Structures and Monuments in Which Missouri Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Missouri Stone in Missouri (Continued)
  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Merchants Bridge (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Merchants Bridge. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Merchants’ Bridge Piers, Bridge, and Terminal Railway (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the piers and the bridge of Merchants’ Bridge and the Terminal Railway.

    • St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri - the Merchants Bridge and Terminal Railway (from Building Stones and Clay-Products: A Handbook For Architects, by Heinrich Ries, Ph.D., 1912)

      “Graniteville. The largest and most important quarries in the state are here. The stone is a red granite of pleasing red color, medium to coarse grained....” Granite quarried at Graniteville, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Merchants Bridge and Terminal Railway.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Meyer Bros. Building (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Meyer Bros. building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Molene Bridge (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of Phil. Schneider’s granite quarries located in township 34 north, range 3 east, section 10, west half, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Moline and Merchants bridges.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Municipal Auditorium Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Ste. Genevieve Rose Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Municipal Auditorium building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Murphy Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Murphy building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the National Bank of Commerce Building located at Broadway and Olive streets (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Skrainka limestone) quarry, which is owned by the Atlantic Real Estate Company and the Terminal Railway Association and operated by the Atlantic Quarry and Construction Co. of 806 Security building, is located just north of the railroad tracks at Scott and Montrose avenues. It has been in continuous operation since 1895, and consists of a rectangular, sunken pit 50 feet by 250 feet....”

    “The stone from the lower beds of this quarry is used mainly for the manufacture of crushed stone. The dense compact texture, combined with the sharp fracture, makes it well suited for this purpose. From the upper beds very good rubble stone can be obtained....”

    “This stone has been used in many of the St. Louis buildings, among which may be mentioned the National Bank of Commerce, Broadway and Olive streets; Brown building, 12th and Washington avenue; Goldman-Lesser building, 12th and Washington avenue; Bridge piers and abutments on Union street in St. Louis and in East St. Louis.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Odd Fellows Hall (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Odd Fellows hall. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Odd Fellows Hall - one carved Lintel of 20 tons in the Odd Fellows Hall (From The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used in the lintel of the Odd Fellows Hall building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Major Pope Residence (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Major Pope residence building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Ozark Wesleyan College Buildings circa 1927 (The following advertisement is for the Carthage Marble Corporation in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 59.)

    Ozark Wesleyan College, Carthage, Missouri, Bonsack and pierce, architects, St. Louis, Missour (sic).

    Carthage Marble Corporation, Carthage, Missouri

    Representative for New York City: Domestic Marble & Supply Co., 8 W. 40th St.

    Representative for Pacific Coast: John M. Fabbris, Sharon Building, San Francisco, Cal.

    For beauty, durability and economy, Ozark Gray Marble cannot be excelled for either exterior or interior uses. Samples furnished promptly upon request.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Post Office (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Post Office.

    • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Louis Post Office (from Building Stones and Clay-Products: A Handbook For Architects, by Heinrich Ries, Ph.D., 1912)

      “Graniteville. The largest and most important quarries in the state are here. The stone is a red granite of pleasing red color, medium to coarse grained....” Granite quarried at Graniteville, Missouri, was used in the construction of the St. Louis Post Office.

    • St. Louis, Missouri - the Post Office Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

      Ste. Genevieve Rose Marble and Golden Vein Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, were used in the construction of the Post Office building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Pump House at Chain of Rocks (from A Report on Mine La Motte Sheet, including Portions of Madison, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties, by Charles Rollin Keyes, State Geologist, Missouri Geological Survey, Reports on Areal Geology (Sheets 1-4) Volume IX, 1896)

    Quarried granite dimension stone from the Berry Quarry, which was located three miles northwest of Knob Lick, Missouri, was used in the construction of the pump house at Chain of Rocks.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Roe Building (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Roe building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – Roosevelt High School – the Main Entrance  (from Napoleon Gray, An Adaptable Marble, Phenix Marble Company, Kansas City, Missouri, Producers, and Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company, New York City, New York, Distributors, 1926, pp.  38)

  “Main entrance, Roosevelt High School, St. Louis.  All of the 30,000 square feet of marble used in this building was Napoleon Gray.  R. N. Milligan, Commissioner of Schools, St. Louis, Architect; Marble Contractor, Union Marble & Tile Co., St. Louis.”  (pp. 38)

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Roosevelt High School (Union Marble & Tile Co. Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1927, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 44.)

