Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The "Granite Railway" was designed and built by railway pioneer Gridley Bryant and began operations on October 7, 1826. [3] The granite from these quarries became famous throughout the nation, and stone cutting quickly became Quincy's principal economic activity.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
QUINCY − The operator of the Granite Links golf course has withdrawn its request for a 99-year extension of its lease on public land in West Quincy. The lease extension was first proposed to the ...
The Granite Trust Company building stands prominently in Quincy's downtown, at the southeast corner of Hancock and Chestnut Streets. The ten-story structure is faced in limestone and granite, and consists of a large base three stories in height, from which the central tower rises, the topmost levels stepped back in size from the intermediate ones.
The house is located in West Quincy, near its famous granite quarries, and was built in the 1830s. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure, fashioned out of granite blocks, with a gable roof. A single-story hip-roofed porch once wrapped around two sides; it was an early 20th-century addition that has since been removed.
Tom Bonomi, of Quincy, knew immediately what the mysterious quarry ruins were: a cabin built in the 1930s and a post-war social club in the 1950s.
Faith Lutheran Church, formerly known as Salem Lutheran Church, is a historic church at 199 Granite Street in Quincy, Massachusetts.The church was built in 1894 to serve a growing congregation of Scandinavians who had come to Quincy to work in its granite quarries.
Adams Street, Copeland Street, Furnace Brook Parkway, Quarry Street and Willard Street are major thoroughfares in West Quincy. Interstate 93 runs south-north through the neighborhood along Willard Street and the former route of the Granite Railway, with Exit 8 at Furnace Brook Parkway and Exit 9 at Bryant Avenue allowing direct access to West Quincy. [1]