348 BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



A census of the stone buildings in the city, made re- 

 cently and for this report, gives the following statistics : 



Stone buildings and stone fronts 155 



Stone sheds and smaller buildings 15 



Total 1 70 



Inasmuch as all buildings in part of stone are not in- 

 cluded in the above enumeration, these figures fail to give 

 a correct view of the extent to which stone enters in con- 

 struction work in the city. 



The average ruling prices for stone in Buffalo, are re- 

 ported as follows : 



Limestone, city quarries, per cord $6 00 



Limestone, Williamsville, per cubic foot 60 



Sandstone, Medina, per cubic foot 85 



Sandstone, Albion, per cubic foot. ....... i 00 



Sandstone, Ohio, per cubic foot.. 55 



Sandstone, Portage, Lake Superior, per cubic foot $1-1 25 



The red Medina sandstone is represented by many of 

 the largest and most costly architectural buildings of 

 the city. The more conspicuous are the following : St. 

 Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, at the intersection of 

 Erie, Main and Church streets, an imposing edifice whose 

 walls are dressed stone, in broken courses and trimmings of 

 fine-tooled stone ; they were not impaired seriously by the 

 fire which consumed all the combustible interior and roof, 

 two years ago. The Young Men's Association library build- 

 ing, of sandstone from the Albion quarries, with brick and 

 terra-cotta — a pleasing combination of material and blen- 

 ding of color. The Buffalo City Savings bank, and the 

 Western Savings bank, on the west side of the square, and 

 opposite the library, are of red sandstone ; the former from 

 the Albion quarries. In the latter building, the hammer- 

 pointed stone in regular courses, has rather a dingy aspect 

 owing to the accumulation of soot from bituminous coal 

 fires. 



