Stone Magazine Article List - 1928

(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)

Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, January, 1928.

“The Stone Outlook for 1928,” pp. 31-32.

“Hoosier Salon For Indiana Sculptors,” pp. 32.

“Tennessee Marble For Knoxville Museum,” pp. 32.

“Minnesota Granite for Detroit Building,” pp. 32.

(Photo caption) “A Corner in Marble in the Banking Room of the Federal Trust Company Building, Newark, N. J. The Marbles are Napoleon Gray, St. Genevieve and Black and Gold.” pp. 32.

“Marble and Its Associates,” pp. 33.

(Photo caption) “Banking Room of the Federal Trust Company building, Newark, N. J., showing floor, counters, walls and bases of Napoleon Gray and Ste. Genevieve and Black and Gold Marbles. Architects: Dennison & Hirons.” pp. 33. (New Jersey)

(Photo caption) “Elevator Lobby of Federal Trust Company Building, Newark, N. J. The Marbles shown here are Napoleon Gray, St. Genevieve and Black and Gold.” pp. 33. (New Jersey)

“Pennsylvania Building Stones,”Part I, by R. W. Stone, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, pp. 34-35.

(Photo caption) “Bridge Erected in 1799 and spanning Periomen Creek, Near Collegeville, Pennsylvania. The Stone is Pennsylvania Sandstone. The Upper Portions Have Been Rebuilt of the Same Stone.” pp. 34.

(Photo caption) “Sandstone Quarry near Waynesburg, Green County, Pennsylvania, Showing Brick Shale in Upper Strata Being Worked in Advance of Dimension Stone Operation Below.” pp. 35.

“Stonework Effects as Seen by Artists,” pp. 36-39.

“Marble Companies Merge,” pp. 39. (the Gray Eagle Marble Company and Gray Eagle Marble Mills Inc., were purchased by the Knoxville Marble Company.)

(Photo caption) “Western State Bank, Cicero, Illinois. The Exterior is Select Buff Limestone Furnished by the Indiana Limestone Company. Architect: Emil Liska. Cut Stone Contractors: Wm. Schick & Son.” pp. 41.

"International Association News,” by A. J. Burrage, pp. 42-43. (Subheading: “Dominating Position of Stone Industry in 1927 Causes Business World To Look To Annual Stone Meeting For Guidance.”

“Census Bureau Seeks Cooperation of Cut Stone Industry.” pp. 43.

“General Contractors Call 1927 Biggest Year,” pp. 43.

“Wetting Brick Walls No Aid To Compressive Strength,” pp. 44.

“Marble Company Property Sold,” pp. 44. (“The property of the Farragut Marble Company was sold on December 17 (1928) to satisfy creditors’ claims....”)

“Road Signs of Stone in England,” pp. 44.

“Amberg Granite Plant Moves,” pp. 44. (the E. P. Murphy Granite Company of Amberg, Wisconsin)

“New Auditorium For St. Louis,” pp. 44. (five-story auditorium to be erected at Market Street) (Missouri)

“Stereotomy - Problems In Stone Cutting,” Part VI - Class II. Structures Containing Developable Surfaces (Continued), by S. Edward Warren, C.E., pp. 45-47.

“Stone in Texas in 1926,” pp. 47.

“National Slate Association To Meet,” pp. 47. (the National Slate Association)

“General Contractors Meet,” pp. 47. (the Associated General Contractors of America convention at West Baden, Indiana, in January.)

“Selection of Roofing Slate,” pp. 48.

“Bureau of Standards Active in Investigations of Interest to Stone Industry,” pp. 48.

“New York Construction 20 Percent of Nation’s Total In 1927,” pp. 49.

“Kipton, Ohio, Quarry Operates Mill With Power from Own Electric Plant,” pp. 49. (the Nicholl Stone Company of Lorain, Ohio)

“Contractors Buy Maine Granite Quarry,” pp. 49. (“The Rodgers Granite Corporation has sold to the Clemente Contracting Company its granite quarry of about 40 acres fronting on Penobscot Bay, Stonington, Maine....”)

