H.P. Smith Company, Inc.

H.P. Smith Company is a monument and memorial maker in North Reading that has designed and carved headstones, markers and memorials since 1876. Families can choose from granite of any type, bronze or natural field boulders, and the company also cares for existing memorials, adding lettering, cleaning stones and handling restorations. It is an independent, family-owned business with generations of experience, not a corporate-owned shop or franchise.

The process is personal and unhurried. Staff take time to get to know each family before guiding them toward a design that suits both their taste and the memory of their loved one. Designers then prepare a scale or full-size drawing of the monument, sized for the cemetery lot, and carving and lettering begin only after the family approves it. The office includes a complete memorial display in a quiet, private setting.

What to Know

• Evening, at-home and in-cemetery appointments are available.
• The company promises families will never be pressured into a purchase.
• It is a member of the Stoneham Chamber of Commerce.