The Currier Park Historic District, a well-preserved late 19th Century and early 20th Century development focused around Currier Park, illustrates the land development pressures and prosperity created by the thriving granite industry. Like most Vermont communities, the city was originally a farming community.  Granite quarrying was conducted on a small scale in the early 1800s.

However, due to limited opportunities and a desire to move west, Barre's population declined between 1840-1860 and increased only slightly from 1860-1870. With the introduction of the railroad to the granite quarries in the mid-1870s, the community's population grew by almost 5,000 persons between 1870-1890. The land on which the Currier Park Historic District sits was part of the last large farm located adjacent to the central business district. The large residences surrounding Currier Park were constructed for wealthy individuals who prospered from the economic growth.

Since the majority of the Currier Park Historic District buildings were built over a relatively short time span (2 decades), they frequently share one or more architectural elements from a previous or incoming architectural style, resulting in a harmonious mixture of buildings surrounding Currier Park.