“Knoxville Marble Properties Merged,” pp. 49. (“Purchase of the Gray Eagle Marble Company and the Gray Eagle Marble Mills, Inc., and consolidations of the properties....”)

“Toledo Masons Plan For New Temple,” pp. 49. (Gothic designed temple planned for Toledo, Ohio ; Indian Limestone to be used for the exterior)

(Photo caption) “Corner of Nicholl Stone Company Storage Yard, Piles of turned Grindstone are seen in background.” pp. 49.

“Marble Company Issues File of Suggested Architectural Details,” pp. 50. (the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia, distributed a file packet of Suggested Details in Georgia Marble, A.I.A. File No l 8B1)

“New 1,000,000 Church For Knoxville,” pp. 50. (the Church Street Methodist Episcobpal Church, South Knoxville, Tennessee)

“Granite Company Completes New Plant,” pp. 50. (the Amberg Granite Company plant at Green Bay, Wisconsin)

“Seam Face Granite for New Yale Library,” pp. 51. (the Sterling Memorial Library building at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Exterior walls from the Bates Bros. Seam Face Granite Company quarries at Weymouth, Massachusetts, and trim of Indiana Limestone and Briar Hill Sandstone.)

“Seasonal Drop in Stone Production,” pp. 51.

(Photo caption) “Monument of Carved Indiana Limestone of the Select Buff Variety from the Quarries of the Indiana Limestone Company. It Stands on the Campus of the Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan. Architects: D. A. Bohlen & Son. Carved and Set by The Wolverine Stone Company.” pp. 51.

“Spokane Building Owners Commend Steam Cleaning, Citing Experiences,” pp. 52. (“In a letter to the San Francisco representative of the Indiana Limestone Company, the August Paulsen Estate, owner of the Paulsen Building, Spokane, Washington, recommend the use of steam for cleaning down the exterior of stone faced buildings....”)

“Vocational Education Board Issues Text Book for Apprentice Stone Setters,” pp. 52.

“Plan Mountain Memorial to Lincoln,” pp. 52. (on the face of Pinnacle Mountain)

“Prison Memorial Bill Vetoed,” pp. 52. (“The bill introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature to forbid the manufacture and sale of granite monumental work in the state reformatory at Green Bay passed by both houses of the legislature, was vetoed by the Governor...” (Green Bay, Wisconsin)

“Granite Company Extends Usual Rhymed Greetings to Stone Industry,” pp. 52. (the J. D. Sargent Granite Company, Mount Airy, North Carolina)

“Construction Company Offers Preferred Stock in Southern Limestone Financing Plant,” pp. 52. (the George A. Fuller Company)

“New Stone Company Bills Mill,” pp. 52. (the Donato-Wallace Stone Company near Heltonville, Indiana)

“Estate Sells Cut Stone Business,” pp. 52. (the Fred H. Hirth Stone Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan)

“New Limestone Company Offers Bonds to Investors in Amount of $2,600,000,” pp. 54. (The Bloomington Limestone Company...acquired the properties of the Chicago & Bloomington Stone Company, the Maple Hill Stone Company and the Hoadley-Cline Company, all producing companies in the Bloomington Indiana limestone district....”

“Minnesota Stone In Chicago Buildings,” pp. 54.

Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIX, No. 2, February, 1928.

“Marble in Art,” by B. Sancholle-Henraux, pp. 95-96.

“Natural Stone Meets Requirements Demanded In Modern College Architecture,” pp. 97-98.

(Photo caption) “Entrance Detail, National Kindergarten & Elementary College, Evanstone, Illinois. The Stone is Indiana Limestone Furnished to A. J. Ward & Company, cut stone contractors, by The Indiana Limestone Company. Architects: Warren Holmes-Powers Company.” pp. 97.

(Photo caption) “A Side Entrance of Cathedral High School, 50th Street & Lexington Avenue, New York City, showing an Architectural Detail in Carved Indiana Limestone to conform with its surroundings. Architect: Robert J. Reilly. pp. 97

“Beauty of Stone for Exterior Decoration,” pp. 98.

