Structures and Monuments in Which
Vermont Stone was Used

Finished Products from Vermont Stone Alabama through Indiana Iowa through Minnesota Mississippi through North Carolina Ohio through Pennsylvania Rhode Island through Utah Vermont Virginia through Canada

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Mississippi
  • Vicksburg, Mississippi – the National Military Park – the Navy Memorial (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 Navy Memorial in the National Military Park in Vicksburg.

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Missouri
  • Jefferson City, Missouri - the Missouri State Capitol (article entitled, “The Missouri Capitol: The Exterior of the Jefferson City Structure was Built Entirely of Missouri Marble,” in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 12, April 1924, pp. 26-32, used with permission, National Assoc. of Marble Dealers/Marble Institute of America - AMI.) (By clicking on the link placed on the words “ Missouri State Capitol” you can read the entire article.)

    “...The columns in the Senate chamber are Royal Antique marble, with white Vermont marble bases and caps....”

  • Kansas City, Missouri – Mt. Washington Cemetery – the Curtice 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. 22.)
    

    “The exedra-tablet is a type that offers many possibilities in the designing of imposing cemetery memorials, and seldom has this type been more successfully developed than in the ‘Curtice’ memorial illustrated.  The simple, flowing lines of the wings seem to grow naturally from the ground and merge into the fine carved cross tablet that forms the central upright feature of this beautiful memorial.  This is the work of the M. H. Rice Monument Co., of Kansas City, Mo., and stands in Mt. Washington Cemetery in that city.  It was cut in light Barre granite by Novelli & Calcagni, and is of the following dimensions:  Width over all, 20-0; height 12-0; die, 4-8 at base; wings; 7-8 each.”

    The Curtice Memorial, Mt. Washington Cemetery “Beautiful example of the Exedra Tablet.  M. H. Rice Monument Co. Contrs.” (pp. 21)

  • Kansas City, Missouri – the Present City Hall (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.kclibrary.org/sc/architecture/profiles/cityhall.htm>

    Marble from several different countries were was in the building's interior including marbles from the Pyrennes in southwestern France; travertine marble from Tivoli in Italy, and Verde Antique marble from Vermont.

  • Kansas City, Missouri – Swope Park – the Swope 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, was used in the construction of the Swope Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Equestrian Statue of St. Louis (the pedestal) (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 pedestal of the Equestrian Statue of St. Louis located in St. Louis, Missouri. The pedestal was erected by W. R. Hodges.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - House in “Chamberlain Park” of Matthew Park. The following information is from The Monumental News, “Trades Notes” section, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 503.

    “Mr. Matthew Park of Matthew Park’s Son & Co., St. Louis, Mo., is now erecting in ‘Chamberlain Park’ a very fine house, which he will occupy with his family when finished. The entire front including a porch will be of random ashlar of St. Lawrence marble, and the window sills and all steps of the same material. The porch columns are of dark Barre granite. The house will be over 30 feet wide by 60 feet deep, setting back 40 feet from the pavement with a terrace of 5 steps. The parlor will be in white and gold and the lower floor will be finished in white oak, partly quarter sawed. Considerable marble work will be introduced and the house throughout will be lighted by electricity and will have all the latest improvements.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Lemp Mausoleum (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Smith Upper Quarry located in Barre, Washington County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Lemp Mausoleum in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Mercantile Trust Co. Building (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 Mercantile Trust Co. building in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Oakland Cemetery – the Hannaford 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 ‘Hannaford’ is another of the standard sarcophagus forms designed for massive, simple effects.  It is the work of the P. N. Peterson Granite Co., of St. Louis, and stands in Oakland Cemetery in that city.  It is of axed Barre granite with a base 8-10x5-0 and a total height of 4-7.  This is on the family lot of the president of the Northern Pacific Railway.  The work was cut by Cross Brothers Company, of Northfield, Vt.

