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

• Barre, Vermont – A. Aja & Co. (Monument Manufacturers) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 527.)

  J. Aja & Co., Barre, VT.

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

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

  A. Anderson & Sons, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturers and Dealers in Light and Dark Barre Granite. Cemetery Work of every Description.

  Correspondence with Dealers solicited. Do not fail to get our prices. A few stock jobs on hand. Write for designs and prices.

• Barre, Vermont – the Adams Granite Company – A Monument Speaks, by Irene Dindo Podskainy, Adams Granite Co., P.O. Box 126, Lewis Street, Barre, Vermont, 1961. (See the Adams North Barre Granite entry below for more information and photographs of this present-day company.)

  Front cover of A Monument Speaks, by Irene Dindo Podskainy, Adams Granite Co., 1961

  Adams Granite Company:  Today, the Adams Granite Company is known as the Adams North Barre Granite, Barre, Vermont

  According to the Adams North Barre Granite web site in the “Who We Are” section:  “In 2008 Adams Granite (founded in 1934) purchased the North Barre Granite Company (established in 1895), becoming Vermont's leading and oldest producer of customized granite memorials. The two operations were incorporated into the existing 70,000 sq. ft. Adams manufacturing facility.” 
  

• Barre, Vermont – Adams North Barre Granite (present-day company)

  Today, the Adams Granite Company is known as the Adams North Barre Granite, Barre, Vermont

  According to the Adams North Barre Granite web site in the “Who We Are” section:  “In 2008 Adams Granite (founded in 1934) purchased the North Barre Granite Company (established in 1895), becoming Vermont’s leading and oldest producer of customized granite memorials. The two operations were incorporated into the existing 70,000 sq. ft. Adams manufacturing facility”  (On the web site, you can view photographs of the granite works.)

  The “How Do We Do It” section of the Adams North Barre Granite web site includes information and photographs on the following:  Quarrying, sawing stone, polishing stone, sandblasting stone, and carving and etching stone.

• Barre, Vermont – Adie & Mitchell (Manufacturer) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 519.)

  Adie & Mitchell, Barre, VT.

  Manufacturers of All Kinds of BarreGraniteMonuments and Cemetery Work.
  Get Our Prices.

• Barre, Vermont – Acme Granite Company Records, 1895-1909 (Bulk: 1900-1904) [PDF], presented by the Vermont Historical Society Library. This site includes a brief history of the Acme Granite Company. (The following quote is used with the permission of the Vermont Historical Society.)

  “(Acme Granite) Company History

  The Acme Granite Company was incorporated on August 4, 1894. E.E.Arey, C.N. Scott, W.A. Scott, C.W. Scott, and H.W. Scott were partners. John Brechin later invested money in the company. The six acre quarry, formerly the Preston & Whitcomb quarry, was located on the Lewis Keith farm on Millstone Hill. The specialty of the quarry was the dark gray granite or Dark Barre Granite. Charles N. Scott (b. 1874) was president and general manager, while H.W. Scott (b. 1870) was its treasurer and legal advisor. James Brechin (b. 1865), born in Aberdeen, Scotland, was the estimator, and supervised cutting and shipping. The company seems to have dissolved in 1910, as there are no more entries for it in the Barre City Directory.”

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

  “James Ahern, manufacturer of all kinds of quarrymen’s and stonecutters’ tools, came from Rhode Island, and commenced his manufacturing business November 1, 1886. His shop is located at the foot of Granite street, and is furnished with an eight-horse power upright steam engine. Mr. Ahern employs four men.”

• Barre, Vermont – Alex. Fraser & Co. (Stone Works) (The following advertisement is from The Monumental News, August, 1895, Vol. 7, No. 8, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 472.)

  Alex. Fraser & Co.

  Wholesale Dealers in American, Red Swede, Labrador and Scotch Granites, Marble and Statuary.

  Give a share of your trade to Alex. Fraser & Co.

  Works at Barre, Vt. - Branch Office, Aberdeen, Scot. (and) Mansfield, O.

  Dealers Should Use Our Aluminum Name Plates. The Best Thing of the Kind Ever Introduced. Send for a Sample.

   

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

  “Alexander Grant & Co. are sculptors and designers, and make a specialty of fine carved statuary work. Mr. Grant, the senior member of this firm, was born in Parish Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland. He came to America in 1872, and learned his trade in Hallowell, Maine. He has the honor of carving the first figure in granite in Vermont, and has since executed some of the most celebrated pieces of statuary in this country. Mr. A. J. Dingle, the junior member of the firm, was born in Cornwall, England, and came to this country in 1881. He has also executed some very fine statuary work.”

  Barre, Vermont - American Granite Co./J. E. Harrison & Son (From Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XII, No. 1, December, 1895, "Notes From Quarry and Shop" section, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 88.)

  "The firm of J. E. Harrison & Son, Adrain, Mich., has been reorganized and incorporated under the name of The Harrison Granite Co., with a paid-up capital stock of $60,000. The new company is also the successor of the American Granite Co., of Barre, Vt."

  • Barre, Vermont – American Granite Company  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 62)

    American Granite Company, Barre, Vermont

    American-Made Memorials:  High-class work in hammered, carved and polished designs is the distinctive feature of all American-Made Memorials.  We use all the best selected Barre Granite in both light and dark stock.  Ask us to figure your sketches or to give you information on American-Made Stock Work.

American Granite Company, Barre, Vermont – Mausoleum advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, October 1920, pp. 62.

• Barre, Vermont – Anderson-Friberg Company  (Advertisement from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 45)
  

  Anderson-Friberg Company, Barre, Vermont

  Equipped for any class of work.  Last month we showed you this plant in an incomplete form.  Today it stands as a fully equipped plant ready to handle any class of work.  It is 257 feet long and 60 feet wide.  The equipment includes an overhead electric crane, a 600-foot compressor, a large polishing department – in fact, every equipment for producing the high-class work which has become a standard for Anderson-Friberg memorials.  We guarantee painstaking care on all your orders.

Anderson-Friberg Company Plant, Barre, Vermont, from Granite Marble & Bronze, Vol. 30, No. 10, October 1920, pp. 45.

• Barre, Vermont – Anderson and Friberg Company  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, September, 1927, pp. 514)

Anderson and Friberg Company, advertisement from The Monumental News, September, 1927, pp. 514.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Anderson 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 “about S. 10° E. of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre, 1,800 feet northeast of the Williamstown line.” The granite is of a gray color and fine texture.

  The quarry opened about 1892. When it was measured in 1907 it was about 200 feet in a N. 45 ° W. direction by 150 feet across. It had a depth from 50 to 75 feet. At the time of the inspection the quarry was abandoned.

• Barre, Washington County, Vermont - the Bailey 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 “southeast of the Milne & Wylie quarry and about south of the top of Millstone Hill, in Barre.” The quarry was owned by the Boutwell Company. The granite is a “dark Barre,” a dark color and fine texture similar to the granite found in the Bruce and Milne & Wilie quarries.

  The Bailey Quarry was opened in 1907, although it was idle at the time of the inspection. When the quarry was measured in 1907 it was about 135 by 75 feet and had a depth from 10 to 35 feet.

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