(Photo caption) “New Home Office Building of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass. The Exterior Brick Faced Trimmed With Buff Indiana Limestone. Architects: Kirkham & Parlett. pp. 98. (Massachusetts)

“Carftsman Sculptor Defines Imitations and Decries Their Use in Buildings,” by Gene Scafard, pp. 99-100.

(Photo caption) “Masonic Temple, Broad & Race Streets, Philadelphia. The Exterior is Buff Indiana Limestone Furnished by the Indiana Limestone Company. Architect Horace W. Carter.” pp. 100. (Pennsylvania)

“The Story of Geology,” pp. 100.

“Harding Memorial Nears Completion,” pp. 101. (located north of the Marion Cemetery at Marion, Ohio)

(Photo caption) “Harding Memorial, Marion, Ohio, Front View, From Progress Photographs Taken Prior to Landscaping. The Material Is Georgia Marble. Architects: Henry Hornbostel and Eric Fisher Wood, and E. P. Mellon, Professional Adviser.” pp. 101.

(Photo caption) “Rear View of the Harding Memorial Showing Wall of the Open Crypt, Which, Like the Remainder of the Structure, Is Georgia Marble.” pp. 101.

“International Association News,” by A. J. Burrage, pp. 104-105. (Subheading: “General Contractors’ Convention”)

“Building Forecast,” pp. 105. (“According to the Seventh Annual Building Forecast of the Architectural Forum by C. S. Taylor, huge building volume is to continue throughout the year 1928.”

“The Cultural Value of Stone,” by Jesse Thompson. (Reprinted from The Architect & Engineer for November, 1927, by the courtesy of that publication.), pp. 106-107.

(Photo caption) “Farwell Building, Erie Avenue & Michigan Boulevard, Chicago. Select Buff, Smooth Finish Indiana Limestone was selected for the exterior. Cut Stone Contractor: Indian Limestone Company. Architect: Phillip B. Maher.” pp. 106. (Illinois)

(Photo caption) “Public Library, Philadelphia, Erected During 1926-27 at a Cost of $6,000,000. The Exterior is Buff Indiana Limestone from the quarries of the Indiana Limestone Company. Architect: Horace Trumbauer. pp. 106. (Pennsylvania)

(Photo caption) “Orange County Court House, or Orlando, Florida, Constructed of Variegated Indiana Limestone from the Clear Creek Quarries of the Indiana Limestone Company. Architects: Murray S. King, James B. King, Associates.” pp. 107.

“Art of Decoration Emphasized at Architects’ Annual Exhibit,” pp. 108. (The forty-third annual exhibition of the Architectural League in New York)

“Pennsylvania Building Stones,”Part V, by R. W. Stone, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, pp. 109-110.

(Photo caption) “Seishaltzville Granite in St. John’s Lutheran Church, Emaus, Lehigh County, Pa., Erected in 1923. This detail shows a masonry wall of unusual rustic beauty.” pp. 109. (Emaus, Pennsylvania)

(Photo caption) “Dia Base Quarry, French Lick Granite Company, St. Peters, Chester County, Pa.,” pp. 109. ( St. Peters, Pennsylvania)

(Photo caption) “Pennsylvania Flagstone Yard at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, showing storage and large flag on crane.” pp. 110.

“Eastern Capitalists Buy Tennessee Marble Properties,” pp. 110. (“The Diamond Marble Company of Wilmington, Delaware, and Philadelphia, Pa., has purchased several marble properties formerly owned by John Knox....”)

“Rise in Construction Costs,” pp. 111.

“Architects Award Medals,” pp. 111. (the forty-third annual exhibition of the Architectural League of New York)

“Federal Trade Commission Rules Against Misleading Names of Granites,” pp. 111.

“Hoosier Sculptors Compete in Exhibit in Chicago Art Salon,” pp. 111.

“Stereotomy - Problems In Stone Cutting,” Part V. Class II. Structures Containing Developable Surfaces (Continued), by S. Edward Warren, C. E., pp. 112-113.

“Sales of Lime in 1927,” pp. 114.

“Increase In Limestone Production,” pp. 114.

“New York, World’s Largest Marble Distributing Market,” pp. 114.

(Photos) “Interior View of the Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company Marble Depot, Showing Plant Offices on Left.” pp. 114.

