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ati\'cl\' few of llu! iu:\\cr Iniildin^s arc of inarhlc As can 

 be seen b)- reference to the tabular statement, appended 

 to these notes on cities, there are nian\' line architectural 

 illustrations of white marble in New N'ork. The cpiarries 

 of Westchester count}- ha\-e lurnished most of the marbh- 

 used here. Lesser anion nts have come from Massachusetts, 

 Vermont ami Mar\laiul. ( )ne of the oldest marble build- 

 inj;s in the cit\- is the present United States assay otTice, 

 built in 1S23. ot white marble irom iLickahoe. Its surface 

 is somewhat )'ellow. but the arris edges remain sharj), 

 whereas the Italian niarble in the ca[)s of the Doric columns 

 of the front is much weathered and worn. The vStewart 

 buildino- on Broadwa\' is another of the older examijles of 

 Tuckahoe marble which is well preserved. The houses of 

 the cardinal and archl.)isho[) on Madison avenue, in the rear 

 of St. l^atrick's Roman Catholic cathedral, and the hotel on 

 Broadway, corner of Ihirtx'-second street, are amoni;" the 

 newer buildinL>'s in which the Tuckahoe marble has been 

 put. The cit)' hall is of white marble (excepting the rear 

 w^all) from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was much 

 discolored and weathered before it was cleaned, recently. 

 The United States sub-treasur)- building, also of Massa- 

 chusetts marble, shows a weathering out of cr)'stals of tre- 

 molite and ugh' fissures which disfigure the stone. In the 

 comparativeU' new coiint)^ courthouse, the south walls of 

 the wings, of Sheffield marble, are already discolored and 

 dirtydooking. The Corinthian columns of the front, of 

 Tuckahoe marble, still appear fresh and sharp-angled. The 

 United States hotel, corner of Fulton and Pearl streets^ 

 shows much decomposed and wasted surface. It was built 

 in 1S23, of Westchester county marble. Grace church, 

 Broadway and Tenth street, built forty-five years ago, of the 

 same stone, has become bluish-gray in color and the sur- 

 faces of the block are much roughened by the weathering. 

 Vermont marbles are noted in the Colleoiate Reformed 

 church, Fifth avenue, corner of Twenty-ninth street, and in 



