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Home > Quarry Articles, Links and Books > Stone Magazine - List of Articles Beginning with the 1895 issue > Stone Magazine Article List - 1924
(The articles listed below are located in various issues of Stone Magazine. The advertisements, etc. are not included in some of the issues. Peggy B. Perazzo)
“Eliminating Quarry Risks,” pp. 29-30.
“New York Architect Honored,” pp. 30. (Alfred C. Bossom, member of the Architectural League of New York)
(Photo caption) “Entrance of new Fraternity Building, 38th Street and Madison Avenue, New York. Cut in Longmeadow brownstone, furnished by Longmeadow Quarry Company. B. A. & G. N. Williams, cut stone contractors. Murgatroyd & Ogden, architects.” pp. 30.
“A Granite Quarry’s Past,” pp. 39. (Monson granite quarry once located near Springfield, Massachusetts)
“The Weathering and Seasoning of Stone,” by G. F. Loughlin, Geologist, United States Geological Survey. “Part III. Relation of Seasoning to the Quarrying and Finishing of Stone,” (to be continued), pp. 31.
(Photo caption) “In cities where exterior decorative effects are limited to fronts, marble trim is finding much favor. In the Warren Van Norden residence, 7 West 57th Street, New York City, South Dover marble has been used for doorways, balcony railing and window lintels with telling effect. B. A. & G. N. Williams, cut stone contractors. W. E. Anthony, architect.” pp. 31.
“Apprenticeship Survey of Granite Industry,” pp. 33.
“Plan Marble War Memorial in Central Park,” pp. 53. (proposed permanent war memorial with ‘monument’ and a lagoon as the central features “to be built on part of the present site of the lower reservoir in Central Park, New York City....”)
(Photo caption) “Builders are fast recognizing the increased rental and sale values of stone for exteriors. The above apartment at 952 Fifth Avenue is but one of the scores of apartment houses of recent construction faced with variegated Indiana Limestone. Stone for this building was furnished by the Indiana Quarries Company. Henry Hanlein & Son, cut stone contracts. Architect: Henry Otis Chapman.” pp. 33.
“History of Cathedral a Story of Stone,” pp. 34. (St. John the Divine, New York City)
“Decorative Stone Panels,” pp. 34.
(Photo caption) “...of 2 stone panels by Ricci Zari carved in Indiana Limestone at the shops of the Ingalls Stone Company, Bedford, Indiana, located in the office of Henry Ford.”
“Would Reduce Smoke to Brighten Up London,” pp. 36. (recommends use of stucco over exterior stone walls)
(Photo caption) “In the erection of a permanent structure as a place of worship stone alone is best adapted to the idea of solidity and dignity as exemplified in the Temple Israel, 202 Ninety-first Street, New York City. Exterior of Buff Indiana Limestone furnished by the Consolidated Stone Company. Tachau & Voight, Architects.” pp. 36.
“Construction in 1923 Breaks All Records,” pp. 37.
“Book for Home Owners Joins Best Sellers,” pp. 37. (booklet entitled, How to Own Your Own Home, published by the U. S. Department of Commerce.)
“Gigantic Office Building,” pp. 37. (located on the “block bounded by thirty-second and thirty-third streets, and Fourth and Lexington Avenues, New York City.”)
“Carlsbad Cavern Made National Monument,” pp. 37.
(Photo caption) “ Roger Williams Baptist Memorial Church, Washington, D. C., in course of construction. Exterior of variegated Indiana Limestone. McLeod Cut Stone Company, Washington, cut stone contractors. Egerton Swartwout, Architect.” pp. 37.
“International Association News,’ by Walter W. Drayer, President. (Subheading: “Apprenticeship Committee of the American Construction Council Outlines Programme for Development of Apprenticeship in Construction Industry”), pp. 38-40.
“Compressed Air in Quarrying and Contracting: Cylindro-Cylindric Arches,” Part 14, by Ed. W. Hind. (Subheading: “Development of Joint Moulds for Cylindro-Cylindric Arch”), pp. 40-41.
“Trade Names and Descriptions of Granites,” (continued), pp. 42-43.
(Photo caption) Entrance of Apartment House at 63d Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City, showed carved decorative details. Exterior of building in Indiana Limestone furnished by the Consolidated Stone Company. William Bradley & Son, cut stone contractors. Architects: Starrett & Van Vleck.” pp. 43.
“Brooklyn Leads All Cities in Building,” pp. 44.
“Income Taxes Paid by Stone Industry,” pp. 44.
“Stone In Canada In 1922,” pp. 44.
“Stone Firm’s Eastern Representative,” pp. 44. (George B. McGrath joined Ingalls Stone Company of Bedford, Indiana)
“Big Chicago Hotel Project,” pp. 44. (the Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois)
“Better Church Architecture,” pp. 44.
“Wisconsin Altar in Native Stone,” pp. 44. (altar in the Luther Memorial Cathedral, in Madison, Wisconsin”)
“Architectural League Exhibit,” pp. 44.
“Compressed Air Trade Standards,” pp. 45.
“Church Plans $4,000,000 Temple,” pp. 45.
“Predict Building on Large Scale,” pp. 45. (in 1924)
“Construction Industry Back of Plan for More Apprentices,” pp. 45.
“Census Bureau Collecting 1923 Industrial Statistics,” pp. 45.
“New Bank Nears Completion,” pp. 45. (the First National Bank of Boston building located on the block between Devonshire and Federal streets from Milk Street to the Massachusetts Trust Company building)
“Marble Deposits in Chile,” pp. 47. (marble, onyx, and lapizlazuli deposits in Chile)
“Uses of Quarry Waste,” pp. 93.
“Exhibition of Architectural League,” pp. 94. (the Architectural League of New York)
“Landscape Architects Meet,” pp. 94. (the American Society of Landscape Architects)
“Marble Interiors,” pp. 94.
