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Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Birmingham Post Office.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Oscar Wells Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The Confederate Monument was presented in 1909, and the monument is constructed of white Georgia marble. An Italian marble statue was placed at the top of the monument. According to this web site, the statue is of a Confederate soldier on picket duty. Marble posts and vases are situated at the entrance. (You can view a photograph of the Confederate Monument on the City of Livingston web site.)
According to this article, the church was constructed of rough-hewn Georgia marble walls and red Italian tiles were used for the domed roof.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Scroggin Mausoleum (no cemetery listed)
The monument was built 1933-34. Stone was quarried from Catalina Island and used in the foundation of the monument. Blue flagstone rock for the ramps and terraces originated from Little Harbor, Catalina Island. Marble quarried in Georgia was used inside the tower.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Clark Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
"Entire exterior (of the mausoleum is) of Georgia crystalline Marble, Robert D. Farquhar, Architect. Sculpture in front Pediment by Sherry Fr. Photograph by William M. Clark." (From Yesterday, Today, and Forever: The Story of Georgia Marble, by the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia. This photograph is used with the permission of the Georgia Marble Company.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of Tower 17 at the McDonnell Plaza, according to this web site.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the DeVaux Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Goldberg Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The Georgia Granite Circle was created in 1990 and “consists of about 100 large chunks of white Georgia granite, all piled on the ground in a circle 16 feet in diameter.” The creators were Richard Long, a British land artist.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Wahlgreen Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The upper walls are Stone Mountain, Georgia, granite.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Trowbridge residence.
According to this web site, the stones used in the construction of the Aetna Building are as follows: a large quantity of Georgia marble, 30,000 cubic feet of Alabama limestone, and 3,420 cubic feet of pink marble from North Carolina.
Jacksonville, Fla. – The contract for the stone work on the Israel Putnam building here has been awarded to the Ramsey, Brisben Stone Company, of Atlanta, Ga.
"Construction of Pink and Creole Georgia Marble, and Tan Coquina Rock. The carver herons on the pediment of this structure are 14 feet high, and are carved from solid blocks of Pink Georgia Marble. Milton B. Medary, architect, and Lee Lawrie, sculptor."
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Ringling Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Ringling residence.
Tampa, Florida - the Cuesta Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Cuesta Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia granite was used in the construction of the Emanuel Episcopal Church that is designed in the Victorian Gothic style.
The caption on the back reads: "Post Office, Athens, GA. - This Post Office building is constructed of Georgia Marble and the architecture of this Post Office is the same structure of many buildings and homes of this city. The architecture is different from any other Post Office in the United States."
The Atlanta City Hall was designed by G. Lloyd Preacher and constructed between 1928-1930. According to the web site, “White Georgia marble was used on the balustrade and entrance on the Mitchell Street side.”
According to this web site, Georgia Granite was used to construct the buildings for the Cotton States Exposition of 1895. At the end of the Exposition, the buildings were dismantled and the granite was “sold to absolve the debt that the city incurred to hold the fair.”
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Candler building.
Blue Ridge Marble Co.
Mr. Harry Dewar has been re-elected president and treasurer of the Blue Ridge Marble Co., of Nelson, Ga., and Mr. A. Anderson, general manager. Among the large contracts recently secured by the company is one for the marble work in the new Century Building, at Atlanta.
Earth tone tinted concrete was used for the labyrinth and entrance chalice in the labyrinth at the Emory Presbyterian Church. The cross in the labyrinth was constructed with white and gray streaked Georgia marble, and grey paving bricks for the paths and earthtone bricks for the lines.
Founded in 1915 as a Methodist school, Emory University was designed by Henry Hombostel of New York. He “created a natural garden campus with Georgia-marble buildings of modern Italianate design.”
The Federal Reserve Bank construction was completed in 2001.
According to this web site, 38,700 pieces of Georgia marble is being used in the construction of the exterior of the Federal Reserve Bank, which is under construction. Crystal Marble Co. is “erecting the marble utilizing 18 mast climbing work platforms (‘mast climbers’) from Sunbelt Rentals Access Specialists.”
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank.
According to the web site, “The Academic and Shop buildings were designed in "High Victorian" style according to the principles of Ruskin. They were built of Chattahoochee brick, machine pressed brick, and Georgia marble and granite.”
The exterior of the Georgia State Capitol is constructed of limestone quarried in southern Indiana known as “Indiana Limestone” or “Indiana Oolitic.” The Indiana limestone consists of fragments of fossils. Georgia granite was used for the foundations, and Georgia marble was used for the interior floors and some interior walls.
Indiana oolitic limestone was the chief building material in the capitol building. Georgia marble was used to finish the interior walls and also as the cornerstone.
North Atrium of the Georgia State Capitol (photograph and history), presented by Georgia Capitol Online Tours.
This web site includes a photograph of restored rose and gray Georgia marble inside of the capitol. This web site states that “1 ½ acres of rose and gray Georgia marble within the capitol were repaired, cleaned and polished during restoration.”
Georgia granite was used to construct the pedestal upon which the ten-foot bronze statue rests.
