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buildings of red Medina sandstone, and show the effect of 

 age in their walls darkened by the smoke of years. 



The Central Presbyterian church, on Genesee street, is 

 built of the gray Medina sandstone. The Langdon house, 

 Delaware avenue, is a fine architectural effect in white 

 Medina sandstone, from Lockport quarries. In the business 

 quarters there are several old buildings of the gray Medina 

 sandstone. St. John's church, Washington and Swan streets, 

 is one of the older buildings of gray limestone, and its black 

 walls show the objection to light-colored stone in a city where 

 bituminous coal is used. St. Joseph's Roman Catholic cathe- 

 dral, Franklin and West Swan, is another old and massive 

 structure in which the gray limestone is trimmed with the 

 Ohio sandstone. St. Ann's Roman Catholic church, Broad- 

 way and Emslie street, is of Lockport limestone. The 

 county jail. Calvary Presbyterian church, on Delaware ave_ 

 nue, and the houses. No. 175 North and No. 245 Porter 

 avenue, are other examples of gray limestone construction. 



Although the Ohio sandstones have been used so much 

 in trimmings with other stones, there are no large buildings, 

 except the United States custom house and post-office, 

 built entirely of Ohio stone. Comparatively little Connecti- 

 cut brownstone is seen. The most important structure is 

 that of the Bank of Erie county, on the south-west corner 

 of Main and Court streets. The uniform shade of color 

 in it is noticeable, as contrasted with the dark-red and 

 slightly variegated appearance of the Medina sandstone in 

 the Western Savings bank building on the opposite side of 

 the street. 



The Portage, Lake Superior, red sandstone appears in the 

 house of ex-Mayor Becker, No. 543 Delaware avenue. 

 Granite, from Maine, is represented by the massive city and 

 county hall, and the gray stone of this building, erected in 

 1876, begins to look dingy. 



Streets. — The streets are generally paved, either with 

 Medina blocks or asphalt pavement. The average price at 



