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The German Young Men's Association building, on Main 

 Street, built in 1886, a large and ornate structure, shows the 

 Albion stone with Connecticut brownstone and brick walls 

 above the first story. The steps are notable examples of 

 even-grained stone, and of extraordinary length. Another 

 building near the last named, is the St. Louis Roman 

 Catholic church, whose walls are rock-face ashlar work; with 

 trimmings of the same stone, fine-tooled. Trinity Protes- 

 tant Episcopal church, on Delaware avenue, built in 1884, 

 of Albion sandstone, is remarkable for its beautiful, light-red 

 and warm shade of color, as contrasted with the adjoining 

 old church edifice, which is of gray limestone. The Dela- 

 ware Avenue Methodist Episcopal church (1874), is a large 

 and stately building of dark-red Medina sandstone. The 

 Iroquois hotel has its trimmings of fine-tooled stone and 

 first story piers of rock-face blocks of red sandstone from 

 Hulberton. The Young Women's Christian Association 

 building, at Niagara and Genesee streets, the Courier build- 

 ing, on Main street, the new municipal building, the Star 

 theater, Genesee and Pearl streets, are other examples of 

 red Medina sandstone. In the new Broezel building, Seneca 

 street, the sandstone from the Holley quarries was used, with 

 red brick. The new synagogue, in course of erection, has 

 Granby brownstone as trimming with the Medina sandstone. 

 The Niagara hotel, the new chapel of the First Presbyterian 

 church, in the north-west quarter, and the Griffin house on 

 Summer street, are notable representatives of the Albion 

 stone. On Delaware avenue. Bishop Ryan's residence and 

 the chapel adjacent ; the Pardee house, and the Gratwick 

 house, are costly structures of red Medina sandstone. In 

 the Pardee house the rock-face stone gives a remarkably 

 massive and pleasing effect. The Hulberton quarries are 

 represented in the chapel, corner of North street and Lin- 

 wood avenue. The State asylum and St. Michael's Roman 

 Catholic church, the latter on Washington street, are older 