    The Hannaford Memorial, Oakland Cemetery “P. N. Peterson Granite Co., St. Paul, Contrs.” (pp. 31)

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the St. Louis Missouri LDS Temple (photograph) You can view a photograph of the St. Louis, Missouri, Temple by clicking here. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/cgi-bin/pages.cgi?st_louis>

    The St. Louis Missouri LDS Temple was constructed of "cast stone and Bethal white granite from Vermont."

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Nebraska
  • Lincoln, Nebraska – Calvary Cemetery – the Mahany 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. 21.)

    “One of the most distinctive and pleasing examples of the garden type, however, is shown in the ‘Mahany’ memorial, the work of C. E. Speidell & Son, of Lincoln, Neb.  This memorial stands in Calvary Cemetery in Lincoln, and is of the following dimensions:  Base, 6-10x1-4x1-6; die, 4-6x1-2x3-4.  It is of light Barre granite and was cut by Cross Brothers Company, Northfield, Vt.”

    The Mahany Memorial, Calvary Cemetery (“The garden or vase type is growing in favor. C. E. Speidell & Son, Contrs.” pp. 23)

  • Omaha, Nebraska – the Courthouse (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 Courthouse in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • Omaha, Nebraska – the Joslyn Art Museum (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.) <http://www.joslyn.org/geninfo/building.htm>

    This Art Deco building opened in November 1931. Vermont Green slate is one of the floor materials used in the galleries. The adjacent corridors are of white Botticino marble from Italy with Badger Pink floors. In the Witherspoon Concert Hall St. Genevieve Rose and Westfield green marbles are used. The sunburst in the floor is of Vermont Green slate.

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in Nevada
  • Reno, Nevada – the Reno, Nevada, Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (photograph and history), presented on Wikipedia.

    "The 10,700 square foot temple's exterior is made of gray granite from a quarry in Sharon, Vermont, the birthplace of Joseph Smith, the founder of the church."

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in New Hampshire
  • Concord, New Hampshire – the Doctor Kimball Memorial (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 Doctor Kimball Memorial in Concord, New Hampshire.

  • Cornish, New Hampshire – the Saint Gaudens Memorial (from Little Pictures of a Big Industry: The Story of Vermont Marble, Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, Vermont, early 1900s.)

    The marble for the memorial was quarried by the Vermont Marble Company. Augustus Saint Gardens, the sculptor of the memorial.

  • Hanover, New Hampshire – Dartmouth College – the base course for the the Gymnasium (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Liberty Hill Quarry located at Rochester, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Dartmouth College gymnasium.

  • Plainfield, New Hampshire – the Meriden Congregational Church (photograph and history) This site is a part of the Trail 6: Linking historic sites in Claremont, Cornish, Plainfield (NH); Windsor, Hartland (VT) presented by Robert Stephenson. This site includes a map of the trail. These links are a part of the Connecticut River Historic Sites Database & Connecticut River Heritage Trails, A continuing project supported, in part, by the Connecticut River Joint Commissions, the A. D. Henderson Foundation and Terra Nova Trust, Robert B. Stephenson, Project Director.

    "Italian stone cutters, from Boston, were hired by Bryant to cut the stone from granite glacial boulders on the hill behind the Chellis Farm. These stone were hauled to the church location by horse drawn wheeled drays. After the stonemasons had split a stockpile of the stone, the men of the church would have a "bee" and draw the stone to the building site.(31) These stones have a pink tinge to them. There are grey granite stones, in the entry ways, that were purchased from the Barre, Vermont, granite quarries."

  • Woodsville, New Hampshire – the Davison Monument (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923)

    Granite quarried from the Benzie Quarry located at Groton, Caldeonia County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Davison Monument in Woodsville.

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in New Jersey
  • Morristown, New Jersey – the Theodore N. Vail 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 Theodore N. vail residence in Morristown, New Jersey.

  • Newark, New Jersey – the Krueger Mausoleum (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 Krueger Mausoleum in Newark.