The future Glenn Hotel, located in Downtown Atlanta, was originally named the Glenn Building, which dates back to 1923. The Glenn Building was used for office space. The Federal Reserve Bank purchased the Glenn Building in the early 1980s, a then Philips Arena purchased the building and sold it to Legacy Properties. The projected opening date for the freshly renovated Glenn Hotel is January 2006. The web site indicates that Georgia marble is being used in the hotel rooms.
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was buried in the Southview Cemetery. Dr. King’s remains were moved and placed in Dr. King’s crypt located at the King Center in 1970. Georgia marble was chosen as the stone for the crypt as an acknowledgement of his southern roots, according to this web site.
"Rightly, the State of Georgia selected Dr. Crawford W. Long, the discoverer of ether as an anesthetic, as one of the two Georgians to be honored by a niche in the Hall of Fame. The above statue (in the photograph to the right) of Dr. Long is of Georgia Marble. J. Massey Rhind, sculptor.
White Cherokee Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Macys store in Lennox Square, according to this web site.
In the 1890s Thomas M. Brady, Sr., designed and sculpted the “Lion of Atlanta” monument to honor the unknown Confederate soldiers buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. The sculpture was done in Georgia marble.
Georgia granite was used to construct the War Memorial monument. The monument is located in the front of the Student Athlete Academic Center.
Granite from Stone Mountain in northern Georgia was used in the construction of the powder works. Construction started in 1862, completed in 1863, and operated until 1865. The Augusta Powder Works was also called the Confederate Powder Works.(The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.) Below are some web sites with photographs and additional information on the Augusta Powder Works.
<http://www.rose.net/~clbragg/apw.htm>
The wainscoting in the interior of the Court House is of Georgia marble.
This Victorian house, which was completed in 1902, was the home of lumber magnate L. T. McKinnon. White Georgia marble was used for the front steps that lead to the double front door.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Lord and Taylor Stores, according to this web site.
White Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Courthouse in 1936. A good photograph of the Mitchell County Courthouse is available on the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia web site.
This building was constructed with blocks of typical blue-gray Elberton granite in 1941.
According to another web site that is no longer available, Pyramid Quarries, west of Elberton, Georgia, supplied the granite for the Georgia Guidestones.
The Confederate Statue in Gainesville Square is made of bronze and white Georgia marble. The statue was erected in 1909 to honor Civil War Casualties.
The marble on the front of the jail was taken from the Delaware Quarry in Georgia, which opened about 1840 by Henry Fitzsimmons. The work was done by Lee W. Prather, a local stone worker. (The Historical Marker information at the end of the entry reads: “112-6 Georgia Historic Marker 1986.”)
According to this web site, the present train depot was constructed with Georgia Granite. The depot today houses the Jonesboro Welcome Center.
In 1915 the building was used as the Colquitt County Jail. Georgia granite was used for the foundation and the top of each story. today the building is occupied by both the Moltrie/Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation (2005).
This twenty-foot high monument was constructed of Georgia granite and erected by the Georgia Granite and Marble Co. of Rome, Georgia.
The cornerstone for the building was made of Georgia granite. This web site states that the granite is “the same Georgia granite used on the Bay Street story.” The cornerstone was laid on August 11, 1904.
The Bull Street Main Library was constructed in the neoclassical style and opened in 1916. The new two-story addition to the library is clad in cubic blocks of Georgia marble.
According to this web site, A huge boulder of Georgia granite was placed in Wright Square in the southeast side of the square by the Colonial Dames in Georgia in the memory of Tomochichi.
The Savannah U. S. Post Office was constructed of Georgia Marble in 1899. According to the web site, “Around the top of the building there are panels of all different types of marble quarried in Georgia.”
Architect, builder, or engineer: Georgia Marble Co.
Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
The Pink Marble Mansion was built in 1926 by Georgia Marble Company president Sam Tate. The mansion was constructed of pink Etowah marble and white Georgia marble columns. (The link below from which this information originated is no longer available.)
<http://www.ngc.peachnet.edu/Academic/Arts_Let/History/counties/pickens/tate_mansion.htm>
The McNeal Marble Company of Marietta, Georgia, send the design to Florence, Italy, so the statue could be sculpted from Italian marble except for the statue’s wing-shaped base, which was made of Georgia marble. The names of the Confederate soldiers from Thomson were carved into the base.
Most of the external construction material was sandstone from a quarry on Table Rock, east of Boise, which the state purchased for use in building the capitol building. For the interior, four types of marble were used: Red marble from Georgia, gray from Alaska, green from Vermont, and the black marble is from Italy.
The links below offer more information on the Idaho State Capitol:
- About our Restoration and Addition Project
- Welcome to Idaho’s State Capitol (online brochure) [PDF]
- All About the History of the Idaho’s Capitol [PDF]
"A tribute to Georgia Marble's imperviousness to moisture was its selection for the mammoth Buckingham Memorial Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago. This is the largest fountain in the world, being much larger than the famed Latonia fountain at Versailles, France, requiring approximately 75 carloads of Georgia Marble for its construction. Pink Georgia Marble is used for the entire fountain, which consists of three bowls, rising one within the other. The top-most basin was carved from four gigantic pieces of marble, each piece weighing over 30 tons." "The Fountain is three hundred feet across, and sends a stream of water one hundred and ten feet into the air. Constructed of Pink Georgia Marble. Bennett, Parsons and Frost, Architects."
