Among its many other unusual granite-made treasures, Barre's renowned Hope Cemetery houses a full-sized Mercedes limousine that is a memorial to a young man who died at the age of 15 and had always wanted a similar car. The statue is impressive and accurate-looking and the license plates are inscribed with the name of the deceased boy.
This monument, the product of the combined work of a few carvers and designers, went up in 1924 in memory of those who died in World War I. The carving is of a young, naked man seated on one knee, holding a shield behind him in one hand and a sword plunged into the ground in front of him. The statue is now the city seal of Barre, and one of its best-known granite works. The memorial is located on North Main Street.
Centrally located in front of the Vermont Historical Society, this monument has been standing since 1899 and is a testament to the city's early Scottish settlers, who came to Barre to work with granite in the late 19th century. The statue was intended to honor the centennial of the poet's death and was the product of the work of four different sculptors. The statue is over 22-feet tall and is credited as being Barre's first civic monument.
This monument to the Italian settlers of Barre is located in Dente Park and is dedicated to the Italian-born Barre sculptor, Carlo Abate, who immigrated there in the late 1890s. The statue, like many others in the city, was the joint effort of a couple of sculptors, in this case, those of Italian origin. The monument shows a male sculptor with a hammer in one hand and a chisel in the other, his leg resting against a granite slab, his gaze fixed on the distance. The statue went up in 1985 and is over 12 feet tall, weighing around eight tons.
Also located in Barre's Hope Cemetery, this well-known monument was crafted by Louis Brusa and depicts an angel sitting on a pediment with her legs crossed and her chin resting in her palm. The angel seems to be looking straight ahead and her graceful figure is framed by two large columns. The sculptor's family name is carved horizontally on the top stone piece. Two symmetrical urns rest on the outside of each column and the entire structure is raised on a slab of stone resembling a solid bench or trunk.