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Patrick Henry Harrington's Graniteville home and Quarries in 1886 engraving
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PHH's house and granite quarries on Snake Meadow Hill. His father, Beara emmigrant Patrick was a stonecutter here.
These quarries have furnished granite for (among others) in 1810 the Boston Court-house; in 1814 the New South Church; and about the same time the Congregational house on Beacon street; the old Parkman house on Bowdoin square; University hall in Cambridge; in 1818-19 the first stone block in the city, on Brattle street;” the columns for Quincy Market in Boston; the First National Bank of Boston; part of the Albany State Capitol; about twenty stories of the Bankers’ Trust Company building in New York City; the Camden Court House in New Jersey; the Presbyterian church in Savannah, Georgia; the base and approaches to the post office at New Orleans; the Frick mansion, and many other residences on the North Shore; the lower story of the new wings of the State House in Boston; many miles of curbing and paving for New England towns and cities; the Forsyth Dental Infirmary in Boston; the dam across the Merrimack River in Lawrence, MA; and the State Prison in Concord (1870-1880's).
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