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duced within ;i decade of N'cars. iiavc already accjiiired a 

 \vid(! use tor l)iiildiiv^s ot all kinds. And th<-\' are lo Ix- 

 hnind m all parts ot the eit\'. 1 he\ are know 11 under vari- 

 ous names, troni the (juari-\ localities, Init in L;('neral all of 

 the varieties are iiuluded under the head ot Indiana lime- 

 stones. 1 he JH'dtord ([uarries. in I >a\vrence countx'. have 

 a bufl-eolored intone at the surface, underlain hy a hlue \'a- 

 riety, which is harder, more tlurable in ecneral. and ot a 

 superior (jualitw The variet\' is specified in Iniildine^ con- 

 tracts in the citw d he stone is of a pleasin;^- shade of 

 color, hne-L^rainetl. e\en in texture and easily car\cd. It 

 can be seen in the New \'ork Idnu;s buildini^-. Park Row. 

 and in the elegant and ornate house of W illiam 1\. \ ander- 

 bilt. Fifth avenue and h ifty-second street ; also, as a trim- 

 ming with red brick, in Cornelius \ anderbilt's house, at 

 Fifty-seventh street and Idtth a\'enue, and in ("\rus Clark's 

 house, corner ot W^est Ninetieth street and I\i\c:rside ave- 

 nue. I he tme-tooled and car\'ed work of the house at 

 Fift^'-second street and bitth avenue shows how well it re- 

 ceives ornamentation, but the discolored stone ot parts of 

 the front which are less exposed, detract from its beauty. 



The new building- at the south-west corner of Wall and 

 Nassau streets already looks niudd\'. and the spalls, from 

 the edfres of the course-work, indicate weakness. Sonie of 

 the discoloration of the Indiana limestones has been attrib- 

 uted to the exudation of oil." 



The stone from the quarries of Elletsville, Monroe county, 

 is noted in the front of Smith building, Cortlandt street. 

 It is not so markedly oolitic as the Bedford stone. In the 

 New York Cotton Exchange, on lieaver street, the front is 

 disfio^ured bv the stains or discolorations in the stone. It is 

 reported to be an inferior c[ualit\' o{ Indiana stone. 



The newer blocks of houses up-town, above Sevcnt\'- 

 second street, contain many costly examples of the Indiana 

 limestone. West Seventy-second, Eighty-first and Ninety- 



•"■" Dr. Alexis A. Julien, U. S. Tenth Census, Vol. x, p. 369. 



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