Embedded Files
Looking at historic maps, especially with as complex a history as the Vermont Marble Co. has, allows us to better understand how things have changed over time, even when specific changes like building construction or railroad development may not be explicitly mentioned in newspaper articles or archival reports.
1869 Beers Maps
1869 Beers Maps
These maps of Rutland and West Rutland predate West Rutland's establishment as an independent town in 1886, though they provide useful insight into the railroad development at the time and the marble companies making up the stretch of the main West Rutland marble deposit before their consolidation under the Vermont Marble Co.
Sanborn Maps
Sanborn Maps
When looking at historic maps, a lot can be learned from Sanborn maps. These maps were originally published by the Sanborn Map Company to allow fire insurance companies to assess properties' liability based on buildings' materials, location, and other information from the mid-19th to mid-20th centuries.
The key on the left shows a key for understanding much of this information, with a level of detail which allows us to better understand how properties and communities change over time. Many Sanborn maps can be found at the Library of Congress, and the link to the Rutland Historical Society below will lead you to maps of a few of the communities integral to the Vermont Marble Co.'s development.
Click on the Sanborn maps of West Rutland from 1910 and 1922 below to access interactive maps of each time period. Hover over each colored group of buildings to learn more about each.
West Rutland 1922 Sanborn.pdf1922 Sanborn map of West Rutland
West Rutland 1910 Sanborn North.pdfWest Rutland 1910 Sanborn South.pdfSections of 1910 Sanborn map of West Rutland
Historic Aerial Imagery
Historic Aerial Imagery
In more recent years than those illustrated on Sanborn maps, there are a wide variety of sources of aerial photography that we may study to better understand change over time. Click on the images below to access interactive maps of each time period.
1962
1974-1992
1994-2000
West Rutland 2025.pdfWest Rutland Today
West Rutland Today
Though many of the structures that occupied the lots next to these quarries in West Rutland no longer exist, the Company Store and Coping Shop still function to serve the needs of the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, and several other structures remain in various structural states.
Hover over each of the colored areas to learn more about the buildings that are or once were in that footprint.
Excess marble at the north end of the gantry crane at West Rutland (2025)
Historic Postcards
Historic Postcards
See this map to view historic postcards of West Rutland's quarries and mills located at their approximate viewpoint.
See more historic maps of the Rutland area, see those posted by the Rutland Historical Society.
To better understand why the marble industry is focused around towns like Proctor, Rutland, and West Rutland, see Geology.
References
Georeferenced imagery. Google Earth. "Aerial Imagery." Color imagery, 2025. Google. 2025.
Miglorie, Catherine. Vermont’s Marble Industry. Arcadia Publishing, 2013.
Non-georeferenced imagery. Vermont Imagery. "1962 Aerial Imagery." Black and white imagery, 2019. Vermont Center for Geographic Information. 2025. https://vcgi.vermont.gov/data-release/1962-aerial-imagery-now-available-statewide-non-georeferenced.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. Sanborn Map Company, Aug, 1910. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08959_001/.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from West Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. Sanborn Map Company, Jan, 1922. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn08959_002/.
State Plane. Vermont Imagery. "VT 1974-1992." Black and white imagery, 1974-1992. Vermont Open Geodata Portal. 2025. https://geodata.vermont.gov/pages/imagery?_gl=1*i137yy*_ga*NjU1NjE1MDQ4LjE3NDY5OTMwMDQ.*_ga_V9WQH77KLW*czE3NTMzNzUxODUkbzMxJGcxJHQxNzUzMzc1MjQ4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA.
State Plane. Vermont Imagery. "VT 1994-2000." Black and white imagery, 1994-2000. Vermont Open Geodata Portal. 2025. https://geodata.vermont.gov/pages/imagery?_gl=1*i137yy*_ga*NjU1NjE1MDQ4LjE3NDY5OTMwMDQ.*_ga_V9WQH77KLW*czE3NTMzNzUxODUkbzMxJGcxJHQxNzUzMzc1MjQ4JGo1OCRsMCRoMA.
Vermont Marble Company - Its Past and Future. Proctor, VT: Vermont Marble Co., 1920. Proctoriana Collection. Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library, Barre, VT.
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