Commercial
Plymouth Quarries supplies stone products for diverse commercial projects across multiple sectors. These include retail developments like Merchant's Row, Hanover MA in Hanover, combining modern and old-world aesthetics; public infrastructure projects such as the Tufts Library, where stone veneer complements advanced technology; and educational institutions, including Yale University, New Haven, CT, Boston College, Boston MA, Wheaton College Pine Hall, Norton MA, and Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Illinois, maintaining design continuity with historical or existing stonework. Cultural landmarks, such as the Dr. Seuss Museum and the Concord Museum, emphasize historical integrity through carefully selected stone. Hospitality projects, like The Range Restaurant, feature intricate fireplaces and outdoor dining spaces with a variety of stone veneers to enhance aesthetics and functionality.
Thomas More Apartments Residence Hall
Plymouth Quarries has been supplying Weymouth Granite to Boston College since 1915. To continue with the expansion of the campus Plymouth Quarries was chosen again to provide the stone. The approximately 240,000 square-foot building, occupying the former site of More Hall, also is the new home of University Health Services, which moved from Cushing Hall.
The Thomas More Apartments residence hall at 2150 Commonwealth Avenue formally opened its doors to some 490 upperclassmen in August 2017. The hall is a major standout addition to the Boston College campus.
The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Boston College’s Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society is designed to create multidisciplinary, collaborative research processes to address critical societal issues in the areas of energy, health, and the environment.
Through the Institute, Boston College is creating new interdisciplinary courses in integrated sciences and human-centered engineering, design thinking, implementation science, data analytics, global public health, and other fields that will combine elements of science, engineering, humanities, law, and entrepreneurship through collaboration with MCAS, BC’s professional schools, and its Shea Center for Entrepreneurship. This cooperation across departments and schools strengthens teaching and research in the sciences and enhances the University’s ability to advance the common good through research focused on pressing global problems.
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Yale University Memorial Quadrangle
Yale University Memorial Quadrangle is mainly built with Plymouth Quarries Weymouth Granite.
The Memorial Quadrangle is a residential quadrangle at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Commissioned in 1917 to supply much-needed student housing for Yale College, it was Yale’s first Collegiate Gothic building and its first project by James Gamble Rogers, who later designed ten other major buildings for the university.
Harkness Tower
Completed in 1922 with our Weymouth Granite, Yale's Harkness Tower is a landmark for the city of New Haven. It is part of the Collegiate Gothic Memorial Quadrangle complex named for Charles William Harkness, brother of Yale’s largest benefactor, Edward.
Our Weymouth Granite Full Range Ashlar cut brings a mix of colors that complement the New England architecture. Using Plymouth Quarried stone keeps a sense of continuity throughout the campus.
Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
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Subcategories
Historical
The Historical Collection (work in progess) documents notable buildings, institutions, and architectural projects associated with Weymouth Granite and the historic quarrying tradition of coastal Massachusetts. Featuring documented examples from museums, universities, churches, and public landmarks, these stories connect the region's granite industry to influential architects, master builders, and some of America's most enduring structures. Through historical research, photographs, and primary sources, this collection preserves the legacy of one of New England's most distinctive building stones.
