Creating Memorials to Honor, Celebrate, and Remember Since 1919
About Us
About Our Granite Company
About Our Granite Company
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have in selecting your cemetery gravestone, marker or monument. Our photos are of cemetery memorials we have actually designed, engraved and installed for our clients, created at our facility in Holdrege, Nebraska.
We take great pride in helping families select and design a fitting tribute to their loved one's life and legacy. Some may choose a very simple headstone or grave marker with little if any design, while others have us create a one of a kind custom shaped monument with elaborate etchings and photos. We can provide any number of unique and creative cemetery memorials to fit your taste and budget.
Building Monuments Since 1919
Palmer Brothers Granite Company was started by Ben and O.C. Palmer on March 1, 1919 at our present location. Their father was also employed as a salesman in the business making Palmer Brothers Granite now a fifth- generation family business. In the beginning, they worked in a small cement block building with a dirt floor and a huge pot-bellied heating stove. The lettering and carving were painstakingly executed with the newly developed air hammer and chisel. Even then, the fledgling firm was known for the quality of their workmanship. And, from the first, they sold the finest of granites.
In 1924 they bought out Bruce Monument Co. and in 1929 the Glaze Monument Co., both of Holdrege. They also absorbed the Kimball Monument Co. of McCook in 1955. In 1949 the old building was torn down and replaced by a new, modern granite front building. In 1969 it was extensively remodeled to make it the most efficient monument plant in Nebraska, Kansas or Colorado. In the years that followed the building has undergone many renovations and improvements making it a focal point and one of the oldest continuously operated businesses in Holdrege.
Today, we are privileged to serve four and five generations of the same families throughout the surrounding areas of Holdrege, Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island, North Platte, McCook, Lexington, and across northern Kansas in Colby, Oberlin, Norton, Phillipsburg, and Smith Center. Indisputable evidence that we are a firm you, too, can safely trust. Unless you know granite and carving and lettering and setting procedures very well, the only safe thing is to know your monument dealer. You can be sure when you place your trust in Palmer Brothers Granite Co. of Holdrege, Nebraska.
In 1924 they bought out Bruce Monument Co. and in 1929 the Glaze Monument Co., both of Holdrege. They also absorbed the Kimball Monument Co. of McCook in 1955. In 1949 the old building was torn down and replaced by a new, modern granite front building. In 1969 it was extensively remodeled to make it the most efficient monument plant in Nebraska, Kansas or Colorado. In the years that followed the building has undergone many renovations and improvements making it a focal point and one of the oldest continuously operated businesses in Holdrege.
Today, we are privileged to serve four and five generations of the same families throughout the surrounding areas of Holdrege, Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island, North Platte, McCook, Lexington, and across northern Kansas in Colby, Oberlin, Norton, Phillipsburg, and Smith Center. Indisputable evidence that we are a firm you, too, can safely trust. Unless you know granite and carving and lettering and setting procedures very well, the only safe thing is to know your monument dealer. You can be sure when you place your trust in Palmer Brothers Granite Co. of Holdrege, Nebraska.
Contact Information
Address:
215 West Avenue, Holdrege, Nebraska 68949
Phone:
(308) 995-4477
Hours of Operation:
- Mon - Fri
- -
- Sat - Sun
- Closed
Evenings and Weekends By Appointment
