New England Granite
Granite is one of the world's principal building stones, and it is used for everything from kitchen countertops to historical monuments to aqueducts to the walls and foundations of major buildings. New England has been an important source of granite throughout American history, and New England granite quarries have supplied the stone for many important American buildings. (And New Hampshire is even called "The Granite State.")
Historic descriptions of New England granite quarries and granite types may be found in the following entries from Hayward's New England Gazetteer of 1839
Maine Granite
New Hampshire Granite
- Bedford, New Hampshire
- Bow, New Hampshire
- Chester, New Hampshire
- Conway, New Hampshire
- Durham, New Hampshire
- Haverhill, New Hampshire
- Kearsarge Mountain, New Hampshire
- New Durham, New Hampshire
- Orford, New Hampshire
Vermont Granite
- Barre, Vermont
- Caledonia County, Vermont
- Dummerston, Vermont
- Orange, Vermont
- Orange County, Vermont
- Topsham, Vermont
- Washington County, Vermont
Massachusetts Granite
- Braintree, Massachusetts
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts
- Fall River, Massachusetts
- Fitchburgh, Massachusetts
- Gloucester, Massachusetts
- Milton, Massachusetts
- Norfolk County, Massachusetts
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Sutton, Massachusetts
- Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
- Uxbridge, Massachusetts
- Westford, Massachusetts
- Winchendon, Massachusetts
Connecticut Granite
- Barkhampstead, Connecticut
- Bolton, Connecticut
- Bristol, Connecticut
- Haddam, Connecticut
- Harwinton, Connecticut
- New Milford, Connecticut
- Salisbury, Connecticut
- Willington, Connecticut
- Winchester, Connecticut