"The largest marble building in the United States. The building is 700 feet long, 350 feet wide and about 90 feet in height. Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects. Exterior of white Georgia Marble.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the statue.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Oak Ridge Abbey Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Pasteur Memorial.
According to this press release, the “300-foot-diameter octagonal building was constructed of white Georgia marble in (Use this link if you wish to visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium web site.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Shedd Aquarium.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Centennial Memorial.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Niblick Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Emmick Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Mitchell Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
"Centering the picture and occupying the entire block from 8th to 9th streets, Grand to McGee, is the magnificent old Georgia granite postal office and custom house, its gold dome visible from miles around. It was eight years in the building, from 1892 to June 1900. (It was razed in 1938.)"
White Georgia marble was used for the walls and stair cases. The floors are covered with gray Tennessee marble and dark green Italian marble. Vermont granite was used for the columns in grand corridor. Indiana limestone and Vermont granite were used to face the exterior.
The Louisiana Court Building was constructed in 1909 of Georgia marble.
"Federal buildings are in a great number of instances constructed of Georgia Marble. Georgia Marble is the only marble which the Federal Government does not require to be waterproofed when used for exteriors.Post Office, New Orleans, Louisiana. James Gamble Rogers, architect."
The following stones were used in the McKim Building. Pink Knoxville marble was used for the floors, walls, and vaulted ceiling in the Vestibule. Also, brown Knoxville marble and Levanto marble were inlaid in patterns on the floor of the vestibule. Iowa sandstone was used for the three heavy piers in the Entrance Hall. The floor of the Entrance Hall is mainly of white Georgia marble. Ivory Gray Echaillon marble mottled with fossil shells was used for the steps of the main staircase, and variegated yellow Sienna was used for the walls by the Main Staircase. Unpolished Siena marble was used for the “great twin lions, couchant, on pedestals at the turn of the Main Stairs. The arcade that separates the Puvis de Chavannes Gallery and the Main Staircase is of yellow Siena marble. Rouge antique and Levanto marble were used for the heavy marble doorways that lead into Bates Hall from the Puvis de Chavannes Gallery, and Istrian and red Verona marble were used for the floors.
Braintree, Massachusetts - the Johnson Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Johnson Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The lighthouse is located on the eastern tip of Belle Isle “marking the head of the Detroit River.” The lighthouse was designed by Albert Kahn, and Georgia marble was used in the construction of the 58-foot shaft. “It is one of two memorial lights in the State of Michigan and is the only light in the nation constructed entirely of marble.”
(* Belle Isle sits in the middle of the Detroit River on the U.S.- Canada border)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Gore Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the exterior trim on the Ford Museum.
Marshall Fredericks sculpted the bas reliefs of white Georgia marble and some were of cast bronze.
The Polar Bear Memorial is located in White Chapel Park which is located outside of Detroit, Michigan. It was dedicated on May 30, 1930. The base of the memorial is made of black Swedish granite, and the large white bear which stands atop the base is of white Georgia marble.
This interesting article is about “one group of Detroit servicemen the end of the fighting in Europe was merely the beginning of another ordeal in the frozen reaches of Russia....” They were a part of the American North Russian Expeditionary Force and the surviving members did not return home until June 1919. The force was made up of British, French, Canadian, and American soldiers.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the May Clinic buildings.
The outside of the State Capitol Building above the first floor was built using marble from Georgia.
This web site describes the events that led to choosing Georgia marble for use on the exterior rather than local Minnesota stone. In 2004 the Minnesota State Capitol had its 100 th centennial celebration. According to this web site, Cass Gilbert was the architect and project superintendent of the building, who wanted the best quality of building materials. The Corinthian columns near the vaulted staircases of are Italian marble. White Georgia marble was used predominantly on the exterior, and local Minnesota granite was used elsewhere in the construction.
Georgia marble and all of the following stones quarried in Minnesota were some of the stones used in construction of the building: Kettle River sandstone, Winona limestone, Kasota stone, Rockville Granite, and Ortonville granite. In addition to the above, blue limestone and sandstone were also used. Click here for another web site on the present Minnesota State Capitol presented by the Minnesota Historical Society.
The exterior of the State Capitol is of Georgia granite, foundation concrete walls, Bedford limestone. In the Rotunda the walls are of Italian marble. Chamber is part marble with the base of Belgium black marble, columns are Breccia Violet with Corinthian caps. In the House of Representatives the walls are art marble with the base of Belgium black marble.
Georgia marble was used for the floor of the lobby in the Center.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Forrest Hill Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Rolla, Missouri - the University of Missouri-Rolla Stonehenge (The following information is presented on the university web site.)
UMR’s Stonehenge Some Answers, File Date: 4 January 1996, The Building of the UMR Stonehenge, The Missouri Megalith - Some Questions Answered, by Dr. David A. Summers. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://rockmech.umr.edu/stonehenge/answerspage1.html>
“The UMR-Stonehenge is made of granite which was quarried in Elberton, Georgia.”