“The Weathering and Seasoning of Stone,” by G. Loughlin, Geologist, United States Geological Survey. “Part IV. Relation of Seasoning to the Quarrying and Finishing of Stone.” pp. 95.
(Photo caption) Sculpture over entrance of Chamber of Commerce Building, Newark, N. J., carved in Tennessee Marble from model by Charles Keck. George Brown & Co., Newark, Cut Stone Contractors. pp. 95. (New Jersey)
“Marble Enhances Beauty of Exteriors,” pp. 96.
(Photo caption) “Entrance to new dormitory at Johns Hopkins University. Marble furnished by the South Dover Marble Company. Cut stone contractors: Clough & Malloy, Baltimore. Architect; Edward C. Palmer, Jr.”
(Photo caption) “New Dormitory at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Beautiful example of Colonial architecture in which marble is used exclusively for exterior trim. Marble furnished by the South Dover Marble Company and cut and set by Clough & Malloy cut stone contractors of Baltimore. Architect: Edward C. Palmer, Jr.” (Baltimore, Maryland)
“Stone In New Canadian School,” pp. 97.
(Photo caption) “Entrance to new W. H. Ballard School at Hamilton, Ont., showing liberal use of Indiana Limestone for columns and trim. Indiana Limestone furnished by the Indiana Quarries Company and cut and set by the Ritchie Cut Stone Company. Architects: Warren & McDonald, Hamilton, Ont.”
(Photo caption) “New Ballard School at Hamilton, Ont., a structure of forty-three rooms, erected at a saving of $2,000 per room without sacrificing any elements of good construction or architectural attractiveness. Indiana Limestone for exterior trim furnished by Indiana Quarries Company and cut and set by the Ritchie Cut Stone Company. Architects: Warren & McDonald, Hamilton, Ont. (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
“Seam Face Granite In Milwaukee Residence,” pp. 99.
(Photo caption) “View of section of the M. T. MacLaren residence, Milwaukee, Wis., with exterior of Seam Faced Granite furnished by the Plymouth seam Faced Granite Company, Boston. Scott & Meyer, Milwaukee, architects.” (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
“The Business of Architecture,” pp. 100-101.
(Photo caption) “Pediment sixteen feet wide for new City National Bank Building, Binghampton, N. Y., carved in Peerless Select Buff Indiana Limestone by J. P. Falt Company, Bedford, Ind., and Springfield, Mass., Cut Stone Contractors. Stone furnished by W. McMillan & Son, Bedford, Inc. Architect: Alfred Hopkins.” pp. 100. ( Springfield, Massachusetts)
“Tropical Sun Warps Marble,” pp. 101.
“Sculptured Head of Lee Unveiled,” pp. 101. (“The head of General Robert E. Lee, sculptured high up on the side of Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga., the first finished portion of the gigantic carved monument to be cut in the granite wall, was unveiled on January 19th last....”) (Atlanta, Georgia)
“Carved Stonework Attractive Feature of New Apartment Hotel,” pp. 101. (the Shelton Apartment Hotel for Men at Lexington Avenue and Forty-eight street, New York City)
(Photo caption) “Shelton Apartment Hotel, New York City, showing entrance of Indiana Limestone and Columns of same material. Architect: Arthur Loomis Harmon.”
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 102-104. (Subheading: “Sixth Annual Convention at Montreal One of Most Successful in History of Association....”)
“Visitors Enjoy Mid-Winter Sports,” pp. 105. (convention in Montreal, Canada)
“New January Construction Record,” pp. 107.
“Slate Association Meets,” pp. 107. (National Slate Association met in New York City in January 1924)
“England’s Stone Production Increases,” pp. 107.
(Photo caption) “First Church of Christ Science, Sioux City, Ia. Exterior of Indiana Limestone. Architects: W. W. Beach Company.” pp. 107. ( Sioux City, Iowa)
“Slight Increase in Grindstone Sales,” pp. 108. (sales of grindstones and pulpstones in 1922)
“Designs Invited For Masonic Peace Temple In London,” pp. 108.
“Soapstone Deposit in Canada,” pp. 108. (soapstone deposit near Dryden, Ontario, Canada)
“Mausoleum of Egyptian Design,” pp. 108. (Mausoleum of Egyptian architecture from Minnesota granite and marble mosaics for Mrs. George C. Howe in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota)
“R. I. B. A. Wants Churches Preserved,” pp. 108. (Royal Institute of British Architects)
”To Produce Slate Dust,” pp. 108. (machinery installed at the Penrhyn Slate Quarry in England)
“Tension Strength in Limestone,” pp. 108.
“Need for Technically Trained Men,” pp. 108.
(Photo caption) “Hegmans’ Queen Theatre, Austin, Tex. Interior of Alaska Marble furnished by the Vermont Marble Company. Architects: Welsh & Giescke, Austin. pp. 108. (Austin, Texas)
“Practical Stone Cutting and Drafting: Cylindro-Cylindric Arches,” Part 15, by Ed. W. Hind. (Subheading: “Cutting of The Arch Stones”), pp. 109-110.
“Trade Names and Descriptions of Granites,” pp. 111-112.
(Engraving) “New Meyers’ Rapid Jointer and Checker Machine,” pp. 113.
“Marbles of Spain,” pp. 157-158.
“Carved Stone Work In West Philadelphia Church,” pp. 158.
(Photo caption) “One of Seven Carved Indiana Limestone Decorative Pieces for St. Agatha’s Church Chapel, West Philadelphia, Pa.,” pp. 158. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
“Random Ashlar Wall Facing for College Buildings,” pp. 159-160.
(Photo caption) “Garrett Biblical Institute, Northwestern University, an informal collegiate type of Structure, in which Quarry-run Ashlar Indiana Limestone shows to the best advantages. Holabird & Roche, architects.”
