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Finished Products from Vermont Stone

  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Iowa
    • Davenport, Iowa – the Senator Dillon Shaft (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Barclay Quarry located at Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Senator Dillon Shaft.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Kansas
    • Wichita, Kansas – the Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Vermont White Quarry located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Soldiers and Sailors' Memorial in Wichita.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Kentucky
    • Frankfurt, Kentucky – the Kentucky Capitol (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Four Robeson Mountain Quarries located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the base course and 36 interior polished columns.
      • History of the present Kentucky State Capitol
      • The Kentucky Capitol (photographic tour of the capitol and history) White Georgia marble was used for the walls and stair cases. The floors are covered with gray Tennessee marble and dark green Italian marble. Vermont granite was used for the columns in grand corridor. Indiana limestone and Vermont granite were used to face the exterior. You can click here to visit the State of Kentucky "Visiting the Capitol" section of the web site for additional information and photographs of the capitol. (The link from which the above information was obtained is no longer available.)
        <http://gov.state.ky.us/govphotos/capitol1.htm>
      • Virtual Tour of the Capitol Chambers
    • Louisville, Kentucky – the Lincoln Savings Bank (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Fletcher Quarry located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Lincoln Savings Bank.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Maine
    • Greenville, Maine – the Eveleth-Crafts Mausoleum (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 41.)
      Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The Eveleth-Crafts Mausoleum, Greenville, ME., chiseled out of grey building marble."
    • Saco, Maine – the Tuxbury Exedra (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Smith Upper Quarry located at Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Tuxbury Exedra.
    • Sanford, Maine – Goodall Monument (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Jones Light Quarry located at Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Goodall Monument in Sanford, Maine.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Maryland
    • Baltimore, Maryland – the Metropolitan Savings Bank Building (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      "Dorset White" marble was used in the construction of the bank building from quarries operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.
    • Baltimore, Maryland – Woodland Cemetery - the Receiving Vault (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 30.)
      Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The Receiving Vault, Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore, Md., the contract for which was secured by Wm. A. Gault and Son."
    • Elkton, Maryland – the Chambers Mausoleum" (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 42.)
      Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The Chambers Mausoleum, moulded out of Florence marble for J. H. Sloan, Elkton, Md."
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Massachusetts
    • Boston, Massachusetts – the Boston Trust Co. Building (exterior) (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      Dorset marble was used in the exterior construction of the building about 1909. The quarry was owned and operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.
    • Boston, Massachusetts – Harvard University – Memorial Hall (1878) (history). Lessons in Stone – Harvard's Building Blocks Teach Natural and Cultural History (from Harvard Magazine)
      Red slate shingles from quarries near Granville, New York; green slate shingles from near Fair Haven, Vermont, and Black slate shingles from Monson Maine.
      • Boston, Massachusetts – Harvard Medical School Building (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
        220,000 cubic feet of "Dorset Plateau" marble was used in construction of the building. The quarry was owned and operated by the Norcross-West Marble Co.
    • Boston, Massachusetts – the Mandell Residence (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Four Robeson Mountain Quarries located in Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Mandell residence in Boston.
    • Boston, Massachusetts – the Temple Adath Israel (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      Dorset marble was used in the construction of the building. The quarry was owned and operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts - Harvard Medical School (Excerpts from article contributed by the Pam Gilbert of the Dorset Historical Society, May 2008, sponsors of the “It’s All About Marble,” Dorset’s Marble Heritage event, at the Dorset Historical Society, Bley House Museum, on VT-30, Dorset. For more information about this special Dorset Historical Society event, or for general DHS information, please contact the Dorset Historical Society at (802) 867-0331.)
      “Dorset, Vermont - Dorset Historical Society’s former board members Art Gilbert and Terry Tyler are all smiles now that the marble mile-marker monuments and sculpting blocks have been delivered to the Dorset Historical Society Bley House Museum, located on Vermont Route 30 in Dorset. A slab and a block of Plateau marble weighing a total of 13 tons were donated by Kirsten and Dick McDonough, owners of the Norcross-West quarries of South Dorset....” “The Plateau Marble was chosen for some of the most prestigious buildings beginning with 4 monoliths for columns of the Montreal Fine Arts Museum, cornerstone for the New York Public Library, cornices and columns for the Harvard Medical School, the building of the Plaza Hotel and  DAR in Washington, D.C., to name a few....”
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts – the Mount Auburn Cemetery – the Eddy Memorial (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Woodbury and Ellis Quarries located at Dummerston, Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, were used in the construction of the Eddy Memorial, which is locatedin Mount Auburn Cemetery.
    • Chelsea, Massachusetts - the Chelsea Bank (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)
      Marble from the New York Marble Quarry located on Dorset Mountain near Dorset, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Chelsea Bank.
    • Fall River, Massachusetts - St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)
      Marble from the Albertson Marble Quarry located on the east side of West Rutland, Vermont, was used to construct St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church at Fall River.
    • Greenfield, Massachusetts – the Franklin Savings Bank (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Woodbury and Ellis Quarries located at Dummerston, Bethel, Windsor, Vermont, was used in teh construction of the Franklin Savings Bank in Greenfield.
    • Lowell, Massachusetts – the Costello Chapel (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 38.)
      Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The Costello Chapel, Lowell, Mass., another tribute to Vermont Marble. Designed by F. Joseph Untersee, Boston."
    • New Bedford, Massachusetts – the Post Office (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Four Robeson Mountain Quarries located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Post Office in New Bedford.
    • Northfield, Massachusetts – Center Cemetery – the Bartlett Memorial  (from “Types of the Year’s Best Cemetery Monuments:  Many Distinctive Types:  Development of Tablet and Cross Forms” (pdf), from The Monumental News, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, January 1921, pp. 25.) (Names on the stone include: Sherman Nye Bartlett, Louis Bartlett, and Adella W. Bartlett.)