According to this article, the marker for John Ridge was made of Georgia marble.
The Dawson County Courthouse was completed in 1914, and Georgia Marble and Bedford Rock from Indiana were used in the construction of the present building.
This Art Deco building opened in November 1931. Thirty-eight different marbles from around the world including Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, and Morocco were used in the interior of the building. Georgia Pink (Etowah Fleuri) marble (which filled 250 boxcars) was used on the exterior and retaining wall. The trim and column bases are of Belgium Black, and the walls are of Aquia stone. In the galleries the wainscoting vary in the varieties of marble used are: Frasnes Rose, Notre Dame du Rocher, and Loredo Chiaro. In the Witherspoon Concert Hall, St.Genevieve Rose and Westfield green marbles are used. The sunburst in the floor is of Vermont Green slate. The fireplace in the Founder's Room is of Benou Jaune marble. The Walter and Suzanne Scott Pavilion is clad from the same Georgia Pink quarry that supplied stone for the 1931 building.
This article indicates that Eino, a Swedish-born sculptor who immigrated to the United States, sculpted the flag sculpture from a single piece of Georgia marble.
Reno, Nevada - the Yori Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Yori Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Colasurdo Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Cherokee Georgia Marble was used for the base of the Colleoni Equestrian State in Newark, New Jersey. (See the advertisement.)
The Georgia Marble Co.
Tate, Georgia
Eastern Office, 1328 Broadway, New York
Western Office, Monadnock Building, Chicago, Ill.
The Colleoni in Newark, N.J.
Copy of the Colleoni Equestrian Statue in Venice. Executed by J. Massey Rhind, Sculptor. Pedestal cut from Cherokee Georgia Marble.
Georgia Marble is a desirable material for monumental structures, because of its natural beauty, its extreme durability and its preservation of architectural detail.
Georgia Marble, unequalled (sic) for attractiveness of appearance and durability, has been endowed in the making with superior working qualities.
Furthermore, it is a material which not only conveys an atmosphere of “quality”, but also expresses such desirable attributes as elegance, strength, and stability.
Peterson, New Jersey - the Wellman Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Wellman Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Dalton Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Edwards Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Gans Mausoleum in the Kensico Cemetery.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Catholic Church.
White marble from Tate Georgia (Georgia Marble Co.) and Carrara, Italy, were used for the exterior of the basilica and shrine, which was constructed in the Baroque Revival style 1922-1926.
When the Museum of Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi rebuilt the Sculpture Garden, they found that the two platforms made of rectangular pieces of gray Vermont marble, could not be reused. In addition, they found that the original quarry in Vermont could not provide enough new marble to rebuild the garden. It was decided that Georgia marble of a lighter shade than the Vermont marble would be used instead.
"A much discussed statue-Civic Virtue, in the City Hall Square, New York. The figure is said to be the largest made single Michael Angelo's 'David.' Thomas Hastings, architect; Frederick MacMonnies, sculptor; carving and placing by Piccirilli Bros., New York.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the New York Stock Exchange.
New York City, New York - the New York Trust Company (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the New York Trust Company.
The Chickamauga Cement Co., of Rossville, Georgia, has secured a contract for $15,000 (sic) barrels of cement for the Weaver Dam Co., to be used in the construction of a dam in Asheville, N.C.
According to this 1929 article, the City Building was designed by the architect Douglas D. Ellington of Asheville. Marble, brick and terra cotta were used as building materials in the construction of the building. “The selection of the marbles and the finishes given to them were governed in each case by questions of color, texture and modeling. Georgia Pink was used through the base of the building up to and including the trim of the featured windows and also for all exterior window sills.”
In the entrance loggia, Georgia pink marble was used for the general trim, wainscot, the loggia floor, entrance platform and steps, and the title panel which is located over the entry.
Honed Georgia Pink marble was also used in the entrance of elevator lobby floor, “with a base and trim of axed York Fossil....” Napoleon Gray marble, a marble from Missouri, which is a lighter-toned gray marble, was used for the wainscot. Axed York Fossil was used for the base and trim.
Some of the special rooms that flank the loggia have floors of gray marble with York Fossil bases and borders. Italian travertine was used for the floors in the council chamber and rooms, and York Fossil with a dull finish was used for the borders and bases.
Polished Pink Georgia Marble with a honed finish was used for the counters in the water and tax department, and Georgia Cherokee Marble was used for the sills in all other areas. York Fossil was used for the wall base and trim in the elevator lobby of the council chamber.
The sculpture “Windowstone” is located at the entrance of the Headquarters Library. It was created from white Georgia marble.
An approximately three-foot-tall base of Georgia granite, donated by the Wake Monument Company, Inc., was used to support the World Trade Center Fragment. The fragment is on display in the lobby of Mann Hall.
According to this web site, the stone work on the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science building includes the following: thermal Green County Granite, variegated Indiana Limestone, and Georgia white marble. Limestone and granite were used for th exterior landscape features.
The memorial was created from Stone Mountain, Georgia, granite.
"A dignified stately mass of Georgia Marble that is one of the most beautiful public buildings in America. Hubbell and Benes, architects. In the foreground is the lovely fountain of waters, likewise constructed of Georgia Marble. Chester Beach, designer and sculptor.