(Photo caption) “Section of wall of new Fine Arts Building, Washburn College, illustrating an ideal jointing scheme of random Ashlar wall facing of Indiana Limestone”
(Photo caption) “New Fine Arts Building, Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas. Here is shown a pleasing combination of color effects of random Ashlar wall facing of Indiana Limestone, and the possibilities of elaboration of interesting details in a simple design. Architects: T. W. Williamson & Co., Topeka.”
“Mission of Skyscrapers Questioned,” pp. 160. (“Foreign architects, and especially the British, have found much to criticize in our American skyscrapers and now it seems that this type of structure does not meet the entire approval of those experts engaged in laying out, or rather of rearranging our cities....”)
“Value of Waterpoofing Materials,” pp. 161-162.
(Photo caption) “Banking room of Cleveland Trust Branch Bank, Cleveland, O. Finished in Madre Veined Alabama and Verde Antique Marble Furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Architect: Alfred G. Hall.” pp. 161. (Cleveland, Ohio)
(Photo caption) “Base entrance and trim of apartment house at No. 30 Fifth Avenue, New York, of South Dover Marble. Architects: Swartz & Gross.” pp. 162.
“Detailing of Stone Work,” by J. R. S. Scott. (Reprinted by Courtesy of Pencil Points), pp. 163-165.
(Photo: “Specimen of Carved Imperial Danby Marble Cut In Shops of Vermont Marble Company for New Ames Library, Ames, Ia. ” pp. 163. (Ames, Iowa)
(Photo caption) “Entrance St. Thomas R. C. Church, Woodhaven, L. I. N. Y., of Indiana Limestone. Architect G. E. Steinbach.” pp. 164. (Woodhaven, Long Island, New York)
(Photo caption) “Doorway of new apartment house, 295-305 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., executed in Vermont Marble Company’s Eureka Marble furnished by Rees-Volckmann & company. Architects: Sampan & Shampan.” pp. 166.
“Better Church Architecture,” pp. 167.
“Stone In Canadian College Hall,” pp. 167.
(Photo caption) “The Cloisters, Knox College, Toronto, Ont., Showing Windows, Piers and Tracery in Indiana Limestone. Chapman & Oxley, Architects.”
(Photo caption) “Entrance Knox College, Toronto, Ont., in Indiana Limestone, With Wall of Credit Valley Sandstone. Chapman & Oxley, Architects.” (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 168-169. (Subheading: “Fair and Unfair Competition”)
“Detroit Bowlers Entertain Chicago Challengers,” pp. 170.
“Probable Life of Structures,” pp. 170.
(Photo caption) “One of four columns for new City National Bank, Binghamton, N. Y., each 25-11 by 4-0 5/8, executed in Select Buff Indiana Limestone furnished by W. McMillan & Son and cut by J. P. Falt Company, cut stone contractors.” pp. 170.
“Practical Stone Cutting and Drafting Cylinder-Cylindric Arches,” Part 16, by Ed. W. Hind, pp. 171-172. (Subheading: “Developed Soffit Moulds”)
“Quarrymen Hold Annual Meeting,” pp. 173. (Indiana Limestone Quarrymen’s Association)
(Photo caption) “Lobby of American Bond & Mortgage Company Building, 345 Madison Ave., New York. Genuine Hauteville, black and gold and pink and gray marble furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. pp. 173.
“Trade Names and Descriptions of Granites,” (Subheading: “Granites of the United States”) pp. 174-175.
“Production of Lime in 1923,” pp. 175.
“Where Dirt is Valuable,” pp. 175. (“Fifth Avenue northward from 29th Street, New York City”)
“New Office Building for Carborundum Company,” pp. 176. (Carborundum Company, Niagara Falls, New York)
“Costs Five Cents to Lay a Brick,” pp. 176.
(Photo caption) “Ingersoll-Rand Air Motor Hoist,” pp. 176.
“Decrease In February Building,” (in 1924), pp. 178.
“Stone Uplifter of Main Street,” pp. 219-220.
(Photo caption) “Mechanics Bank, New Haven, Conn., exterior of Vermont Mountain White Marble furnished by the Vermont Marble Company. Architect: L. W. Robinson”
(Photo caption) “Riggs National Bank, 14th St. and Park Road, Washington D. C. Exterior of Peerless Buff Indiana Limestone, furnished by W. McMillan & Son. Architect: George N. Ray.” (New Haven, Connecticut, and Washington, D. C.)
“Recipe for Removing Stains from Sandstone,” pp. 220.
“Four Miles of Corridors,” pp. 220 (Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois)
“Ohio Geological Survey Issues Bulletin for Use in Schools,” pp. 220. (Geography of Ohio, by Dr. Roderick Peattie, assistant professor of geology at Ohio State University)
“Stone Emblematic of Truth and Honesty in Church Architecture,” pp. 221-222.
(Photo caption) “New Masonic Temple, Paterson, N. J. Exterior of Hoosier Silver Gray Indiana Limestone furnished by Indiana Quarries Company. Davidson Brothers, Inc., Harrison, N. J., Cutstone Contractors. Architect: Fred W. Wentworth, Paterson.” (Paterson, New Jersey)
“Detailing of Stone Work,”Part II, by J. R. S. Scott, (Reprinted by courtesy of Pencil Points), pp. 222-224.
(Photo caption) “Bank Building, Springfield, O., of a Monumental Design that inspires confidence of depositors and yet decorative and artistic. Exterior of Georgia Marble furnished by The Georgia Marble Company.”
(Photo caption) “Banking Room, Grand Rapids, Mich., National Bank, in which American Pavonozzo, Rutland White and Vermont Verde Antique are used in wainscoting, columns, counters and floor. Marble furnished by Vermont Marble Company. (Springfield, Ohio, & Grand Rapids, Michigan)
“Old Sandstone Bridge Salvaged,” pp. 224. (sandstone bridge over Little Wheeling Creek at Elm Grove, Ohio County, West Virginia)
“The Scrap Pile of Industry,” pp. 225-226.