  Roosevelt High School, St. Louis, Mo. All of the 30,000 feet of marble used in this building was Napoleon Gray, finished and installed by the Union Marble & Tile Company. Architect: R. M. Milligan, Commissioner of Schools, St. Louis. Contractor: E. C. Gerhard Building Company.

  Union Marble & Tile Co., 1109-27 South Seventh Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.

  William C. Fox, General Manager

  Roosevelt High School, St. Louis, Mo.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Rosenbloom Monument (A. J. Sheahan Granite Company, Quarriers, Advertisement in American Stone Trade, June, 1929, pp. 19.)

    Work of Rosenbloom Monument Co., 7501-7 Olive Street Road, St. Louis, Mo. Cap in three pieces 14-9x1-6x1-4. Monolithic columns, 1-10x1-10x10-6. Designed by Sol. P. Rosenbloom for his father’s family lot.

    Missouri Red Granite - Unequaled for Memorials The Rosenbloom Monument, St. Louis, Missouri (?) circa 1929

    The most resplendent red when polished, and when fine axed it is the warm pink most desired for art expressions. Known to the trade as Sheahan’s Missouri Red, it is always the best choice for Vaults and Public Monuments, as well as Family Memorials. We supply rough stock only - Any size - any quantity. - A. J. Sheahan Granite Co., Quarriers, Graniteville, Mo.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Rosenheim Building (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Rosenheim building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Rosenheim Building (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

       Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Rosenheim building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Samuel Cupples House, located at 221 N. Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63103 on the St. Louis University campus near Lindell and Spring Avenues. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.st-louis-cvc.com/factSheets/fact_samuelCupples.asp?PageType=4>

    According to this web site, the Samuel Cupples house was constructed in 1890 of “purple Colorado sandstone and pink Missouri granite from the Elephant Rocks quarries in southern Missouri.” English stone carvers were brought to create the elaborate stone carvings including the limestone gargoyles.

    • Historic Samuel Cupples House (photograph) web site provides a photograph of the house.
  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Sandstone used in the St. Louis Area (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Carroll County Sandstone Company, by which (the White Rock sandstone) quarry is owned, is a corporation consisting of A. T. Kendrick, B. D. Kendrick, O. A. Kendrick and Wm. Bushy. The quarry was opened in 1868 and has been operated almost continuously ever since....”

    “As a whole, the stone consists of fine rounded grains of translucent quartz, cemented together chiefly with calcium carbonate. Small flakes of mica, grains of iron oxide and nodules of pyrites are lesser constituents of the rock. Large oval areas in the stone have been changed practically to a quartzite....”

    “This sandstone has been used in the construction of the Iowa State Capitol, the Methodist Church at Carrollton, the Public Library at Fulton and for bridge abutments along the Wabash railroad. It has also been shipped to the following cities for miscellaneous uses: St. Joseph, St. Louis, Kansas City and Marysville, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Ottumwa, Des Moines, Atlantic, and Bloomfield, Iowa.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Scottish Rite Temple Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Marble quarried from the Phenix Marble Company’s “Old West Quarry” at Phenix, Greene County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Scottish Rite Temple building prior to 1942.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Second Baptist Church (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Second Baptist Church building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the SecurityBuilding (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used in the construction of the Security building.