Cleveland Museum of Art (photograph and description of project), presented by the Marble Institute of America. [PDF]
Scotstone (of Cleveland, Ohio) received a special award for the restoration of the original 1916 terraces and balustrades at the Museum of Modern art. A description of the process that Scotstone following in the restoration and a photograph of the completed project is included. According to the web site, “Elkbrook Bluestone was used as the field stone for the ramp paving and Georgia Cherokee marble for the new retaining walls and paving border stones....” Marble was also used in the 18 replacement banisters, ramp railings and bases, and visitor benches. The stone supplier was Georgia Marble/Polycor. (The architect and general contractors are also listed on this web site.)
Cleveland, Ohio - the Cleveland Art Museum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Cleveland Art Museum.
A white marble with light-gray veining known as Cherokee marble is used as cladding for the building. The Cherokee marble is quarried in the Tate, Georgia, area. North Jay granite (quarried in Maine) is used for the steps of the main entrance. A cream-colored limestone known as Botticino marble (quarried in northern Italy) is used in the interior of the building. Tennessee marble or Holston marble, a pink crystalline limestone, is used for "much of the flooring in the library's corridors." This stone is quarried in the Knoxville, Tennessee, area. The author indicates that travertine is used for the flooring in the main building, but does not indicate the origin of this stone. Cherokee marble is used as a cladding in the Louis Stokes Wing of the library, which was dedicated in 1997. Cherokee marble is also used for the lobby flooring of the Louis Stokes Wing.
More photographs of the Cleveland Public Library are available at this web site. (Scroll down to entry.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Cleveland Public Library building.
"The entire structure, above the granite base course, is of pink Georgia Marble, excepting the lower members of the main cornice, which are of terra cotta. Walker and Weeks, Cleveland, architects.
Cleveland, Ohio - the Federal Reserve Bank (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank building.
Most of the exterior of the Cathedral is constructed of brick, although Mankato-Kasota stone quarried in the Mankato-Kasota area of Southern Minnesota (a cream-colored, grayish orange dolostone) was also used. In addition, Oconee granite, quarried in Georgia was used.
White Georgia marble was used for the façade of the Ohio Courts Building. Construction began in 1930 and the building opened 1933.
"When America builds memorials to her presidents, Georgia Marble is the material selected, not only for its chaste beauty, but for its great strength and character and its ability to endure. Henry Hornbostel and Eric Fisher Wood, associate architects.
White Georgia marble was used for the construction of the memorial that was designed in the classic Greek style. It was built in the 1920s.
"View of McKinley memorial at Niles, Ohio. The entire work, including the building and the statue of the martyred president, is built of Georgia Marble. McKim, Mead and White, architects. Statue by J. Massey Rhind, sculptor."
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Statue of Apollo.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Statue of Minerva.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Kennedy Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
According to this web site, the Oregon State Library building and the Capitol building were both completed in 1938 after the first library building was destroyed by fire. The new State Library building was designed by Whitehouse and Church of Portland, Oregon. White Georgia marble was used for the exterior of the Library, and white Vermont marble was used for the exterior of the Capitol building.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Coyle Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The 50-ton marble columns were quarried at Pittsford Valley, Vermont, by the Vermont Marble Co.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Girard Bank building.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Girard College building(s).
The 1908 dome building was originally Girard Trust, designed by McKim, Mead and White along with Furness, Evans and Company in 1908. The building was designed to resemble the Pantheon. The adjacent 30-story tower was also designed by McKim, Mead and White and was completed in 1931. “The 60,000-square-foot dome was the main banking hall while the tower was a separate tenant office building of 240,000 square feet. They were designed in complementary classical styles, executed in Georgia marble.” Today both buildings have been renovated to become the present Ritz-Carlton, Philadelphia as a part of a “adaptive reuse projects that convert office buildings to hotels.”
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland was designed by Walker and Weeks, architects, with an Art Deco façade. The building was built 1930-1931 with white Georgia marble trimmed in aluminum. A photograph of the Federal Reserve Bank building is available on the web site.
“The Hiker” monument was created by sculptor Allen Newman. The original sculpture was shown in the rotunda of the New York State Building at the Jamestown Exhibition in 1907. According to this web site, many veteran groups from the Spanish American War commissioned copies to commemorate their service. “The Pittsburgh copy was dedicated to the Fourteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the Eighteenth Volunteer Infantry [Duquesne Group] and Battery B [Hampton Battery].” The statue is made of bronze placed upon a three-foot-tall base of Georgia marble.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Rhode Island State Capitol building.
"A splendid example of the proper use of marble. This capitol is but one of many for which Georgia Marble has been chosen because of its decided advantages for exteriors. McKim, Mead and White, architects.
The State House Exterior: According to this Activity Notebook, the State House was built between 1895 and 1904. White Georgia marble was used mainly on the exterior (327,000 cubic feet). The Notebook states that the State House is the “fourth largest unsupported marble dome in the world.”
The Rotunda State Seal: Georgia marble and brass were used in the decoration of the Rotunda State Seal in, which is located in the interior of the State House.
The Marble Statues: Carrara marble from Italy was used to create the statues, which stand on red-onyx pedestals.
