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Barre (/ ˈ b ær i / BARR-ee) is the most populous city in Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census , the municipal population was 8,491. [ 3 ] Popularly referred to as "Barre City", it is almost completely surrounded by " Barre Town ", which is a separate municipality.
Barre (/ ˈ b ær i / BARR-ee) is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,923 at the 2020 census, making it the 3rd largest municipality in Washington County and the 16th largest municipality in Vermont. [ 3 ]
Barre was primarily a small sleepy agricultural community until it was joined to the national railroad network by the Central Vermont Railway in 1875. Granite had been quarried in the surrounding hills as early as the early 19th century, but the arrival of that railroad connection, and another directly to the quarries in 1888, rapidly accelerated development of the granite industry.
Pages in category "Barre, Vermont" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barre Academy;
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont.Named after George Washington, its shire town (county seat) is the city of Montpelier (the least populous state capital in the United States) and the most populous municipality is the city of Barre. [1]
The E.L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed is a historic granite shed at 23 Burnham Street in the city of Barre, Vermont.Built in 1889, it is the only known surviving example of a circular granite cutting shed in the United States.
The Scampini Block is a historic commercial building at 289 North Main Street in the city of Barre, Vermont.Built in 1904, it is an elegant showcase of the skills of local granite carvers, and was for many years a social center for the area's large immigrant stoneworkers.
The Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in the city of Barre, Vermont, devoted to the city's historically important granite quarrying and processing industry. It is located at 7 Jones Brothers Way, in the former Jones Brothers Granite Shed, a former granite processing facility listed on the National Register of Historic Places.