Our History Babcock Smith Timeline The Early Years 1734 Joshua Built the Mansion Joshua Babcock built the mansion
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.