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.

WheatonC1600px Wheaton College’s Pine Hall Residence has a mix of brick and thin stone veneer on the exterior facing. Plymouth Quarries supplied the custom blend of Liberty Hill and Bryan Black thin stone veneer. The mix of grays, charcoals, white, and black in a linear cut helped create a solid foundation for the larger areas of brick facing. The contrast in colors helps define the foundation and facade areas.

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Fenwick High School is a selective private college preparatory school located in Oak Park, Illinois bordered by Chicago on the north, east, River Forest and Forest Park.

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Plymouth Quarries has been supplying our Weymouth Granite to this private school since 1940. For their new building project they once again chose Weymouth Granite to maintain continuity on their campus.

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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.

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Boston College

Plymouth Quarries was chosen to provide the stone in order to continue the tradition of stone used throughout the campus. 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.

Concord Museum

The Concord Museum in historic Concord, Massachusetts houses one of the oldest and most treasured collections of Americana in the country. The Museum’s nationally significant collection serves as a catalyst for changing exhibitions, extended classroom learning, dynamic programs and publications relevant to an ever-changing world.

Dr. Suess Museum, Springfield MA

Weymouth Granite split face stone was used to create this old world look with muted gray tones. The corners of the building are the lighter colored version of the stone. Plymouth Quarries Granite was chosen to make sure it didn’t compete with the color of “The Amazing World of Dr. Suess”

Merchants Row, Hanover MA

Merchants Row is interconnected by a combination of landscaped green spaces and a central courtyard designed with over 4,000 s/f of Plymouth Quarries’ exclusive Giallo stone, imported direct from Italy. The Plymouth Quarries team fabricated over 1,600 s/f of Black Pearl Granite, and over 2,000 s/f of their newest thin stone veneer product for the project.

The Range Restaurant & Driving Range, Hingham MA

The cathedral outdoor fireplace at The Range in Hingham, MA, is 10 feet wide by 22 feet high. It tiers in twice with Smokey Mountain Granite caps. Plymouth Quarries’ Weymouth Granite is used in the body of the hearth, columns, and corners of the fireplace.

Tufts Library Weymouth, MA

Plymouth Quarries of Hingham MA was chosen to provide the extensive stone materials for the $33 million 50,000 sqft town library, including the Weymouth Granite stone veneer that is a major design element of the building..

Wheaton College

Wheaton College’s Pine Hall Residence has a mix of brick and thin stone veneer on the exterior facing. Plymouth Quarries supplied the custom blend of Liberty Hill and Bryan Black thin stone veneer.

The mix of grays, charcoals, white, and black in a linear cut helped create a solid foundation for the larger areas of brick facing. The contrast in colors helps define the foundation and facade areas.

Yale University

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.

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Wheaton College Pine Hall, Norton MA

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Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Illinois

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