(Photo caption) “ Brooklyn Jewish Center, 667 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. A structure designed for educational and recreational purposes of material in keeping with its parkway location. Exterior of Indiana Limestone furnished by the Consolidated Stone Company and set by Harry Bernstein Cut Stone Company. Architect: Louis Allen Abramson.” pp. 225. (Brooklyn, New York)
(Photo caption) “Doorway in new Bowery Savings Bank Building, New York City, of St. Genevieve Golden Vein Marble, furnished by Tompkins-Keil (sic) Marble Company. Architects: York & Sawyer. pp. 226.
“Illinois to Protect Old Stone Relic,” pp. 226 (“the massive keystone of one of the arched entrances to the old Mormon Temple at Nauvoo” carving (of Hancock County sandstone) to the Centennial Building at Springfield, Illinois)
“Bureau of Standards Conducts Tests on Masonry Spacers,” pp. 226.
“Building In New York at ‘Dangerous Speculative Peak,’” pp. 228.
(Photo caption) “Semmes Building, Washington, D. C. showing combined Commercial Building and Branch Bank in a residential section. Exterior of Indiana Limestone. Architect: George N. Ray. pp. 228.
(Photo caption) “Seymour Trust Company Building, Seymour, Conn. Exterior of Buff Indiana Limestone. Architects: Thomas M. James Company.” pp. 228.
“Staining of Indiana Limestone: Causes - Prevention - Removal,” by William S. Whyte, pp. 229-230.
(Photo caption) “New Central Market, Omaha, Neb., Showing a Generous and Well Selected Use of Marble to Create an Attractive Effect and Insure Cleanliness. Counter Walls of Madre veined Alabama, Base of West Green and Trim of Napoleon Gray Marble Furnished by Tompkins-Keil Marble Company.” pp. 229.
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President. (Subheading: “A Study of Costs Compared With Estimates,” an address by Mr. C. R. Yanson, manager of the Cleveland plant of the Ohio Cut Stone Company), pp. 231-232.
“Practical Stone Cutting and Drafting: Cylindro-Cylindric Arches,” Part 17, by Ed. W. Hind, pp. 233. (Subheading: “Cutting of the Stones”)
“Sandstone in Carborundum Building,” pp. 235. (the Carborundum Company building at Niagara Falls, New York. Buckeye Gray Sandstone furnished by the Ohio Quarries Company used for the ornate entrance and new of the building)
“Trade Names of Building Stones of Canada,” pp. 235-236. (Subheading: “Marbles of Canada”)
“Increase in Limestone Production,” pp. 237.
“New York Ahead of Rest of Country in Building Permits,” pp. 238.
“Production of Stone in 1923,” pp. 285-286.
“Limestone Base For New Police Headquarters Building in New York,” pp. 286.
“New Greenwich Bank Building,” pp. 286. (the Greenwich Bank building in mid-town New York)
(Photo caption) “Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass., showing liberal use of Indiana Limestone for columns and trim. Indiana Limestone furnished by W. McMillan & Son. Architects: Crain & Ferguson, Boston.” pp. 286. (Wakefield, Massachusetts)
“Marbles of Tennessee,” pp. 287-288.
“Stone Company Changes Name,” pp. 288. (McDermott Stone Company changed name to Taylor Stone Company)
(Photo caption) “City Club, Washington, D. C. Exterior of Indiana Limestone. Frederic B. Fyle Architect.
“How to Study Building Stones,” pp. 289.
(Photo caption) “Carved Eagle cut from a single block of Gray Indiana Limestone containing 147 cubic feet as the chief decorative piece of the new International Building, Riverside Drive and 125th Street, New York City. George Brown & Company, Cut Stone Contractors.” pp. 289.
(Photo caption) “Wire sawed block of Indiana Limestone Before being turned over to the carver to fashion Eagle shown above. This block of stone came from the quarries of the Consolidated Stone Company, Bedford, Indiana.” pp. 290.
“Brooklyn Church of Stone,” pp. 290. (Church of Holy Innocents, Beverly Road and East Eighteenth Street, Brooklyn, New York)
“Hamilton, Ont., Technical School. Base of Queenstown Limestone and columns and trim of Indiana Limestone, furnished by the Indiana Quarries Company. Architects Wilton & Walsh, Hamilton.” pp. 292. (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
“New Bank Building of Granite,” pp. 293.
(Photo caption) “Chief Decorative Object on Exterior of Citizen’s Savings Bank - Carved In Light Barre granite from model by Charles Keck, sculptor.
(Photo caption) “Citizen’s Savings Bank, Manhattan Bridge Plaza, New York City. Exterior of Light Barre granite furnished and cut by Marr & Gordon, Inc., Barre, Vt. - Clarence W. Brazier, architect.”
“Sulphur Bath for Sandstone,” pp. 293.
“Stone Man Composes Symphony,” pp. 294. (“A Business Man’s Music,” a symphony by George Elliott Simpson, treasurer of the Phenix Marble Company, producers of Napoleon Gray Marble)
“Pioneer Cut Stone Contractors,” pp. 294-295.
(Photo caption) “Marble Finishing Department in Main Plant of George Brown & Company, Newark, N. J.” & “Main Plant of George Brown & Company, cut Stone and Marble Contractors Since 1850.”(New York City and Newark, New Jersey)
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 296-297. (Subheading: “Nature’s Generosity to the Seventh District,” address by John A. Smith, President Sandstone Quarries Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the International Cut Stone Contractor’s & Quarrymen’s Association meeting in Montreal, Quebec, January 1924.)
“Mexican Onyx and Marble Deposits Now Open for Development,” pp. 297.
“Proposes Plan for Fair Price Bids And Quantity Surveys,” pp. 298.
