Vermont The Granite State

Vermont designated granite as an official state rock in 1991 along with marble and slate.

Vermont the granite state.

Located in washington county vermont barre is celebrated as the world s granite capital home to a premium granite source that stood untouched for millions of years. Granite work that is as enduring as vermont s mountains. European immigrants peaked in number between 1890 and 1900. Vermont granite was used in major public buildings in many states.

Updated 2005 s. View specifications barre granite association. Our local granite artisans create beautiful granite memorials granite benches granite birdbaths granite posts and many more products out of granite. By the end of the 1870 s vermonters as well as granite companies along the eastern seaboard began to take notice of vermont s granite products.

200 years and going strong. Such facilities also helped absorb new residents and help them learn the new culture. Due to the abundance of granite an igneous rock made mostly of quartz new hampshire has been awarded the nickname the granite state. In this period many italian and scottish women operated boarding houses to support their families.

The suite extends the entire length of the state from the black mountain pluton in dummerston to averill in northeastern vermont. Vermont has a complex geology with rich and diverse mineral resources. Each exquisitely hand crafted countertop is cut to size with natural stone you pick. As timeless as vermont craftsmanship.

Official state rock of vermont. The most prominent exposures of granitic rock are located north and east of barre. Granite has chunks of other rock mixed in kind of like a chocolate chip cookie with m ms. Vermont granite works is located in barre vermont also known as the granite capital of the world.

Therefore we re the leading producer of vermont marble and granite countertops in the state of vermont. All three of vermont s state rocks were equally important to the minerals industry that began in the state over 200 years ago. People recognized that vermont s granite industry had the potential to grow and grow it did. Most granites of vermont are assigned to the devonian new hampshire plutonic suite nhps.

New hampshire ˈ h æ m p ʃ ər is a state in the new england region of the northeastern united states it is bordered by massachusetts to the south vermont to the west maine and the atlantic ocean to the east and the canadian province of quebec to the north. Granite mining became increasingly popular throughout new hampshire and vermont in the late 1700s which triggered the private ownership of small quarries around the state. Please contact us today for a free quote.