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cordance with the prevailing styles in larger buildings, has 

 caused a relative decline in the use of limestone, particu- 

 larly the dressed stone. And, as a result, sandstones from 

 Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, and from Higginsville and 

 Oxford, in this state, are seen in the new and more massive 

 structures. Marble and granite- have found little use in 

 wall-work. Among the more prominent stone buildings 

 and examples in stone construction, the following are here 

 mentioned : Grace Protestant Episcopal church, on Genesee 

 street, of sandstone said to have been obtained from the 

 New Hartford quarries, and trimmed with limestone from 

 Prospect. The rusty-brown discoloration of the sandstone, 

 noticed in many of the blocks, and the varying shades of 

 color in them generally, gives to the building an old look. 

 The limestone shows clayey seams. The Universalist 

 church, on Seneca street, is of the same sandstone (front) 

 and it exhibits a variation in color which mars the effect of 

 an otherwise substantial-looking stone. The English 

 Lutheran church, on Columbia street, near State street, is 

 constructed of the Clinton sandstone, with Trenton lime- 

 stone for trimmings. The Memorial Presbyterian church, 

 court, corner of Garden street, also is of Clinton sandstone. 

 The houses of Thomas F. Baker, and William F. Baker, on 

 Genesee street, are fine examples in the modified Roman- 

 esque style of architecture of the Higginsville stone. In 

 one, the stone selected. Is of a reddish shade of color ; in the 

 other the blue sandstone is used exclusively. The blocks 

 are laid In broken courses and are rock-face front. The 

 trimmings are of the same stone, tooled. The houses of 

 Frederick Gilbert and Thomas E. Kinney, on Genesee 

 street, are built of the same stone. It is hard and durable, 

 and in these buildings it looks well. The cost of working 

 it precludes its more extensive use. 



The state lunatic asylum building, in the western part of 

 the city, a large structure, with Doric columns, is the best ex- 

 ample of the Trenton limestone and the quarries at Prospect. 