“Construction at High Level,” pp. 298.
“Stone From Cloth Hall for Canadian Memorial,” pp. 298. (the Oshawa Canada war memorial)
“Trade Names of Building Stones in Canada,” pp. 299. (Subheading: “Building and Ornamental Stones of Canada”)
“Alabama May Operate State Cement Plant,” pp. 300.
“Literature for Architects,” pp. 301.
“Ur Expedition Finds Building 6400 Years Old, pp. 301. (“joint expedition of the London Museum and the University Museum, Philadelphia, at Tell El Obeid, Babylonia, four miles from Ur of the Chaldees of Biblical fame.”)
“New Stone Preservative,” pp. 301. (a silicic ether diluted with solvent)
“Potash in Western Texas,” pp. 301.
“New Buildings at Harvard,” pp. 301.
“Limestone Mining,” pp. 302. (tendency towards underground operations)
“French Marble Cutters Plan Federation,” pp. 302.
“Steel Corporation Big Limestone Producer,” pp. 302. (the United States Steel Corporation)
”Strains in Structures Detected by Means of Polarized Light,” pp. 302.
“Mystery of Oregon’s Stone Woman Revealed,” pp. 304.
“Apparatus For Shear Test of Stone,” pp. 304.
“Arizona Wants Stone Forest Made a Park,” pp. 304.(the “petrified forest”)
“Sulphur Impregnated Sandstone,” by D. W. Kessler (Published by permission of the Director, Bureau of Standards), pp. 347-348.
(Photo caption) “New Merion Title & Trust Company Building, Merion, Pa. Exterior of Indiana Limestone.” pp. 348. (Merion, Pennsylvania)
“Building Stone Requirements,” Report of Committee on Building Code Requirements for Indiana Limestone, presented at the annual meeting of the Building Officials’ Conference at Louisville in 1924, pp. 349-351.
(Photo caption) New Chemistry Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Walls of slatey shale stone taken from site and trimmed with Variegated Indiana Limestone. Architects: Gibb & Waltz; Day & Klauder.” pp. 349. (Ithaca, New York)
(Photo caption) “The new J. F. Wild Bank and Office Building, Indianapolis. Exterior in Indiana Limestone. Architect: Fermor Spencer Cannon.” pp. 350.
“Fine Homes of Indiana Limestone,” pp. 352. (booklet entitled Distinctive Houses of Indiana Limestone, by the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen’s Association, Bedford, Indiana)
“Marble Columns Attractive Feature New Bank Interior,” pp. 352.
(Photo caption) “Marble Banking room of new Mellon National Bank Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. Columns, counters and wainscoating (sic) of Italian Tavernelle Clair furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Architects: Trowbridge & Livingston.”
“The Construction Drama,” pp. 353-354. (American architecture)
(Photo caption) “North Ward Bank, Newark, N. J., awarded First Prize by Broad Street Association for the best new building erected in the Broad Street Zone during 1923. Exterior except main entrance, of light gray Indiana Limestone from the W. McMillan & Son quarries. George Brown & Company, cut stone contractors. Architects: Guilbert & Betelle, Newark.” pp. 353. (Newark, New Jersey)
(Photo caption) “Meeting House of Society for Ethical Culture, New York City, showing attractive weathering of Indiana Limestone. Architect: pp. 354.
“To Remodel Oldest Church,” pp. 354. (the Bergen Reformed Church on Bergen Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey. “This church is the oldest ecclesiastical organization in the State of New Jersey, dating from 1660. The first building was erected in 1680, a second and larger building in 1773, and the present building, built from the stone of the first two buildings, was erected in 1841.”)
(Photo caption) “Detail of Carved work in Imperial Danby Marble cut in Shops of Vermont Marble Company for New Ames Library, Ames, Ia. ” pp. 354. (Iowa)
“Great Variety of Color Tones In Stone of New Bank Building,” pp. 356.
(Photo caption) “Federal Reserve Bank Building, New York. The World’s Largest Bank Building, built entirely of natural cut stone from the Limestone Quarries of Bedford, Indiana, and the Sandstone Quarries of Briar Hill and Buff Mountain, Ohio. Architects: York & Sawyer; Consulting Architect: Alexander B. Trowbridge; Builders: Marc Eidlitz & Son, Inc.; Cut Stone Contractors: William Bradley & Son, Long Island City, N. Y.”
“An Old Established Cut Stone Plant,” pp. 357-358.
(Photo caption) “Interior view of main cutting and finishing department of J. J. Spur & Sons, Inc., one of the largest plants of its kind in the country
(Photo caption) “Interior of storage house of the J. J. Spurr & Sons, Inc., Cut Stone contractors, Harrison, N. J., with a capacity of 100,000 cubic feet of finished product.”
(Photo caption) “Cut Stone plant of J. J. Spurr & Sons, Inc., Harrison N. J., showing main cutting and finishing mill, power house and storage building.” (Harrison, New Jersey)
“New York Society of Architects Meets,” pp. 358.
“British Architects Exhibit,” pp. 358.
“Chicago Architectural Exhibit,” pp. 359.
“Indiana War Memorial,” pp. 359. (The memorial to be placed “in the plaza, a few blocks north of the Civil War monument” in Indianapolis, Indiana.)
“Lime From Small Stone,” pp. 359.
“Remedy For Efforescence,” pp. 359.
“Start Setting Stone On Liberty Memorial At Kansas City,” pp. 359.
(Photo caption) “St. John of God Church, Chicago. Entire Exterior of variegated Indiana Limestone from Quarries of W. McMillan & Son. Architect: H. J. Schlacks, Chicago.” pp. 359.
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President. (Subheading: “Helping Men Help Themselves”), pp. 360-361.
