Illustrated marble talk & a tour of Middlebury West Cemetery by Professor Glenn Andres and historian Bill Hosley. Middlebury straddles what has been dubbed the Marble Border of Western New England, a continuous vein of marble extending from the Canadian border southward through Vermont and the Berkshires. As early as the 1780s regional stonecutters began to exploit this high-quality resource. Middlebury's West Cemetery, with more than 3000 burials and markers, some as early as the 1790s, is a veritable museum of history and art. Frequently, cemeteries located in regions where marble was quarried and worked feature gravestones and monuments that are a testament to the stone carver's skill and craftsmanship.

For TICKETS and more information, see: https://www.henrysheldonmuseum.org/events or call 802 388-2117.
This is the Henry Sheldon Event but it takes place at the Ilsley Library Community Room.

Event Info

Oct 5, 2024, 12 to 3 PM

Oct 6, 2024, 12:30 to 2 PM

Oct 9, 2024, 6 to 7 PM