  • Newark, New Jersey - Prudential Building - the Interior (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)

    Green and cream-pink marble from the Eastman Marble Prospect located on the west side of West Rutland, Vermont, was used in the construction of the interior of the Prudential building.

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in New Mexico
  • Carlsbad, New Mexico – the Griffith Memorial (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 43.)

    Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The Griffith Memorial, delivered to Bills Brothers, Denver, Colo., and placed by them in the cemetery at Carlsbad, N. M."

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in New York
  • Albany, New York – the New York State Educational Building (This information is from the Mine and Quarry magazine, Sullivan Machinery Co., Publisher, Chicago, Illinois, Vol. VI. No. 4- June 1912, pages 612 - 621.

    The marble used in the construction of the building was quarried at the Clarendon Marble Company's quarry at Clarendon, Vermont, about 1912. The marble is pure white. 72,000 cubic feet of stone was used, which, "included 23 free columns, 62 feet high and about four feet seven inches in diameter."

  • Brooklyn, New York – Fort Greene Park – the Prison-Ship Martyrs' Monument (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Lacasse Quarry located at Derby, Orleans County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Prison-Ship Martyrs' Monument in Brooklyn.

  • Brooklyn, New York - Greenpoit Savings Bank - the Interior (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 green beds from the Eastman Marble Prospect located on the west side of West Rutland, Vermont, was used in the construction of the interior of Greenpoint Savings Bank.

  • Glens Falls, New York – Crandall Park – the Crandall Monument (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 Crandell Monument in Crandall Park, Glen Falls, New York.

  • New York – the American Bank Note Building (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 American Bank Note building in New York.

  • New York – Columbia University Library - the Sixteen Polished Columns (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Norcross quarry in Windsor, Vermont, was used for the 15 polished columns at the Columbia University Library in New York.

  • New York City, New York - the Bankers Trust Co. Building (history and photograph) (from “Tools and Machinery of the Granite Industry,” by Paul Wood, Part I., Vol. 59, No. 2, June 2006, pp. 41, in The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association.)

    According to Paul Wood’s article, gray granite from Woodbury, Vermont, supplied by the Woodbury Granite Co. of Hardwick, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Bankers Trust Co. building.

  • New York City, New York - the Chamber of Commerce Building - Marble and Statues (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 Vermont Marble Company’s West Rutland Quarries Marble Quarry located on the east side of West Rutland, Vermont was used in the construction of the marble and the statues at the Chamber of Commerce building in New York.

  • New York City – The Metropolitan Club (history) "Cleaning, Iron Stain Removal, and Surface Repair of Architectural Marble and Crystalline Limestone: The Metropolitan Club" by Frank G. Matero, & Alberto A. Tagle from the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 1995, Volume 34, Number 1, Article 4 (pp. 49 to 68). (The site copyright is to American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.) A mixture of Maryland and New York crystalline limestones and Vermont white marble were used in the stone veneer on the exterior of the building.

    JAIC Online – Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Volume 16, 1977 – Volume 38, 1999.

    Introduction (The Metropolitan Club)

    The Building: Design And Construction

    The Stone

    Conservation Program

    Conclusions

  • New York City, New York – the New York Public Library (exterior and 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.)

    500,000 cubic feet of "Dorset White" marble was used in the exterior and interior of the library building from quarries operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.

  • New York City - the New York Public Library - the ceiling border and large mantel (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)

    Cream and white marble from the Eastman Marble Prospect located on the west side of West Rutland, Vermont, was used in the construction of the carved work border near the ceiling and a large mantel in the New York Public Library.

  • New York City, New York - New York City Public Library Cornerstone (Excerpts from article contributed by the Pam Gilbert of the Dorset Historical Society, May 2007, sponsors of the “It’s All About Marble,” Dorset’s Marble Heritage event to be held on Sunday, July 27th, 2008, from 12 -5 P. M. 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 Pam Gilbert at (802) 867-0245 or by e-mail. Or try 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....”

