ON THE USE OF STONE IN CITIES 335 



The new Young Men's Christian Association building, on 

 Bleecker street, has its first story of Massachusetts red sand- 

 stone laid in rock-face ashlar work ; and its trimmings of 

 the upper stories of the same stone, partly tooled and partly 

 rock-face. 



The Oneida national bank, and Rowland's bank build- 

 ings, on Genesee street, are also of Massachusetts red 

 sandstone, with brick. 



The Mann block is said to have Haverstraw sandstone 

 for trimmings ; those of the Comstock building are red 

 sandstone from Belleville, New Jersey; of the first na- 

 tional bank building, of Connecticut brownstone. 



The United States Government building has granite walls 

 in the basement story, and Ohio sandstone trimmings, with 

 brick above. 



The blue sandstone of Oxford, Chenango Co., is seen in 

 the dressed stone caps and sills and the rock-face walls of 

 the first story of the St. James hotel, on the corner of 

 Whitesboro and Division streets. 



White marble appears in the fronts of Mather's bank 

 building, and in Nos. 52 and 54 Genesee street. 



One of the older examples of the Trenton limestone 

 (Prospect quarries), is in the basement story of Bagg's 

 hotel, where the weathering is apparent in the more cal- 

 careous portions of the stone, and the blocks have a seamy 

 aspect. The durability is not however affected seriously by 

 the changes on the surface of the stone. The stone trim- 

 mings of the Reformed church on Genesee street, show 

 similar surface weathering. 



Other stone structures which may be referred to, are the 

 city jail, of dressed gray limestone ; the Williams building, 

 of Prospect limestone and brick, and the Creeman building, 

 of sandstone and brick, both on Genesee street. 



Streets. — The sidewalks are mostly of blue-stone from 

 Atwater, on Cayuga lake, and from the Hudson river. The 

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