North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex
North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex is a historic granite quarry and national historic district located at Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 22 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 8 contributing structures in an area approximately one mile long and 1/3 mile wide. Notable contributing resources include the cutting shed (1927), the office building (1928), and a building originally used as a blacksmith shop. It is the world's largest open faced granite quarry. Granite from the quarry was used to build the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kitty Hawk, and the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex | |
 Granite Works, Mt. Airy, N.C., 1906 | |
   | |
| Nearest city | East of Mount Airy on NC 103, near Mount Airy, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°30′29″N 80°35′10″W / 36.50806°N 80.58611°W |
| Area | 266 acres (108 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002900[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 6, 1980 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Parham, David W.; Sumner, Jim (November 1979). "North Carolina Granite Corporation Quarry Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 4, 2019.