“Many Buildings Demolished Annually,” pp. 361. (“Every year the equivalent of a city of more than 500 buildings is demolished on Manhattan Island. Every year a new city of the most imposing type of construction rises to replace the demolished one.”)
“Trade Names of Foreign Marbles,” pp. 362-363.
“Book On French Architecture,” pp. 363. (Library of Architectural Documents, published by Pencil Points)
“Catalogue of Abrasives,” pp. 364. (by the Harrison Supply Company, Inc)
“Feldspar Production In 1923,” pp. 364.
“German Competition Arouses Aberdeen Granite Producers,” pp. 364.
“Business Centre Terminal Now Building at Dallas,” pp. 366. (the Santa Fe Terminal Building in the center of the business district of Dallas, Texas)
“Art of Marble Polishing Based On Scientific Theories,” pp. 413-414.
(Photo caption) “Main Façade, Summit High School, Summit, N. J. A Building of Acknowledged Architectural Beauty Due to a Generous Use of Indiana Limestone for Decorations and Trim. Guilbert & Betelle, Architects. (Summit, New Jersey)
“Stone In New Business Capitol,” pp. 415.
(Photo caption) “New Headquarters Building of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C. Exterior and Interior Court of Selected Variegated and Buff Indiana Limestone. Architect: Cass Gilbert. Cut Stone Contractors: Hoosier Cut Stone Company, Bedford, Ind. ”
“Increased Demand for Soapstone,” pp. 416.
“A British Criticism of Architecture,” pp. 416.
(Photo caption) “Casino in Garden in Yonkers, N. Y., Home of Samuel Untermeyer, Grestone-on-Hudson, of Madre Veined Alabama Marble furnished by the Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Architect: W. Welles Bosworth. pp. 416. (Yonkers, New York)
“Efflorescence and Its Subjugation,” by William S. Whyte, pp. 417-418.
“Commercial Value of Trade Names,” pp. 418.
(Photo caption) “Entrance of North Ward Bank, Newark, N. J. Doorway of Napoleon Gray Marble; Columns of Gray Indiana Limestone. Architects:; Guilbert & Betelle, Newark. pp, 417, (Newark, New Jersey)
“Avignon Stone Arch Exhibited,” pp. 419.
“British Architectural Exhibit,” pp. 419. (exhibit of modern British architecture at Wembley)
“Baltimore Bank Interior In Indiana Travertine,” pp. 419.
(Photo caption) “Interior of new Maryland Trust Company Building, Baltimore, showing section of banking room in Indiana Travertine from the quarries of W. McMillan & Son, Bedford, Ind.”
(Photo caption) “Residence of H. M. Crandall, 16th and Buchanan Street, Washington, D. C. Showing the Beautiful Effects Obtainable Through the Use of Cut Indiana Limestone for Trim. Architect: Thomas Lamb. pp. 421.
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 422-423.
“To Repair Rheims Cathedral,” pp. 423. (France)
(Photo caption) “Lancaster Avenue Title & Trust Company Building. Philadelphia, Showing Adaptability of Indiana Limestone for Decorative Exteriors. pp. 423. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
“Well Equipped Cut Stone Plant,” pp. 424-425
(Photo caption) “Interior Main Runway, showing cutting department of the cut stone plant of H. J. Horner & Sons, Newark, N. J.” & Cut Stone plant of H. J. Horner & Sons, Lister Avenue, Newark, N. J.” (Newark, New Jersey)
“Uses of Sand-Blast Sand,” pp. 425.
“American Institute to Hold Exposition of Inventions,” pp. 425.
“Trade Names of Foreign Marbles,” pp. 426-427. (Countries included: France, Germany, and Greece)
“Load Warnings On Nevada Highways,” pp. 427.
“Stone Blocks Erected Twenty-eight Years Ago To Be Used in New Building,” pp. 428. (Sandstone blocks from the United States Refining & Reduction Company plant in West Colorado Springs, Colorado re-cut for use in the “addition to the Printer’s Union Home in the same city.")
“New York’s Stone Native Granite,” pp. 429.
“Asbestos Production in 1923,” pp. 429.
“Asbestos Discovered In Arizona,” pp. 429.
“Stone Relics of Ancient Egypt,” pp. 535-536.
(Photo caption) “Low-slung seat of fine white Limestone has endured the centuries unscatched in ruins of a house in Tel-el-Amarna
(Photo caption) “Row of Uraeus Snakes, bearing Sun Disks on their heads once part of building frieze from ruins of Tel-el-Amarna and one of the most curious relics of the collection.”
(Photo caption) “Fragments of carved limestone from ruins of King Amenhotep’s’ Capital City of Sun-Worshippers, showing in order hard white crystalline limestone from the capitol; fine white limestone with fine hieroglyphics; white limestone elaborately carved; fine white chalky limestone carved with Hand of Rays of Eten, and hard white crystalline limestone from building cornice.”
“Economy of Polished Marble,” pp. 537-538.
“American Construction Council To Discuss Better Buildings,” pp. 538.
“Quarry-run Indiana Limestone Used As Veneer With Pleasing Effects,” pp. 538.
(Photo caption) “Residence of Mr. Martin Benson, Bedford, Ind., showing quarry-run Indiana Limestone for random ashlar facing on stud frame wall construction.” (Bedford, Indiana)
“To Stone of Destiny,” pp. 538. (the “Coronation Stone.”)
“Marble in Liverpool Cathedral,” pp. 539. (“Marble pavements cover practically the entire floor space of the new Liverpool Cathedral recently consecrated....”)
“Masonic Temple In Stone,” pp. 539.
(Photo caption) “New Masonic Temple, Oklahoma City. Exterior of Buff Indiana Limestone furnished by W. McMillan & Son. Architects: Layton, Smith & Forsyth; Jewell Hicks and Leonard H. Bailey.”
