Item 19449info Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
Cyrus James Hall was born in Belfast, Maine in 1834. Hall was a tall slender man. He was considered a proper, well educated family man. Hall relocated when he was a young man on the west shores of Somes Sound. It wasn't very long before he discovered that the granite there was one of the best in the United States. He began his Standard Granite Company in 1870 in Otter Creek and later moved to the shores of Somes Sound. Hall began with less than a dozen men but quickly grew. He would work with his men into the late hours and teach them the techniques. If there was a tool that was needed, he would invent one then have it made, and teach the workers how it was used.
