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At the north end of the gantry crane is a collection of buildings surrounding the area that was once the Baxter Mill run by the Rutland Marble Co. before it was purchased by the Vermont Marble Co. This mill was partially torn down between 1915 and 1922; the machine shop on its northern end remaining while the area that was a saw mill became the site of the Carpentry Shop and lumber shed that currently exists on the site.
In 1931, construction began for the long gangsaw mill beside the gantry crane and was followed by an additional power house cattycorner to the one found at the north end of the crane. By the 1960s, the machine shop had been torn down and the old car house was in ruins: the latter of which is no longer visible at all.
Baxter Mill run by Rutland Marble Co. before their purchase by the Vermont Marble Co. (1910)
Carpentry Shop
Carpentry Shop
The carpenter's shop and the storage pavilion next to it occupy what was once the footprint of the Baxter Mill.
Boiler Shop
Boiler Shop
In the last 20 years, a half-section has been added to the west side of the stone Boiler Shop.
Locomotive House
Locomotive House
The Locomotive House is stone with a brick interior and currently houses what remains of some Patch-Wegner stone cutting equipment.
North end of gantry crane with additional power house (1932)
Power houses (Puckhaber 2025)
North end of gantry crane
References
"General Condition of the Sheldon Marble Co.'s Property as leased by the Vermont Marble Co. 1892." Vermont Marble Co. Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, West Rutland, VT.
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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