Building With Cobblestones 



Some of the most beautiful houses in the world are built from stone carved only by 

 the hand of Nature in the mills of the moraines through the grinding of ice-floes 



century after century 



COBBLESTONES combined with 

 cement are used extensively in the 

 A\'est for all kinds of ornamental 

 and utilitarian construction. From orna- 

 mental urns and corner markers to foun- 

 tains, bandstands, bridges and even such 

 large structures as two-story houses, 

 churches and even an observatory, may 

 all be found in California, built of the 

 cobbles that are removed in clearing. 



The resulting edifices 

 are of remarkably artis- 

 tic appearance. The econ- 

 omy of this type of build- 

 ing is well shown by the 

 fact that in the citrus belt 

 near Los Angeles thou- 

 sands of tons of cobble- 

 stones are dug up by the 

 Hindu laborers and piled 

 in great heaps between 

 the groves. These cob- 

 ble piles are often fifteen 

 feet high and twenty feet 

 broad, and extend for 

 many rods between the 

 cleared fields. They are 

 literally cheaper than dirt. 

 It is but natural that 

 many of the best speci- 

 mens of cobble construc- 

 tion are fovmd in that dis- 



Boulders and cobblestones 

 always inake attractive flow- 

 er -urns 



trict. The rounded stones merely en- 

 cumber the ground and most owners 

 are willing to help pay for their removal 

 to a building site. 



In the citrus section may be found an 

 observatory in the grounds of Pomona 

 College, which is a splendid bit of archi- 

 tecture. 



Near by is one of the most attractive 

 homes in the W^est, a great rambling 

 bungalow of field stones, 

 which has for its main 

 interior feature a sun 

 parlor or glass-roofed pa- 

 tio. This is a most at- 

 tractive detail of a charm- 

 ing home, with ferns and 

 flowers growing as in a 

 conservatory, b u t in a 

 temperature suited for its 

 use as a general living 

 room. 



In Azuza may be found 

 a decidedly artistic cob- 

 blestone church, with 

 only a few roughly- 

 squared stones used in 

 connection with the nat- 

 ural shaped boulders and 

 field stones. San Diego 

 has two large two-story 

 houses formed of this 



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