Late 19th century. Schuyler Rd. at Alberene Loop
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(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(Photograph by Mark Mones) -
(1931 Alberene Stone advertisement, courtesy of Mark Mones)
The Alberene Soapstone Company harvested and processed soapstone here from quarries in central Virginia. The former factory buildings are rapidly deteriorating into a picturesque ruin. Here soapstone from Schuyler was made into acid-proof sinks, electric switchboards and insulators, tabletops, and other products. At least one of the surviving old buildings is made from stacked slabs of waste soapstone, and others are frame, including the large commissary sheathed with asphalt shingles.