A plaque of grey Georgia granite are provided for each niche in the Grace Church Columbarium.
Diamond pink granite was used for the base of the building. Terra cotta was used to finish the main part of the structure. White Georgia marble was used at the entrance way on Market Street. Tennessee "marble" was used to line the interior walls. Terrazzo was used for the floors. (See the photograph section - after #13 - Granite Roman fasces flank the entrance to the Chattanooga Bank building.) (See the photograph section, 26. Chattanooga Bank Building.)
Light gray oolitic limestone from Russellville, Alabama, was used on the upper floors of the building. Gabbro or black "granite" from the Transvaal in South Africa was used on the lower three floors. Light gray Georgia marble was used for the lobby floor and steps. The building was completed in 1976. (See the photograph section, 34. Criminal Justice.)
Unpolished Georgia marble blocks were used for the front portion of the building, which was built about 1882. (See the photograph section, 29. Eckerd Drugs.)
White Cherokee Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the building, and Stone Mountain granite was used as the base. The Stone Mountain granite was also used for the carved eagles near the entrance and the steps. The columns in the main lobby and the base of every floor is constructed of dark gray St. Laurent "marble" from southern France. Brownish gray Ste. Genevive golden vein "marble" from Missouri was used for the walls in the main lobby and as panels along the stairways. Pink Tennessee "marble" from Knoxville was used to line the third and fourth floors. Vermont green serpentine, commercially called Verde Antique "marble," was used for the stairs and as reinforcement around each doorway. Terrazzo was the technique used for the floors. (See the photograph section, 12. Federal Building and Granite eagle guards the entrance to the Federal Building; after #15 - Fossil cephalopod on the 3rd floor of the Federal Building)
White Georgia marble panels were used on the exterior of the building, which was completed in 1978. (See the photograph section, 32. First Federal.)
The church was built in 1910. The Ionic columns and steps were constructed of solid Georgia marble, and the ornamental friezes are of Italian marble. It is indicated that the front steps and wall on the east side of the Sanctuary are of granite possibly from Georgia. (See the photograph section, 1. First Presbyterian Church.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the James Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The building was constructed in 1908. "Pressed Brick over white Georgia Marble."
White Cherokee Georgia marble was used exclusively for the exterior. Gray granite from Mt. Airy, North Carolina, was used for the retaining walls and steps. Tidal Gray granite gneiss from Lithonia, Georgia, was used for the basal trim of the building. Tennessee River rock was used for the front walks. Dark gray St. Laurent marble from Southern France was used in the lobby as a base. Highly fractured serpentine or dark green Monte Verde "marble" from the Italian Alps was used to line the entrances. Pink and Gray Georgia marble was used in some of the private rooms. A greenish Vermarco Light Cloud marble from Vermont was used in the lobby area and there are terrazzo floors. (See the photograph section, 36. Provident Life and Accident.)
Georgia granite cobble stones from Stone Mountain, Georgia, are used as paving blocks along the landing. (See the photograph section, 39. Ross Landing.)
The memorial is a tribute to those who died in World War II. Light gray Georgia granite blocks were used for the walls. Pennsylvanian sandstone quarried at Crossville, Tennessee, was used for the steps. (See the photograph section, 10. War Memorial.)
Pink Georgian marble was used for the façade of the manion started by entrepreneur Clarence Saunders who went into bankruptcy prior to finishing the mansion.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Walsh Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is located in the former three-story U. S. Post Office building which was constructed in 1933-34 in the classicism and Art Deco styles. White Georgia marble and gray-pink Minnesota granite were used to face the building. The building’s ownership was transferred to the City of Nashville in 1998 for the purpose of crating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. In November 1999, the remaining branch post office relocated to the renovated space on the lower level of the building.
According to this web site, white Georgia marble was used to face the building and Texas red granite was used for the base. Black Italian marble was used to face the main lobby.
“The gate...(is) stained in natural color to retain its beauty, and it is four feet high and twelve-feet wide. Two columns which hold the gate are made of Berkley Blue Georgia granite, of approximately twelve inches square and seven-feet high, with the name of the cemetery and other appropriate lettering carved in the stone. The designer of this gate is D. E. Narramore, sales-manager of the Youngblood Memorial Company.”
"This beautiful circular edifice with its Corinthian columns was patterned from the Temple of Hercules at Tivoli erected in 300 A. D. Designed by Herbert M. Greene, La Roche & Dahl. It is entirely of white Georgia Marble.)
According to this article the intent to use mostly Georgia marble in the interior on the main floor in the legislative chambers and Supreme Court rather than Utah stone was due to cost. For the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the State Reception Room (Gold Room), Birdseye marble or golden travis from Utah County was chosen. For the walls of the ground floor Sanpete oolite or white sandstone was chosen. Grey Georgia marble was used for the “...monolithic columns, the walls and stairs of the main floor, and the railings were the only parts of the building....”
For the exterior of the Capitol granite quarried in Little Cottonwood Canyon was quarried by the Consolidated Stone Company. The same granite had been used in the construction of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. The Capitol building, designed in the Corinthian style in general, was opened to the public on October 9, 1916.