      “The ‘Bartlett’ memorial illustrated is an interesting idea that is worthy of study and development.  It embodies the combination of two markers and a tablet in one structure, the markers being mounted on the same base as the tablet, and so arranged that the whole composition has somewhat the same general effect as the popular form of tablet with low vases at either side.  The obtrusiveness of the larger markers often spoils the appearance of a fine monument, and here is an idea for combining the markers into the general scheme of the memorial in a harmonious and pleasing manner.  This is a real idea that can be worked out in other ways by some resourceful designer.  This interesting little memorial is the work of the Grant Granite Co., of Brattleboro, Vt.  It was designed by the purchaser, Mr. Sherman Bartlett, and stands on his family lot in the Center Cemetery at Northfield, Mass.  It is made of West Dummerston white granite.”

      The Bartlett Memorial, Center Cemetery “Grant Granite Co., Brattleboro, Vt., Contrs.” (pp. 29) Bartlett Memorial, Center Cemetery, Northfielf, Mass., ca 1921
    • Orange, Massachusetts – the W.C.T.U. Fountain (the die) (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Norcross Quarry located at Windsor, Vermont, was used for the die in the W.C.T.U Fountain in Orange, Massachusetts.
    • Pittsfield, Massachusetts – the Agricultural National Bank (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      Dorset marble was used in the exterior construction of the bank about 1909. The quarry was owned and operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.
    • Springfield, Massachusetts – Massachusetts Mutual Life Building (the interior) (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      "Dorset Aeolian" marble was used in the interior of the building, according to this 1909 article.
    • Worcester, Massachusetts - the Post Office (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)
      Marble from the Fisk Marble Quarry located on Isle La Motte, Vermont, was use, in addition to marble from Swanton, Vermont, for the wainscoting in the Post Office building.
    • Worcester, Massachusetts – the Slater Building (from "Vermont Marble - Part I. Quarries of the Norcross-West Marble Co., Dorset Vermont," written by Ernest H. West, from Mine and Quarry Magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1909, pages 271-275.)
      Dorset marble was used in the construction of the building. The quarry was owned and operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Michigan
    • Detroit, Michigan – Belle Isle Park – the sixty-three ton marble block for the bowl of the Scott Memorial Fountain (from Little Pictures of a Big Industry: The Story of Vermont Marble, Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, Vermont, early 1900s.)
      The marble for the bowl of the fountain was quarried by the Vermont Marble Company.
    • Detroit, Michigan – the Hotel Pontchartrain (From The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the four Robeson Mountain quarries located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Hotel Pontchartrain.
    • Detroit, Michigan - Mount Elliot Cemetery - Receiving Tomb. The following information is from The Monumental News, “Trades Notes” section, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 502.
      “Harrison & Co. of Adrian, Mich., are contractors for a large receiving tomb to be erected in Mount Elliot Cemetery at Detroit, Mich., and not in Elmwood as incorrectly stated in our last issue. The design is original with them and will be built of Barre granite from their own quarries. It will be illustrated in these pages before the work is completed.”
    • Detroit, Michigan – the Public Library – Walls and Entourage (From Little Pictures of a Big Industry: The Story of Vermont Marble, Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, Vermont, early 1900s.)
      The Detroit Public Library. According to a 1930 Vermont Marble Company advertisement, marble from the Imperial Danby Marble quarries in Vermont was used in the construction of the library building. The architect was Cass Gilbert.
    • Detroit, Michigan – the Scott Memorial Fountain (from "The Marble of Vermont," Fortune Magazine, December, 1932.)
      A sixty-three-ton block of marble quarried at Pittsford Valley by the Vermont Marble Co. was used to construct the Scott Memorial Fountain.
    • Fraser, Macomb County, Michigan – the State Bank of Fraser (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.ci.fraser.mi.us/about/strawberry-12-4.html>
      "The bank was established at the intersection of Utica and Townline (now 14 Mile) roads on July 11, 1910." The build was constructed of Bedford, Indiana, limestone in 1930. Gray Tennessee marble, and Botticino marble from Italy, and antique Vermont marble was used in the interior.
