| Corti, Elia, Gravesite |
Hope Cemetery, Maple Avenue |
Barre |
VT |
Elia Corti, an Italian immigrant and anarchist, was shot and killed during a scuffle between anarchists and socialists at the Barre Socialist Labor Hall. |
The Hope Cemetery's (founded 1895) monuments and mausoleums display the manifold craftwork of the Barre granite workers; predominantly Italian immigrants skilled in in the art of stone cutting. |
| Old Labor Hall |
46 Granite St. |
Barre |
VT |
Erected in 1900 by Italian immigrant stonecutters, the hall served as a place for socialist and labor meetings, and continued to be a social club until 1936. The basement served as a grocery cooperative from 1901-1926. |
The Old Labor Hall was sold to the Washington Fruit Company in 1926. It became a National Historic Landmark on September 2, 2000. |
| Italian-American Stonecutters Monument |
Dente Park, corner of North Main Street and Maple Avenue |
Barre |
VT |
Italian immigrants came to Barre in the late 1890s and early 1900s to work as stonecutters. The monument is dedicated to Carlo Abate, founder of the Barre Evening Drawing School where working people could learn the arts of vocational memorial design. |
Located on the "North End," the area originally populated by Italians. |
