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Granite Monuments
Hand-cut and hand-lettered upright, slant, and flat memorials in domestic and imported granite. Browse the showroom or design yours from a blank sheet.
Estd. 1887 · West Point, NE
A memorial
that will not
lean. Ever.
Every monument we set rests on a 6-foot concrete foundation — the deepest in the trade. If yours ever settles or leans, we straighten it at no charge.
No deposit to start. No charge to design. We sketch first, then quote.
Why Us
Five generations,
one workshop.
Five generations of Nebraska families have trusted West Point Monument with the most permanent thing they will ever buy. We sit down with you, listen, sketch, revise, and only then quote. The price you see includes design, lettering, the stone, the foundation, and the placement — nothing “extra” appears later.
Our work is to transform what you cannot say into something that will speak for you for the next hundred years.
What We Do
Six things, done by the same family, in one shop, since 1887.
No outsourced lettering. No drop-shipped foundations. The hand that sketches your memorial is the hand that sets it in the cemetery.
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Bronze Memorials
Solid cast bronze plaques and ornaments — the choice for cemeteries that require flush markers. Weatherproof for a century.
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Custom Designs
Etched portraits, religious iconography, family crests, custom shapes — sketched with you, then carved by hand. No template catalogs.
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Lettering & Restoration
On-cemetery lettering, dates added to existing family stones, and full restoration of weathered or damaged memorials.
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The 6-Foot Foundation
Every monument we set rests on a 6-foot concrete footing. It will not lean. It will not sink. If it ever does, we straighten it free.
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Veteran & Civic Memorials
Service memorials, town monuments, school plaques, fundraising pavers — community work built to outlast the families who fund it.
The Foundation Difference
Most leaning headstones were set by someone else.
We've repaired thousands of them across eastern Nebraska. The cause is almost always the same: a foundation poured too shallow to hold against the frost.
Footing Spec Sheet
Depth
6 ft — below Nebraska frost line; freeze-thaw cycles cannot lift the stone.
Material
Reinforced concrete, hand-poured, squared to the monument footprint, rebar throughout.
Bundled
Always included in our quote — no separate “foundation upgrade” line item.
Re-level
Free, forever. If a stone we set ever settles or leans, we straighten it. No expiration.
Backed By
A 138-year track record. Same family, same workshop, since 1887.
A guarantee is only as deep as the footing it sits on.
How We Pour the Footing
Plate 01 / Main Street, ca. 1887
Five Generations · One Workshop
We've been doing this work since eighteen eighty-seven.
Frank & Rose Alderman opened West Point Marble Works on the northeast corner of Main Street in 1887. The shop has stayed in the family ever since. Five generations later, every stone we letter is still cut, sketched, and set by people whose names are on the door.
Recent Work
A few of the families we've worked with.
Click through to see how the same stone looks in different finishes, sizes, and lettering styles.
Walk the Yard
See — and touch — over a hundred finished stones.
Our outdoor yard runs the length of the building. Granite of every shape, color, and finish, in the open air, where you can see how it looks in real light. 9–5, Monday through Friday. Other times by appointment. Home visits on request.
Ask about adding a Memorial Website — an NFC tag fitted to the stone that opens a private page of photos, video, and music for the family.
Address
212 W. Sheridan St.
West Point, NE 68788
“Our Clients Are Angels.”