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Church streets, an ornate and beautiful structure whose 

 walls are of Schenectady blue-stone, of natural-face blocks 

 and trimmmed with Connecticut brownstone, dressed lime, 

 stone and Ohio sandstone. The stone in the walls was 

 selected with care and shows no signs of decay. The 

 weathered, faint brown and yellow surfaces, which in no wise 

 impair the strength or affect the durability, give tone to the 

 color and produce a pleasant impression. 



St. George's Protestant Episcopal church, in North Ferry 

 street, is an old structure, also of the bluestone, which 

 shows its durability. The older walls are common rubble- 

 work. There is some limestone with the bluestone. The 

 Presbyterian church, Catherine and State streets, is a mod- 

 ern construction (1886) of the same bluestone, with water- 

 table and sills of dressed gray limestone from Palatine 

 Bridge. Memorial hall, Union college, shows the same 

 stone, but with brown sandstone and Ohio sandstone in 

 glaring contrasts of color. The Edison hotel, near the 

 station, has the Longmeadow brown sandstone and Tribes 

 Hill blue limestone, used effectively with brick. Other stone 

 buildings are, the old court house, the Mohawk National 

 bank and a dwelling (first story), on Union street. 



■ Streets. — The statistics of the street work in stone, as 

 estimated by William Gifford, city engineer, are : 



Cobblestone paved streets 12 miles. 



Medina sandstone block pavements 800 feet. 



Streets paved with asphalt 2700 feet. 



Total length of streets 50 miles. 



Total length of sidewalks 32 " 



Bluestone laid walks 20 " 



COHOES 



This city is remarkable for the almost entire absence of 

 all-stone buildings. A large amount of stone has been put 

 in the foundations and basement stories of the large mills — 