    • The Security Building, located at 318 N. Fourth Street, St. Louis, Missouri. The following information is from the article entitled, “The Security Building,” St. Louis Construction News and Review, March/April 2005. (The link to the document from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.stlconstruction.com/departments/mayjune2005/security.pdf>

      According to this article, the Security Building was designed in the Romanesque style in the early 1890s. The building was designed by Peabody, Stearns, and Furber, a Boston architectural firm. The building was the “home of St. Louis ’ exclusive Noonday Club.” One of the architectural details of the interior is the use of Missouri red granite wall panels.

    • A photograph and further information about the renovation of the Security Building is available on the City of St. Louis “Development Activity” web site. This web site indicates that Missouri pink granite and brick were used in the construction of the building.
  • St. Louis, Missouri - Limestone Sewer Caps (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Gray limestone) quarry is located one-fourth of a mile south of the town and is situated on the south side of a hill just west of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern railroad...”

    “...The stone is a typical, fine grained cotton rock, similar to that at DeSoto. When first quarried it is nearly white, but upon exposure it gradually changes to a yellowish buff color, especially along the fine stratification planes....”

    “The entire output is manufactured into sewer caps, which are shipped to St. Louis. These caps are 4 feet x 5 feet x 8 inches in size. They are dressed square and have a man-hole in the center. With each of these caps are two keystones and a sill five feet long and one foot square. A royalty of 50 cents is paid on each stone quarried. The freight rate from Hematite to St. Louis is $1.00 per stone and the price delivered in St. Louis is from $7.00 to $7.50 each. From twenty to thirty stones are produced each month.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Singer Building (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Singer building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Soldiers Memorial (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Ste. Genevieve Rose Marble and Golden Vein Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, were used in the construction of the Soldiers Memorial.

  • St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - Southern Hotel - Flagging around the hotel (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)

    “Only recently (prior to 1880) has much attention been directed to the quarrying of granite. There are but two quarries worked to any extent, the stone from which is used for paving streets and for general building purposes, principally in the city of Saint Louis. The stone from a quarry 4 miles west of Iron Mountain, Iron county, has been used in a pavement on Washington avenue, Saint Louis, for about 6 years, and the pavement is still in good order. The flagging around the Southern hotel, at Saint Louis, is also of this granite....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Southern Hotel (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Southern Hotel building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Louis Cathedral (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Ste. Genevieve Golden Vein Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the St. Louis Cathedral building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - One of St. Louis’ Public Schools (Union Marble & Tile Co., Inc., advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1924, Vol. 1, No. 12, pp. 65. This advertisement was found in a bound book of many issues of Throvgh The Ages Magazine at the back of the book.)

    Portion of Main Entrance and Stairs to one of St. Louis’ Public Schools, made entirely of Napoleon gray Marble. R. M. Milligan, Architect for Commissioner of School Buildings. Humes-Deal Co., General Contractors.

    Union Marble & Tile Co., Inc., 1109-27 S. 7th St., St. Louis, Mo.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Joseph Church (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the St. Joseph Church building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Louis and Missouri Hotel - the City Club (Union Marble & Tile Co. advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 54.)

    Arcade and Entrance to City Club of St. Louis and Missouri Hotel. Alabama, Carthage and York Fossil marbles were used extensively throughout this building, and these materials were fabricated and erected by us. T. P. Barnett Co., Architects. Humes-Deal Co., General Contr’s.

    Union Marble & Tile Company, 1109-27 South Seventh Blvd., St. Louis, MO.

    William C. Fox, General Manager

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Louis Custom House (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties, ” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from Ozark Mountain granite quarry located a quarter of a mile south of Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the St. Louis Custom house. “The stone taken out was, however, inferior to what can be obtained, as it was mostly surface rock.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Louis Stand Pipe Tower (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the St. Louis Stand Pipe Tower. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – St. Louis University High School (Union Marble and Tile Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, July 1925, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 58)

    Alabama and Westfield Green Marble was used in this Main Entrance to the St. Louis University High School, St. Louis. Marble was used extensively throughout this building and was furnished by the Union Marble & Tile Co. Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, Architects.

    Union Marble & Tile Company, 1109-27 South Seventh Blvd., St. Louis, MO.

