The Quarryman

The Quarrymen was the original name of John Lennon’s band before it became the Beatles.
A quarryman is someone who works in a stone quarry.
Here in Center Hill Park, you will find a bronze statue of a Quarryman; honoring East Longmeadow’s 19^th century heritage as a quarrying center for red sandstone.
Back in the day, there were over 50 working stone quarries in the area
It’s quite a statue; a serious looking guy with a floppy hat and floppy mustache is wearing bib overalls and holding a massive sledge hammer.
He’s standing on a big slab of red sandstone. There are more blocks of sandstone all around him.
A plaque near the statue reads:
THE QUARRYMAN
Saluting the industry of our Founding Fathers
here in the East Village who quarried red and
brown sandstone from over fifty quarries during
the 1800’s. Their work remains enshrined in
noted buildings across the land.
This sculpture by Gregory Stone
is a gift to the Town of East Longmeadow
on the Celebration of its Centennial
by L. James and Janet K. McKnight
Dedicated July 3, 1994