Gpca.net
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Greater Patapsco Community Association Homepage
Description
Granite, Maryland had its beginnings as a community in the early eighteen hundreds when Captain Alexander Walters recognized the potential for quarrying granite rock on his property and began operating a quarry. Until this time, and from about 1720, he and his predecessors had devoted the land to agricultural use.
The quarry operation had a modest beginning providing granite block for the foundations of buildings in the local area. One of the first important quarry contracts was for furnishing stone for the Baltimore Customs House, built in 1820. As the quarry grew, so did the settlement - now named the Waltersville Quarry and Waltersville, respectively. By 1870, the population had increased to approximately 600, with four churches, six stores, and a multitude of taverns.
From the quarry came Belgian blocks, stone for monuments and bridges, furnishing materials for such famous buildings as the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the old Post Office in Washington, The Baltimore County Court House, and the unique multiple arch Thomas Viaduct.
Contact
- Alpha Wolf Technologies, Inc.
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- Baltimore MD
- United States 21227
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- (410)536-7670