According to this article, several types of stones were used in and around the building. The stones listed in the article include the following: Carderock stone, quarried near Bethesda Maryland, for the rough-faced fieldstone walls; Jet Mist granite on the exterior, paving, caps, and lintels in the fieldstone base; Absolute Black granite for the base and outdoor lotus pool, and throughout the lobby and exterior. White Georgia Cherokee marble and Solar Gray marble from the Georgia Marble Co. of Tate, Georgia, were used for the flooring in the lobby and atrium. Absolute Black granite was used for the wall bases and fixtures, and Emerald Pearl granite was used for the elevators and vanities. Emerald Pearl granite was on the treads on the “Harp Stair.” The complex was completed in October 2001.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Swartz Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Coulter Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Watkins Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Darden.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Swannanoa Country Club.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Stillman Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
According to this web site, the classical exterior of the John Adams Building is faced with white Georgia marble. The building opened to the public in 1939.
The piers are of Georgia granite, and the facing of the spans are of granite from Georgia, Vermont, North Carolina, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Georgia Marble was used in the construction of the Columbus Memorial Fountain.
The Columbus Memorial was dedicated in 1912. The statues of Columbus, an American Indian, and a European are included with the fountain, and Georgia marble was used to construct the memorial. Lorado Z. Taft created the 15-foot-tall statue, and Daniel Burnham created the fountain.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Corcoran Art Gallery.
"Du Pont Memorial Fountain.erected to commemorate the services of Admiral Du Pont, the pedestal is cut from a single block of Georgia Marble 10 feet high. the bowl required a block of Georgia Marble 13 feet in diameter. Henry Bacon, architect. Daniel Chester French, sculptor. Carving and erection by Piccirilli Bros.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank building.
The exterior of the Federal Reserve was built with Georgia marble.
The floor of the lobby is covered with Georgia Granite. French limestone was used for the walls, and the columns are of Calcutta marble from Carrara, Italy.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Folger Shakespeare Library building.
The National Park Service web site presents the memorial stones in placed in the interior of the Washington Monument. The Georgia Memorial Stone entry reads as follows and can be viewed on the National Park Service’s web site in either the “Album” or the “Slide Show.”
The Georgia State Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 2. The Mason, Grand Lodge of Georgia Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 3. The Georgia Convention Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 4.
The Washington Monument web site has recently been redesigned. Below is an description that was available on the National Park Service web site in January 2008 that describes the Memorial Stones in the Washington Monument.
“A unique feature of the Washington Monument is the 193 memorial stones that adorn the interior of the monument. Starting in July 1848 the Washington National Monument Society invited states, cities and patriotic societies to contribute Memorial Stones. The Society listed some requirements to be followed. They asked that the stone be durable, a product of the state’s soil, and meet the following dimensions; four feet long, two feet high and 18 inches thick. These stones pay tribute to the character and achievements of George Washington. These traits are not only admired by Americans but by people the world over as seen by the number of stones donated by foreign countries. Below is a list of stones donated by state. In the near future all the stones will be online.
“While viewing the stones please keep in mind that the Washington Monument has undergone extensive renovation over the last three years. A key component of the project has been the restoration of the memorial stones. Over the years the stones have been damaged by moisture and vandalism. The pictures that follow show the condition of the stones before their restoration. In the upcoming months new images will be added highlighting the restored stones.”
The Georgia State Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 2.
Name: Georgia
Level: 50-ft.
Donor: State of Georgia
Dates: 1850s/1850s
Original material: marble
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: C. Morehouse, Madison Ga. [stone]
Original inscription: State of Georgia The Union as it was—The Constitution as it is. [abbr.]
Documented material history:
• 1849: “A entry in the Journal May 22, 1849” ‘That the offer of a donation was made through Thomas L. Ross by a number of the Citizens of Macon Georgia...from the quarry of I.B. Artope...be prepared and to assure the Members of the Society that the stone when received will be placed in the Monument.’” [Not known if this entry is for this stone or for the ‘Masons, Georgia’ or ‘Georgia Convention’ stone.] [MR]
• 1850: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives February 20, 1850: that a block of marble from Cherokee or Gilman County was to be conveyed to the City of Washington. [Not known if this entry is for this stone or for the ‘Georgia Convention’ stone.]” [MR]
• 1850: “Georgia’s contribution to the Washington National Monument is a beautiful block of white marble...” [SDR, October 11, 1850.]
• 1850s: “Georgia has presented two fine blocks of white marble. One was presented by the state and is of native marble...” [RW]
Images:
• 1880 Gedney drawing
• 1957 Allen photograph
• 1974 photograph
• 1980 photograph
• 2000 NPS slides
The Masons, Grand Lodge of Georgia, Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 3.
Name: Masons, Grand Lodge of Georgia
Level: 140-ft.
Donor: Masons, Grand Lodge of Georgia
Dates: 1852/1850s
Original materials: marble, gold leaf (on pink ground) in letters
Dimensions: 2' x 4'
Sculptor/Carver: J.B. Artope [stone]
Original inscription: Grand Lodge of Georgia, Founded A.D. 1735. Fratrem Meminisse. Georgia Marble. 1852. [abbr.]
