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  2. Vermont Granite Museum - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Robert Burns Memorial (Barre) - Wikipedia

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    The Robert Burns Memorial is a granite monument located in downtown Barre, Vermont. It was erected by Barre's Scottish immigrants in 1899 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The statue was conceived and modeled by J. Massey Rhind. James B. King of Milford, New Hampshire modeled the four panels. Sam Novelli ...

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    Barre City: Now the Vermont Granite Museum. 25: Jones-Pestle Farmstead: Jones-Pestle Farmstead: September 8, 2015 ... Southwest of East Barre off Vermont Route 110

  5. Barre Downtown Historic District - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. E. L. Smith Roundhouse Granite Shed - Wikipedia

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    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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1]

  7. Gravesites of 10 famous people with Vermont ties who are ...

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    Arthur, the vice president who became the 21 st U.S. president following the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield, is buried beneath in a granite sarcophagus bearing a Victorian-era statue of a ...

  8. Barre (city), Vermont - Wikipedia

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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.

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