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trimmed with Medina sandstone. For heavy masonry lime- 

 stone from Lockport and from Union Springs has been 

 employed. The leading supply of stone for large construc- 

 tion and for house work is the Medina sandstone from the 

 quarries at Holley, Hulberton, Albion and Medina. For 

 carved work the softer sandstones, as those of Massachu- 

 setts and Ohio, and the Connecticut brownstone, are pre- 

 ferred on account of their cheapness. 



The small amount of granite and marble used is a nota- 

 ble fact. Among the numerous structures of Medina sand- 

 stone the more prominent and public buildings, which may 

 be referred to here, are the following : the United States 

 Government building, corner of North Fitzhugh and Church 

 streets, completed recently, and of rock-face ashlar, in 

 courses with trimmings of the same stone, dressed ; the First 

 Baptist church, on North Fitzhugh street ; Sibley hall, An- 

 derson hall, and the new hall of physics, of the Rochester 

 university ; St. Patrick's Roman Catholic cathedral, Piatt 

 and Frank streets ; house of George C. Hollister, East ave- 

 nue ; Commercial National bank building, and the Wilder 

 building fronts, both on East Main street ; Trinity Protes- 

 tant Episcopal church, corner of Jones avenue and Frank 

 street; Western House of Refuge; Church home, on 

 Mount Hope avenue; and the new restaurant building (base- 

 ment story) of New York Central and Hudson River rail- 

 road company. The red sandstone has been used in the 

 above-mentioned structures. There are on East avenue 

 several other large and costly residences, in which the red 

 Medina sandstone has been employed with much taste. 

 And nearly all of the newer houses have the basements of 

 rock-face, broken course, stone work. Associated with brick, 

 the H. H. Warner house is a fine example in modified Ro- 

 manesque style. Of the gray or white Medina sandstone, 

 the new St. Michael's Roman Catholic church (1888-89), 

 corner of Clinton and Evergreen streets, is a large and 

 massive structure, with walls of rock-face broken ashlar, and 



