WESTERLY GRANITE WORKERS (from the book “Built From Stone”) This list of nearly 2,600 names of men and
Terms and Definitions Agent: a company salesman who secured orders for monuments. Salesmen for Westerly companies were located
Structural Parts of a Monument Base: Bottom-most piece of stone in a monument. It is set on the
Blue (including blue-white and white) Description: Fine grain, grayish in color Sources: Holes # 1, 2, 3, and
BALUSTRADE – a railing with supporting balusters (short vase shaped supporting columns). (Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI) BENCH –
Records and photographs related to the Westerly granite industry, books and articles on local history, and records and photographs of the quilt and sampler portions of our textile collection.