Documented material history:
• 1849: “A entry in the Journal May 22, 1849 ‘That the offer of a donation was made through Thomas L. Ross by a number of the Citizens of Macon Georgia . . . from the quarry of I.B. Artope . . . be prepared and to assure the Members of the Society that the stone when received will be placed in the Monument.’” [Not known if this entry is for this stone or for the ‘ Georgia ’ or ‘Georgia Convention’ stone.] [MR]
• 1850s: “Grand Lodge of Georgia has presented a fine block of white marble . . .” [RW]
Images:
• 1850s Wilcox drawing
• 1880 Gedney drawing
• 1957 Allen photograph
• 1974 photograph
• 1980 photograph
• 2000 NPS slides
The Georgia Convention Memorial Stone in the Washington Monument can be viewed along with the details in the WAMO Stones Section 4.
Name: Georgia Convention
Level: 230-ft.
Donor: Georgia Convention
Dates: 1850/1850s/1885
Original material: marble
Dimensions: 2' x 4' 1"
Sculptor/Carver: not known
Original inscription: Georgia Convention December 1850. [abbr.]
Documented material history:
• 1850: “The Georgia Constituent Convention of December, 1850 dominated by Union men, sent a block devoid of any hostility.” [MR]
• 1850s: “Georgia has presented two fine blocks of white marble....The one presented by the Convention is of Italian marble....” [RW]
• 1855-1880: “In the Shaft.” [Hand-written list; Entry 440, RG 42, NAB.]
• 1880: “...removed from East Wall” [CG]
Images:
• 1880 Gedney drawing
• 1957 Allen photograph
• 1974 photograph
• 1980 photograph
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the House of Representative office building.
The foundation and circular terraces were built using Georgia granite.
"The most heroic monumental work in marble ever attempted in America. An idea as to the size may be had by realizing that the shoe is over 60 inches long. Henry Bacon, architect; Daniel Chester French, sculptor; carving and erection by Piccirilli Bros., New York.
The Memorial is built to look like a Doric temple. Indiana limestone and Colorado Yule marble, quarried at Marble, Colorado, were used for the building. Georgia marble was used for the sculpture of Abraham Lincoln.
“Rightly, the State of Georgia selected Dr. Crawford W. Long, the discoverer of ether as an anesthetic, as one of the two Georgians to be honored by a niche in the Hall of Fame. The above statue (in the photograph to the right) of Dr. Long is of Georgia Marble. J. Massey Rhind, sculptor.
"The International Capitol. Entire building, including sculptured figures, of Georgia Marble. The design selected after an architectural competition, was produced by Albert Kelsey and Paul P. Cret. Groups on either side of the main entrance by Gutzon Borglum and Isidore Konti."
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Pan-American buildings.
The exterior walls of the building were built using White Cherokee marble from Georgia and Vermont marble. The perimeter base of the building was built with pink granite from New Hampshire. The east and west courts and the paving borders were built with pink granite. The inner court and the base were built of pink granite from Salisbury, North Carolina and limestone from Indiana.
Vermont marble was used in construction of the exterior of the Supreme Court Building. Crystalline flaked, white Georgia marble was used in the four inner courtyards. Creamy Alabama marble was used above the basement level, for the walls and floors of all corridors and the entrance halls are either wholly or partially of this Alabama marble.
The document, which includes a tour of the Supreme Court building, was taken from a booklet prepared by the Supreme Court of the United States, and published with funding from the Supreme Court Historical Society.
The stone used in the building is described as follows: “Marble was chosen as the principal material to be used and $3 million worth was gathered from foreign and domestic quarries. Vermont marble was used for the exterior, while the four inner courtyards are of crystalline flaked, white Georgia marble. Above the basement level, the walls and floors of all corridors and entrance halls are either wholly or partially of creamy Alabama marble.”
The center of the Capitol was built with Aquia Creek sandstone from Virginia. The Senate and House wings were built with dolomitic marble from Lee, Massachusetts. The Rotunda floor was built with sandstone from Seneca, Maryland. The columns of the wings were built with white marble from Cockeysville, Maryland. The center steps were built with granite from Renville, Minnesota. The west elevation steps were built from granite from Mount Airy, North Carolina. The west elevation balustrade was built with marble from Vermont. The interior balustrades and columns of stairs leading to the House and Senate galleries and wall of Marble room were built with marble from Tennessee. The east front exterior was built with White Cherokee marble from Georgia covering the original Aquia Creek sandstone. The 24 exterior columns were built with marble from Georgia. The interior columns, the Statuary Hall, the Old Senate Chamber, and foyer were all built with marble from the Potomac in Maryland. The columns in the Crypt and those with the corn and tobacco leaves were built with sandstone from Aquia Creek in Virginia. The columns on the ground floor in the east addition were built with brecciated marble from Colorado.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Morrison Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Commissioned in 1954 American sculptor Milton Horn created eight panels in high relief carved in white Georgia marble which are located at the entrance to the Health Sciences Center. The dimensions of the panels are each three by seven feet; and, according to the web site, depict “important developments and personages in the history of medicine, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy.”
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Royal Bank of Canada.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Puerto Rican Capitol building.
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