Barre in Washington County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
Jones Brothers Granite Shed
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2025
1. Jones Brothers Granite Shed NRHP Marker
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
in 2002
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected 2020 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 337.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.
Location. 44° 12.71′ N, 72° 31.262′ W. Marker is in Barre, Vermont, in Washington County. It can be reached from the intersection of Jones Brothers Way and North Main Street (U.S. 302). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7 Jones Brothers Way, Barre VT 05641, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Green Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Vermont
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Barre & Chelsea #14 (within shouting distance of this marker); Italian-American Monument (approx. 0.9 miles away); Dente Park (approx. 0.9 miles away); 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Socialist Labor Party Hall (approx. 1.1 miles away); First Boy Scout Troop in America (approx. 1.2 miles away); D. M. Miles Building (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barre.
More about this marker. The building is now the Vermont Granite Museum.
Regarding Jones Brothers Granite Shed. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
The Jones Brothers Granite Shed, built in 1895 is a good example of a manufacturing plant for granite, one of Vermont's largest exports. The Jones Brothers Company was instrumental in expanding the granite industry in Barre, a city that was recognized internationally as "the granite capital of the world." Barre's success was a direct result the city's extraordinarily large reserve and export of highquality granite, the exceptional skill of her artisans in stone cutting, and early inventions of quarrying and manufacturing equipment. In 1886 Jones Brothers Company became among the first in Barre to establish both quarries and a manufacturing plant. In 1927 it became the first granite company to advertise finished granite monuments nationwide, and, until 1975 was one of the oldest granite manufacturing companies in the country. Jones Brothers incorporated the entire commercial granite process, from the quarrying of stone to the finished product. Guardian Memorials, a well-known name in memorial stones, was established by the Jones Brothers Company in 1925 and remained its hallmark until 1975 when Jones Brothers closed down, and the Guardian trademark was sold to the company of Beck and Beck.Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 3, 20242. Jones Brothers Granite Shed Marker
Also see . . . Jones Brothers Granite Shed (PDF). National Register nomination for the complex, now known as the Vermont Granite Museum. (Prepared by Miranda P. Burwell and Liz Pritchett, University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program; via National Park Service) (Submitted on November 21, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2025
3. Jones Brothers Granite Shed NRHP Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2025
4. Jones Brothers Granite Shed
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 3, 2024
5. Jones Brothers Granite Shed
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2025
6. Jones Brothers Granite Shed Photo on 1908 Calendar
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 30, 2025
7. Vermont Granite Museum Sign
Credits. This page was last revised on August 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 241 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on November 21, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3, 4. submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on November 21, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 6, 7. submitted on August 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
