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bank, and the Bank of America ; the Scotch sandstone in 

 the Gallatin National bank, and the Manhattan Trust 

 Company's buildings ; and the massive, rock-face blocks of 

 Longmeadow sandstone in the United bank building on the 

 corner of Broadway. 



On the lower part of Broadway there are many new and 

 striking architectual constructions in stone, sandwiched in 

 with the older, white marble and brownstone fronts. The 

 Equitable Assurance Company's building, the Standard Oil 

 Company's building, the Welles building, the Union Trust 

 Company's building are among the newer examples of 

 Maine granites. The United bank building, of Mas- 

 sachusetts sandstone ; the Consolidated Stock Exchange 

 building, of Scotch sandstone ; Aldrich court, of Portage 

 and Oxford sandstone ; the New York Post-office, the 

 Field building with its massive trimmings of sandstone from 

 Little Falls, New Jersey; and the Guernsey building, of 

 Medina sandstone from Albion, Orleans county, represent 

 the sandstones now more in favor, and in newer style of 

 construction. The Astor house, of Quincy granite ; old St. 

 Paul's church, of gneiss and sandstone; Trinity church, of 

 sandstone from Little Falls, New Jersey; the city hall, the 

 National Park bank. National Shoe and Leather bank build- 

 ing, of white marble; the Merchants' Exchange National 

 bank building, of Dorchester sandstone; and the Broadway 

 bank building, of Connecticut brownstone, are examples in 

 construction of styles and materials of the past rather than 

 the present. 



Granite 



Granites are used extensively in New York city in the 

 foundations and substructures of the more massive business 

 buildings, and for fronts for the principal and first stories, 

 with Indiana limestone, sandstones, or brick in the upper 

 stories. The Tribune building, the New York Times build- 

 ing, and several of the new bank buildings on Wall street, 