(Photo caption) “Royal Military College Memorial Arch, Kingston, Ont., Canada. Constructed of Indiana Limestone. Architect, John M. Lyle.” pp. 450. (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
“A Comparison in Cleaning Stone Buildings,” pp. 541. (Two adjoining buildings in Fortieth Street at Sixth Avenue, New York City: the Union Dime Savings Bank and the Tilden Building)
“Architectural Exposition,” pp. 541. (the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition for 1925 in New York City)
“A Record of Achievement,” pp. 542-543.
(Photo caption) “Interior of the B. A. & G. N. Williams’ Mill showing section of main cutting and milling plant and methods employed in handling rough and finished blocks.”
(Photo caption) “Section of Carving Department of the B. A. & G. N. Williams’ Mill and finished cut stone ready for delivery to building sites.”
(Photo caption) “Offices and Plant of B. A. & G. N. Williams, cut stone contractors, established 1854, located at 133d St. and Walnut Avenue, New York City.)
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 544-545. (Subheading: “The Stone Industry on a Twentieth Century Basis and Equal to Any Demand”)
“The Building Situation (in 1924),” pp. 546.
(Photo caption) “S. S. Kresge Company Building, Indianapolis. Exterior of Standard Buff Indiana Limestone, furnished by W. McMillan & Son. Cut Stone Contractors: G. Ittenbach Company, Indianapolis. Architect: Seymour Burrell, Detroit, Mich. pp. 546. (Indianapolis, Indiana, and Detroit, Michigan)
“Increase Building Volume,” pp. 547.
“Commercial Sculpture at Fair,” pp. 547.
“Banquet In Stone Yard,” pp. 547-548. (banquet in the cut stone mill of Royle-Brock, Inc., Trenton, New Jersey)
(Photo caption) “Interior Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Detroit, Mich., in Indiana Limestone. Architect: H. A. Walsh.” pp. 547. (Detroit, Michigan)
“Trade Names of Foreign Marbles,” pp. 548-549. (Countries included: Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, & Switzerland)
“Western Quarry Reopens,” pp,. 549. (the Western Quarry Company took long-term lease on quarry and machinery formerly owned by the Hercules Stone Company near Tenino, Washington)
“Co-operative Quarrying Successful,” pp. 549.
“Graphite in 1923,” pp. 549.
“ Indiana Limestone in Brooklyn Catholic High School,” pp. 550. (Brooklyn, New York)
“Memorial Craftsmen Meet,” pp. 550. (the Memorial Craftsmen of America)
“An Aid for Draftsmen,” pp. 550. (a “table of Heights of Brick Courses” compiled by the Service Department of the Indiana Limestone Quarrymen’s Association, Bedford, Indiana)
“Fatigue Tests of Limestone,” pp. 550.
“Increase in Mica Production (in 1923),” pp. 550
“New Book on Indiana Limestone,” pp. 551. (illustrated 25-page brochure by the Consolidated Stone Company of Bedford, Indiana)
“ Spain Buys American Rock Drills,” pp. 551.
“Bureau of Mines Expert Detailed to Study Liquid Oxygen Explosives,” pp. 551.
“Limestone Plant Sold,” pp. 551. (the American Oolitic Stone Company property/plant sold to the Clear Creek Stone Company, Bloomington, Indiana)
“Stone Front on Smallest Office Building,” pp. 551. (building located at 228 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada)
“Upkeep and Repairs on Drill Steel,” pp. 552.
“Output of Kaolin Increases (in 1923),” pp. 552.
“Indiana Crushed Stone Freight Rates,” pp. 552.
“A Misleading Forecast,” pp. 597-599. (Regarding an address on “The Developments and Importance of Geology,” delivered before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Toronto, Canada)
“Beauty of Marble for Exterior Use Enhanced by Variety of Finishes,” pp. 599. (Photo caption) “Federal Reserve Bank Building, Cleveland, showing detail of various treatments of marble furnished by the Georgia Marble Company. Walker & Weeks, Architects.”
“Stone and Marble in New Roosevelt Hotel,” pp. 600. (The Roosevelt Hotel in the Grand Central Zone, New York City, located on the block “between East Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth streets, from Vanderbilt to Madison Avenue)
“Marble and Limestone in New fifth Avenue Department Store Building,” pp. 600
(Photo caption) “Section of New Saks Building, Fifth Avenue, New York City, showing detail of stone work, marble entrance and panels. Starrett & Van Vleck, architects.”
(Photo caption) “Main entrance, New Saks Building, of St. Genevieve Golden Vein Marble, Lintel being of a single block. Startett & Van Vleck, architects.”
“An Example of Unwise Economy,” pp. 602. (Regarding repairs to Central High School building by the Board of Education of Newark, New Jersey)
(Photo caption) “Main entrance Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland. Figures symbolical of Security and Integrity in Pink Georgia Marble by Henry Hering, sculptor. Walker & Weeks, Architects.
“Keeping Pace With Metropolitan Growth,” pp. 603.
(Photo caption) “Main craneway of the James H. McLaren cut stone plant showing gang saws and finished stone awaiting delivery to buildings under construction. pp. 603.
(Photo caption) “Section of interior of James McLaren & Sons’ mill showing Carborundum cut-off saws and finishing machines with granite department in background. pp. 604.
(Photo caption) “Cut Stone Mill of James McLaren & Sons, Court and Bay Streets, Brooklyn, N. Y. Offices and storage yard adjoin main plant on left.” pp. 605.
“Marble Dealers To Meet,” pp. 605. (the National Association of Marble Dealers meeting at West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Indiana, October 1924)
“Seasonal Operation In Construction Industries Discussed,” pp. 605.
“Brooklyn Municipal Office Building in Limestone and Granite,” pp. 605. (Brooklyn, New York)
“Transfer of Stone Property in Indiana Limestone Field,” pp. 605. (“Fordinand C. Raff and Joseph D. Oliver, of South Bend, Indiana, have transferred their extensive holdings of stone property in the center of the oolitic field to the Victor Oolitic Stone Company, of which M. J. Edgeworth is the president....”
