Beckley Hill Pit
Beckley Hill Pit is a mine in Barre, Washington, Vermont. Beckley Hill Pit is situated nearby to Hope Cemetery, as well as near the theater building Barre Auditorium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hope Cemetery and Italian Baptist Church.
Hope Cemetery
Cemetery
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Hope Cemetery is a rural cemetery in Barre, Vermont. The city calls itself the "Granite Capital of the World", and the cemetery is known for the superb granite craftsmanship on its memorials and tombstones. Hope Cemetery is situated 1,200 feet northeast of Beckley Hill Pit.
Italian Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Italian Baptist Church is a historic church at 10 North Brook Street in the city of Barre, Vermont. Built in 1906-08 largely with volunteer labor, it is a distinctive regionalized example of vernacular church architecture more typically found in northern Italy. Italian Baptist Church is situated 2,100 feet southwest of Beckley Hill Pit.
Aldrich Public Library
Library
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Aldrich Public Library is the public library serving the city of Barre, Vermont. It is located at 6 Washington Street in the city center, in an architecturally distinguished Classical Revival building constructed in 1907–08 with funds bequested by Leonard Frost Aldrich, a local businessman, and was substantially enlarged in 2000. Aldrich Public Library is situated 4,000 feet south of Beckley Hill Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barre Downtown Historic District and Currier Park Historic District.
Barre Downtown Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Barre Downtown Historic District encompasses the historic commercial and civic heart of the city of Barre, Vermont. Extending along Main Street from City Park to Depot Square, this area was developed quite rapidly in the 1880s and 1890s, when the area experienced rapid growth due to the expansion of the nearby granite quarries.
Currier Park Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Currier Park Historic District encompasses a historic late 19th-century affluent residential area of the city of Barre, Vermont. Centered around Currier Park, a rectangular park laid out in 1883 just east of the city's downtown, are a collection of a high quality predominantly Italianate and Queen Anne Victorian residences.
Websterville
Hamlet
Websterville is a census-designated place in the town of Barre, Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, Websterville had a population of 570. Websterville is situated 3½ miles southeast of Beckley Hill Pit.
Beckley Hill Pit
- Type: Mine
- Categories: quarry and industry
- Location: Barre, Washington, Central Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.2085° or 44° 12′ 31″ northLongitude
-72.5041° or 72° 30′ 15″ westOpen location code
87P96F5W+C9OpenStreetMap ID
node 585386307OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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