Granite quarries opened in nearby Otis in 1890 with the cutting and polishing yards established in Chester, near the railroad, under the name of the Hudson Chester Granite Company. In 1907, a group of Finnish immigrants came to Chester from the granite yards in Quincy, Massachusetts, and established an independent cooperative, the Chester Monumental Works (incorporated in 1910 as the Chester Granite and Polishing Works). At their peak, the two granite industries employed up to 275 men in Chester.

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