(Photo caption) “Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank Building, Oak Park, Ill. Exterior of Indiana Limestone. Architects T. C. Visscher and James Barley. Cut Stone Contractors: Interstate Cut Stone Company.” pp. 605.
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President. (Subheading: “Legitimate Competition vs. Peddling and Shopping”), pp. 606-607.
“Missouri Marble Company Now Operating On Five Ledges,” pp. 608.
(Photo caption) “Quarry of The Phenix Marble Company at Phenix, Mo., where Napoleon Gray Marble and Phenix Stone are quarried on five ledges, seven channelers being employed.”
“Process Perfected For Making Quartz Window Panes,” pp. 608.
“Book On Library Architecture,” pp. 608. (Library Buildings, by Chalmers Hadley, Librarian of the Denver Public Library)
“Stone Production in California,” pp. 609.
“Stone Working Course Taught In High School,” pp. 609. (Bedford, Indiana, high school)
“Birth of Stone Signalized By Volcanic Eruptions,” pp. 609.
(Photo caption) “Board of Temperance Building, Washington, D. C. Exterior of Indiana Limestone. Architects: The Ballinger Company, Philadelphia.” pp. 609.
“Trade Names of Foreign Stones,” (Subheading: “Limestones”), pp. 610.
“Earliest Stone Buildings Ever Found Discovered at Sakkara,” pp. 611. (two stone chapels located “close to the pyramid of Ghoser on the road leading to Mariekes House at Sakkara”)
“Oil for Rock Drills,” pp. 611.
“Scottish Rite Plans Temple In Boston,” pp. 612. (Boston, Massachusetts)
“Oklahoma Masons Design Temple as Replica of Solomon’s,” pp. 612. (“Designed as a copy of King Solomon’s Temple, the Masonic structure which crowns ‘ Mt. Moriah’ at McAlester, Okla., stands out as one of the unique edifices of the entire country and of peculiar significance to York Rite Masons....”)
“Causes That Influence Construction,” pp. 415-416.
“Quarry Run Indiana Limestone Effectively Used In Topeka Community House,” pp. 716.
(Photo caption) “Court entrance of new Sheldon Memorial Community House of the Central Congregational Church, Topeka, Kansas, showing beautiful effects obtainable in employment of Quarry Run Variegated Indiana Limestone for Ashlar Facing and Standard Buff for trim. W. E. Glover, architect.” pp. 716.
“The Crust of the Earth,” pp. 717-718. (technical paper published by the U. S. Geological Survey, The Composition of the Earth’s Crust)
(Photo caption) “Entrance Hall and Lobby of New Johns-Manville Building, New York City, showing Walls in St. Genevieve Rose Marble. Furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Ludlow & Peabody, architects. pp. 717.
“Marble Bas-Relief Valued at $40,000 Broken by Fall at Exhibition,” pp. 718. (“The Maiden of Kosovo” by sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, at the Brooklyn Museum) (New York)
“Stone and Marble In New Prize Winning Building,” pp. 718. (Saks & Company department store building at Forty-ninth Street)
(Photo caption) “City, showing walls in Monte Aurato, Entrance in Red Verona and Floor of Napoleon Gray Marbles, furnished by the Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Entrance Lobby of the New American Radiator Company Building, New York. Raymond M. Hood, architect.” pp. 718.
“Building for the Future,” pp. 719.
(Photo caption) “Stone is a symbol of safety, which accounts for its almost general use in exteriors of new banking homes. The Citizens National Bank Building of Waynesburg, Pa., is faced with Standard Buff Indiana Limestone. The architects are Dennison & Hirons, New York City.” pp. 719. (Waynesburg, Pennsylvania)
(Photo caption) “Lobby in New Johns-Manville Building, New York City. Walls are St. Genevieve Marble, Panels over Elevator Entrances Monte Aurato Marble, both furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. William Bradley & Son Marble Contractors. Architects: Ludlow & Peabody.” pp. 721.
“Marble Import Market Big Factor In Construction Field,” pp. 722-723.
(Photo caption) “View from mill end of Jerome A. Jackson’s Foreign Marble Depot, Long Island City, N. Y. showing mill buildings and 600 foot crane-way and an average stock of foreign and domestic marbles in blocks and slabs.” pp. 722.
(Photo caption) “Foreign Marble depot of Jerome A. Jackson, looking towards water front, showing 60-ton lighter tied to dock. These lighters deliver marble to all railroad terminals in the New York Metropolitan area.” pp. 723.
“Convention Hall of Stone and Marble Proposed for Atlantic City,” pp. 723. (Atlantic City, New Jersey)
“International Association News,” by Walter W. Drayer, President, pp. 724-725. (Subheading: “For Better Craftsmanship”)
“Competition and Its Relation to Trade Association,” pp. 726-727. (National Association of marble Dealers)
“Accidents in Stone Quarries in 1923,” pp. 727.
“New Rules For English Quarries,” pp. 727.
(Photo caption) “Entrance of Delaware Trust Company Building, Wilmington, Del., Exterior of Select Buff Indiana Limestone. Dennison & Hirons, architects.” pp. 727. (Wilmington, Delaware)
“Trade Names of Foreign Stones,” (Subheading: “Foreign Granites”), pp. 729-730.
“Group Meetings to Feature Annual Slate Convention,” pp. 730. (annual Slate Industry Conference held under the auspices of the National Slate Association)
(Photo caption) “New Office Building of Inter-state Cut Stone Company, Bedford, Indiana, Built With Facing of Random Ashlar Laid-up of Quarry-Run Indiana Limestone, which with red tile roof makes a very attractive structure. Drafting Room at right end of building runs full height and is lighted by sky-light and tall arched north windows.” pp. 730.
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