ON THE USE OF STONE IN CITIES 32 1 



POUGHKEEPSIE 



Hudson river brick predominates as building material In 

 the business part of the city. It Is used for the walls, with 

 water-tables, caps, sills and lintels of stone. The founda- 

 tions are generally of common grades of limestone, sand- 

 stone and gnelssic rock, which are from small local quarries, 

 or are obtained at points on the river, a few miles away. 

 For trimming brick buildings, Connecticut brownstone has 

 been used largely. Mill street has many residences of brick 

 trimmed with stone. Hudson river blue-stone also has been 

 used extensively, and particularly in the more plain and 

 and less expensive structures. In the Vassar Brothers' In- 

 stitute of Science, in the Vassar Home and in the Vassar 

 hospital granite trimmings are seen, with red brick walls. 

 Ohio sandstone and red brick are In the city library and in 

 the Baptist church. The more prominent examples of Con- 

 necticut brownstone are : First Reformed church, on Main 

 street, basement ; Second Reformed church, on Mill street, 

 trimmings and basement ; and, the First Methodist Episco- 

 pal church, corner of Mill and Washington streets, trim- 

 mings only. The notable buildings of stone are : Church 

 of the Holy Comforter, on Main street, of Hudson river 

 sandstone, dressed, and in broken courses, with sills and 

 water-tables of Connecticut brownstone ; Christ Protestant 

 Episcopal church and school, corner of Academy and Bar 

 clay streets, a large and recently completed structure of 

 Massachusetts red sandstone ; St. Paul's Protestant Epis- 

 copal church, corner of Mansion and North Hamilton 

 streets, of rock-face gneiss, in broken courses, and with 

 brownstone trimmings. White marble has been used In 

 one front on Main street. Ohio sandstone appears in two 

 fronts of business buildings on the same street. All of the 

 above-mentioned examples in stone construction are com- 

 paratively new. One of the oldest stone buildings is on the 

 corner of Main and White streets, and Is known as '' Duke's 

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