(Photo caption) “Interior View of the Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company Foreign and Domestic Marble Depot, Looking West From Vernon Avenue, Long Island City. pp. 114.

“Mine-Safety Contest Reveals Remarkable Records,” pp. 115.

“Granite and Stone In Detroit Building,” pp. 115. (the Union Trust Building, Detroit, Michigan)

“Slate Sales in 1927,” pp. 116.

“Accidents in Quarry Industry in 1926,” pp. 116.

Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIX, No. 3, March, 1928.

“Wealth of Dividends for Construction Industry In City Planning,” pp. 159-160.

“Prospectors Defy Perils of Swaziland Jungle to Quarry Semi-Previous Verdite,” pp. 160.

“The Great Cathedral of Stone,” Subheading: “Building for the Ages: Built of Large-Size Stone, Bedded in Cement Mortar, St. John’s Cathedral Should Be As Lasting As the Pyramids,” pp. 161-163. (the Cathedral of St. John The Devine, New York City)

(Photo caption) “The Three Massive Intersecting Groins, or Arches, Above the Nave Vault of the Cathedral of St. John the Devine. Architect: Ralph Adams Cram. pp. 161.

(Photo caption) “Dallas National Bank Building, Dallas, Texas, Showing the Beauty of Standard Buff Indiana Limestone in Office Building Construction. Stone Furnished to the Herget Cut Stone Company by the Indiana Limestone Company. Architects: Coburn, Smith & Evans.” pp. 163.

“Physical Properties of Building Limestones,” pp. 165-166.

(Photo caption) “Masonic Temple, Atlantic City, N. J., Outstanding in Architectural Beauty and Undefiled by Imitations. The Exterior Is of Gray Indiana Limestone Furnished by the Indiana Limestone Company. Architect: Charles H. Adams. pp. 165. (Atlantic City, New Jersey)

(Photo caption) “The Kleinberger Art Galleries, 12 East 54th Street, New York. The Exterior Is Cut and Carved Indiana Limestone Furnished by the Indiana Limestone Company: Architect: Henry Allen Jacobs. pp. 167.

(Photo caption) “Adath Yeshurin Temple, Dupont and 34th Streets, Minneapolis, Minn., Showing Entrance of Select Gray and Variegated Indiana Limestone Furnished by the Indiana Limestone Company. Architects: Lienbenberg & Kaplan.” pp. 169. (Minnesota)

“International Association News,” pp. 170-172. (Subheading: “Tenth Annual Convention of the International Cut Stone Contractors’ & Quarrymen’s Association, Incorporated. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C., February 15016, 1928)

“Bureau of Standards Entertains Delegates With Series of Tests on Stones,” pp. 173.

“The Indiana Limestone Industry As a Whole, Address of Mr. Lawrence H. Whiting at Tenth International Association Convention,” pp. 174-180.

(Photo caption) “Lawrence H. Whiting, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Limestone Company, Who Delivered the Keynote Address of the Convention. pp. 174.

(Photo caption) “Members of the Chicago Cut Stone Contractors’ Association Face the Camera at the Testimonial Dinner for Mr. Charles G. Fanning, Who Retired as Their President After Twenty-seven Years’ Service. pp. 180.

“Ontario Apprenticeship Plan Designed to Train Building Tradesmen,” pp. 181.

“Lehigh Valley to Hold Annual Mineral Industries Conference,” pp. 181. (the Lehigh Valley Mineral Industries Conference held in April at Easton, Pennsylvania)

“Stereotomy - Problems In Stone Cutting, - Part V. Class II. Structures Containing Developable Surfaces (Continued), by S. Edward Warren, C. D., pp. 182-183.

“Bureau of Mines Undertakes Economic Studies of Non-Metallic Minerals,” pp. 183.

“New York’s Building Projects Attain New High Records,” pp. 183.

“New High Record for Building Contracts Set in February,” pp. 184.

“Plant to Utilize Limestone By-Products,” pp. 184.

“Philadelphia Stone Contractors Open Permanent Exhibit of Building Stones,” pp. 184.

“Output of Indiana Limestone,” pp. 184.

“Wire Saw Facilities Quarrying of Slate,” pp. 186.