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Schenectady blue-stone Is seen In St. Peter's Protestant 

 Episcopal church, on State street; In St. Joseph's Roman 

 Catholic church, Ten Broeck street (walls); In the Protestant 

 Episcopal church of the Holy Innocents, corner of North 

 Pearl and Colonic streets ; In the Second Presbyterian 

 church, on Chapel street, and In St. John's Roman Catholic 

 church, Ferry street. The stone In the walls of St. Peter's 

 church Is nearly all natural-face blocks, and many of them 

 have mellowed on exposure, to soft yellowish and light- 

 brown tints, which give the building the appearance of age. 

 Some of the stone shows a tendency to scale off at the cor- 

 ners and on the edges. The building Is In the decorated 

 Gothic style, and was erected In i860. The trimmings are 

 New Jersey freestone. In the Second Presbyterian church 

 (1815), the stone show more signs of disintegration and the 

 selection of the stone appears to have been made with less 

 care. The durability and strength of the walls are not> 

 however, Impaired by the wear. A noteworthy example of 

 Hudson river blue-stone can be seen In the house of H. G. 

 Young, No. 425 State street, where the blocks are In course- 

 work and have bush-hammered surfaces. 



The Albany academy (built In 1815), Is a fine architect- 

 ural example of Nyack sandstone, and well-preserved. 



Medina sandstone has not been used to any extent. It 

 Is seen In the first story of Tweddle hall, on State street ; 

 and the steps of the west staircase In the capltol, from 

 the Albion quarries. 



Of foreign sandstones there are In the capltol: the Dor- 

 chester stone, In the assembly staircase, and the Scotch 

 sandstone In the south-eastern or senate staircase, and In 

 the new rooms of the state library. 



Streets. — The stone which Is used for sidewalks and 

 curbing Is mainly Hudson river blue-stone, and from the 

 quarries of Albany county and the river counties. The 

 specifications require that the curbstones shall be dressed 

 on edges. For crosswalks granite has been used In the 

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