Clark's Island Granite Works of Rockland, Maine

Allgemeines

Name	Clark's Island Granite Works of Rockland, Maine
Ortssitz	New York City
Straße	Broadway 83+84
Art des Unternehmens	Steinmetz
Anmerkungen	Im Astor House. Eigentümer: M. H. St. John.
Quellenangaben	[New Yorks great industries (1884) 167]

Unternehmensgeschichte

Zeit	Ereignis
1869	Gründung

Produkte

Produkt	ab	Bem.	bis	Bem.	Kommentar
Denkmäler	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	Manufacturer of Mausoleums, Monuments and Vaults; Dealer in Building and Dimension Granite.
Grabdenkmäler	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	Manufacturer of Mausoleums, Monuments and Vaults; Dealer in Building and Dimension Granite.
Natursteinarbeiten	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	1884	[New Yorks great ind. (1884)]	Manufacturer of Mausoleums, Monuments and Vaults; Dealer in Building and Dimension Granite.

Allgemeines

ZEIT	1884
THEMA	Firmendarstellung
TEXT	The Clark's Island Granite Works have attained that degree of prominence and celebrity throughout the United States due to the unrivalled character of the granite there quarried, and to the fact that the enterprising proprietor, Mr. M. H. St. John, is possessed of every possible facility for the manufacture of the finest and grandest mausoleums, monuments, and vaults, while his granite is in steadily increasing demand for building uses, and is the recognized standard for such a purpose. Clark's Island lies off the rock-bound coast of Maine, near the town of Rockland, and contains a vast bed of the finest granite in the world. The material is so well suited for fine work, on account of its compact hardness, clear, bright color, and its especial adaptability for dark polish, that it is without comparison the best monumental granite in use. The quarrying and cutting of this granite has been carried on for the last fifteen years, and it has never found its equal for either monumental or building purposes; it is accordingly in especial demand all over the country. Mr. St. John having recently purchased the en tire interest of his late partner. Mr. George Mark, in Clark's Island, and the business relating thereto, has actively continued the manufacture of all classes of cemetery .and building work, and owning the island as he now does, and keeping a large force engaged in quarrying the stone, Mr. St. John is possessed of every facility for completing any work as ordered, from beginning to end, and his concern ranks now as the leading industrial interest of its kind in the United States. The bright color of Clark's Island granite remains unchanged in all climates, while the increased demand for it from the eastern coasts to the Far West and the South attest its superiority. In these assurances of quality, simple comparisons with othei granites, indicated by the return of trade from many quarries, are a sure index of its merit, too often as regards other quarries gained through prejudice and misrepre sentation. So large has Mr. St. John's trade now grown that he employs upwards of six hundred men, and take pleasure in referring to the hundreds of prominent mausoleums, vaults and monuments erected in every part of our country. In building work special attention is called by him to the new Post-Office at Hartford, Conn., a magnificent structure, showing all the beauty of his granite. Amongst other prominent government and other buildings erected of it is the Buffalo City Hall, the Albany City Bank, and Government Buildings at Chicago, Utica. N. Y. League Island Navy Yard. He la now supplying the granite for the grand building of the Standard Oil Co., on lower Broadway, and will probably build tho new Garfield monument at an approximate cost of two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. St. John is a native of New York State, and a resident of New York City, and is one of our most enterprising and responsible citizens. His facilities for perfection in his work are absolutely unequalled; he designs in the most elaborate manner as-well as executes. He employs the best sculptural talent in the world. Estimates are promptly given from designs for material or entire completion, and he is the representative manufacturer and dealer in his line in the country at large. His offices are eligibly and centrally located in the Astor House building, and where Mr. St. John is prepared to receive all orders and fill them in a manner guaranteed to give entire satisfaction to all concerned. Mr. St. John is ably assisted in the management of the business by S. E. Seymour, his father-in-law, a gentleman well known in commercial circles. He had retired from business, but at the earnest solicitation of Mr. St. John was induced to take charge of the New York office.
QUELLE	[New Yorks great industries (1884) 167]