    • Marquette, Michigan – the Kaufman Mausoleum (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923).
      Granite quarried from the Smith Upper Quarry located at Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Kaufman Mausoleum in Marquette, Michigan.
    • Port Huron, Michigan – the Memorial Archway (From The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923).
      Granite quarried from the Four Robeson Mountain quarries located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont was used in the construction of the Memorial Archway in Port Huron, Michigan.
  • Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Minnesota
    • Duluth, Minnesota – the Congdon Residence (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Woodbury and Ellis quarries located at Dummerston, Bethel, Windsor County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Congdon residence in Duluth, Minnesota.
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota – the Museum of Fine Arts (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from the Vermont White Quarry located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Museum of Fine Arts in Minneapolis.
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota – the Plymouth Building (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)
      Granite quarried from teh Fletcher Quarry located at Woodbury, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Plymouth building in Minnesapolis.
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota - the Pro-Cathedral (from “Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry,” by Paul Wood, Part I., Vol. 59, No. 2, June 2006, pp. 42, in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association.)
      According to Paul Wood’s article, granite from the Woodbury, Vermont, supplied by the Woodbury Granite Co. of Hardwick Vermont, was used in the construction of the Pro-Cathedral.
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota – Degree of Honor Building (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.isd.net/jjohnso6/tour1/degree_honor.html>
      According to the the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Geology Walking Tour web site presented by Jeremy D. Johnson, White Vermont granite and Platteville limestone quarried in Minnesota were two of the types of stone used in the construction of the building
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota – the Farmers Credit Bank Building (The link from which the followiing information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.isd.net/jjohnso6/tour2/farmers_credit.html>
      According to the the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Geology Walking Tour web site presented by Jeremy D. Johnson, white Vermont marble and Cold Spring Green granite were used in the construction of the building.
    • Saint Paul, Minnesota – Federal Courts Building (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <<http://www.isd.net/jjohnso6/tour2/federal_courts.html>
      According to the the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Geology Walking Tour web site presented by Jeremy D. Johnson, the base of the building was constructed with Charcoal Black granite, and white Vermont marble was used in the construction of the building.
    • St. Paul, Minnesota – the First North Dakota Soldiers' Memorial (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

      Granite quarried from the Barclay Quarry located in Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the First North Dakota Soldiers' Memorial.

    • St. Paul, Minnesota – the Mt. Zion Cemetery – the Rose Memorial  (from “Types of the Year’s Best Cemetery Monuments:  Many Distinctive Types:  Development of Tablet and Cross Forms” (pdf), from The Monumental News, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1, January 1921, pp. 26.)

      “The seat or bench monument is being executed in many fine architectural types that often partake of the character of the exedra, and have much of its stability and character.  The ‘Rose’ seat shown is one of the finest of these simple, massive forms.  It is the work of the P. N. Peterson granite Co., of St. Paul, and is erected in Mt. Zion Cemetery in that city.  The dimensions are:  Base, 10x0x6-0; height, 4-1.  The work was cut in Barre granite by Novelli & Calcagni, of Barre, Vt.”

      The Rose Memorial in the Mt. Zion Cemetery “P. N. Peterson Granite Co., St. Paul, Contrs.” (pp. 28) Rose Memorial, Mt. Zion Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn., ca 1921

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