  • New York City – the Plaza Hotel (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Black Mountain Quarry at Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Plaza Hotel.

    • New York City, New York – the Plaza Hotel. Dorset marble was used in the exterior of the hotel. The quarry was owned and operated by Norcross-West Marble Co. (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.)
  • New York City – the Royal Baking Powder Building from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Black Mountain Quarry located at Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Royal Baking Powder Building in New York City.

  • New York City, New York - the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument on Riverside Drive (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 Freedley Marble Quarries located on Dorset Mountain near Dorset, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument on Riverside Drive in New York.

  • New York City, New York - the United Nations Building (The following information was obtained from a color postcard published by the Manhattan Post Card Co. in New York City sometime during the mid-1900s.)

    “The Secretariat Building is a 39 story monolith structure of glass and steel, faced with Vermont marble. Here are assembled the representatives of the nations of the world dedicated to the ideals laid out in the chart of the United Nations.”

  • New York City, New York - the Wall and Broad Streets Construction (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 Freedley Marble Quarries located on Dorset Mountain near Dorset, Vermont, was used in the construction of the southeast corner of Wall and Broad streets, New York.

  • New York City, New York - Woodlawn Cemetery - the Taylor Mausoleum (from Commercial Marbles of Western Vermont, Bulletin 521, by T. Nelson Dale, United States Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1912.)

    “Best white Rutland building” marble from the Vermont Marble Company’s West Rutland Quarries Marble Quarry located on the east side of West Rutland, Vermont was used in the construction of the Taylor Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York.

  • Palmyra, New York –the Palmyra New York Temple (photographs and history)

    The Palmyra New York Temple was constructed with Bethel white granite from Vermont.

  • Rockville, Long Island, New York – the Catholic Church (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 church from quarries operated by Norcross-West Marble Co.

  • Schenectady, New York - the Railroad Station - the Interior (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 Eastman Marble Prospect located on the west side of West Rutland, Vermont, was used in the construction of the interior of the railroad station in Schenectady.

  • Ticonderoga, New York – St. Mary's Church – "The Last Supper" Part of the Altar. (from Keeping Up with Marble, by The Vermont Marble Co., ca 1913, pg. 45.)

    Marble for this monument was purchased from the Vermont Marble Company of Proctor, Vermont. "The 'Last Supper,' executed by one of our carvers from a celebrated French model of Leonardo's masterpiece. It forms a part of the altar in St. Mary's Church, Ticonderoga, N. Y."

  • Troy, New York – the Post Office (from The Commercial Granites of New England, Bulletin 738, 1923.)

    Granite quarried from the Black Mountain Quarry located at Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, was used in the construction of the Troy Post Office.

  • Troy, New York – Woodlawn Cemetery – the Cluett Obelisk (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 Cluett Obelisk in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Troy, New York. (The obelisk has a 44-foot shaft.)

  • Troy, New York – Woodlawn Cemetery – the Hageman 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 Hageman Mausoleum in Hageman Mauscoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in Troy, New York.

  • Woodlawn, New York – the Hearn Monument (T. Nelson Dale, 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 Hearn Monument in Woodlawn, New York. The monument has a monolithic spire 53 by 4 feet by 4 feet.

• Finished Products from Vermont Stone in North Carolina
  • Apex, North Carolina – the Raleigh North Carolina Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (photograph of the main temple and history), presented on Wikipedia.

    (The) “smaller” temple situated on a 12-acre site was built is just under 10 months. It's facade features Danby white marble (quarried in Vermont) with art glass windows.

  • Durham, North Carolina - Duke University Auditorium. (Vermont Marble Company advertisement)

    According to this 1929 advertisement - not shown here - marble from the Vermont Marble Company was used in the construction of the Duke University Auditorium. The architect was Horace Trumbauer, and the advertisement art was by George Marsh. Ad for the Vermont Marble Company features the Duke University Auditorium in Durham.

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