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quarries in nearly all pails of the world, arc to be; foiiiul in 

 the city. Some of the larger and more prominent structures 

 which can he considered as representative of the Icadini^ 

 kinds of stone; in use. and of man\' ([uarry (Hstricts and lo- 

 calities, are meiuioned in a list at the end of these notes on 

 the use of stone; in cities. 



The proportion in which the chief varieties of stone enter 

 in the annual xolume of construction has varied notahK' in 

 consequence of changes in the styles of architecture, 

 through the necessities of altered conditions and an edu- 

 cated pubhc sentiment which demands variety and a better 

 class of material. As a result the white marbles and brown- 

 stones no longer predominate. Granites from all parts of 

 New England and New York, marbles from New York and 

 Vermont, red sandstones from Massachusetts, brownstones 

 from Connecticut and New Jersey, limestones from quarries in 

 the state, Ohio sandstone, the oolitic limestones from Indiana 

 and Kentucky, Portage red sandstone, Hudson river blue- 

 stone, Potsdam sandstone, and roofing slate from Pennsyl- 

 vania, \'erniont. and from Washinoton count\', New York, 

 are the stones most in favor and most extensively used. 



The recent introduction of many varieties of stone is ap- 

 parent in the newer and large buildings, especial!)' in the 

 business parts of the city. Wall street and Broadway below 

 Chambers street, afford excellent opportunities for studying 

 the effect of the leadine kinds of stone in massive structures 

 side by side or within the limits of a few blocks. In Wall 

 street, the old Assay building and the United States Sub- 

 treasury, of Westchester county marble; the United States 

 Custom-house, of Ouincy granite; the Drexel building, of 

 white marble from Verniont; and the older brownstone build- 

 ings near William and Fulton streets, are offset by the 

 polished granite of the Merchants and Manhattan National 

 bank building; the United States Trust Company's ornate 

 front of Milford granite and Massachusetts red sandstone ; 

 the granite and limestone in the front of the Mechanics 

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