{"nrhp_refnum":"89001325","name":"Barnicoat, S. H., Monuments","other_names":["Hancock Monuments"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 Columbia St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Quincy","county":"Norfolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.23514343800008,"lon":-71.01182710399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story, L-shaped wood-frame granite works at 114 Columbia Street in West Quincy, Massachusetts, established in 1890 by S. Henry Barnicoat and now used as Hancock Monuments.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the only intact example of the granite cutting sheds once numerous in Quincy in the late 19th century. It retains integrity of design, location, materials, setting, feeling and association with Quincy's granite industry. It is argued to meet Criteria A and C at the local level.","narrative":"Located at 114 Columbia Street in West Quincy, this granite works dates to 1890, when Englishman S. Henry Barnicoat established his business there. It is a one-and-one-half story, L-shaped frame building with wood clapboards and a low sloping gable roof. A series of work stations, each with small windows and its own entrance, face a central derrick in the yard, and a small gable-roofed office is attached at the west end. Inside, modern motors and carbide tools share space with original technology such as the blacksmith's station, large pulleys and rollers, a sand-blast room and dust-removal hoses. Barnicoat ran the works until his death in 1898. It was reorganized as the Columbia Granite Company and bought by John McQueen and Richard Gordon in 1900. It later became Hancock Monuments. Of the several granite works once in this part of Quincy, it is the only one that keeps its original appearance, which makes it the last intact example of the late-19th-century granite cutting sheds.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Condition is described as good, with no major alterations; the works remain in active use as a monument company. The present derrick is not original and is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:00.964911-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/7926/63792676/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89001325.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001325/195f6b14d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001325/195f6b14d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jameslwoodward","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S._H._Barnicoat_Monuments_Site_Quincy_MA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameslwoodward</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:S._H._Barnicoat_Monuments_Site_Quincy_MA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63792676","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._H._Barnicoat_Monuments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7387509"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/norfolk-county/barnicoat-s-h-monuments-89001325/"}