    William C. Fox, Gen. Mgr.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the St. Michael and St. George Episcopal Church, 6345 Wydown Boulevard (at Ellenwood) – (The following information was from the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus web site. The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.chamberchorus.org/venues/michaelgeorgeepis.html>

    According to this web site, “This church shares the University’s red Missouri granite and subtle masonry craftsmanship, but it looks further back into England 's history for its 13th-century Gothic style....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Ex. Governor Standard Residence (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Ex. Governor Standard residence prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Stevens College Chapel (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Richardson limestone) quarry is located in the S.E. ¼ of the N.W. ¼ of sec. 2, T. 48 N., R. 13 W., two and one-half miles northwest of the city....”

    “The stone is apparently well adapted for ashler blocks, caps, sills and steps. Flagging and curbing are obtained from some parts of the quarry. This stone was used in Stevens College Chapel and the Benton public school. At present it is being quarried for use at the State University.”

  • St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - Charles G. Stiefel Residence - the Front of the Residence (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)

    “Only recently (prior to 1880) has much attention been directed to the quarrying of granite. There are but two quarries worked to any extent, the stone from which is used for paving streets and for general building purposes, principally in the city of Saint Louis. The stone from a quarry 4 miles west of Iron Mountain, Iron county, has been used in a pavement on Washington avenue, Saint Louis, for about 6 years, and the pavement is still in good order....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Third Presbyterian Church Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Third Presbyterian Church building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Thompson Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Thompson building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - Tower Grove Park - South Gate Lodge (The following information is from the article entitled, artist opens studio, gallery for children in gatehouse of tower grove park: Jenna Bauer hopes to help young people of the community bring out their talents,” by Theresa Tighe, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), June 17, 2002.)

    According to this web site, “The (South Gate Lodge) building housed the park’s offices until January, when the park staff moved to larger quarters at the Piper Plant House, a greenhouse that dates from 1885.

    “The gatehouse was built to resemble those at the entrances of English estates. It is formed of gray Missouri limestone and trimmed with rose Missouri granite. The gallery porch wraps around the building. The stone gatehouse, which resembles a cottage, and the entire park are on the National Historic Register.”

    • A photograph and history of the South Gate Lodge is available on the Tower Grove Park web site.
  • St. Louis, Missouri – the U. S. Custom House (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the U.S. Custom House building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Union Street Bridge Piers & Abutments (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Skrainka limestone) quarry, which is owned by the Atlantic Real Estate Company and the Terminal Railway Association and operated by the Atlantic Quarry and Construction Co. of 806 Security building, is located just north of the railroad tracks at Scott and Montrose avenues. It has been in continuous operation since 1895, and consists of a rectangular, sunken pit 50 feet by 250 feet....”

    “The stone from the lower beds of this quarry is used mainly for the manufacture of crushed stone. The dense compact texture, combined with the sharp fracture, makes it well suited for this purpose. From the upper beds very good rubble stone can be obtained....”

    “This stone has been used in many of the St. Louis buildings, among which may be mentioned the National Bank of Commerce, Broadway and Olive streets; Brown building, 12th and Washington avenue; Goldman-Lesser building, 12th and Washington avenue; Bridge piers and abutments on Union street in St. Louis and in East St. Louis.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the U. S. Post Office Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Carthage Marble (a limestone) quarried at Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the exterior of the U. S. Post Office building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Union Methodist Church Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Union Methodist Church building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Wainwright Building (history) (The following information is from an article entitled, “Master’s Master,” Monday, Dec. 09, 1935, referring to Louis Henry Sullivan, architect of the Wainwright building.)

    According to this web site: “The Wainwright Building, of Missouri granite, sandstone, brick and terra cotta, was the world's first skyscraper to be treated artistically for what it really was: a cellular arrangement of business offices....”

    • Photographs of the Wainwright Building are available on the Great Buildings Online web site.
  • St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri - Washington Avenue Paving Stones (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)

    “Only recently (prior to 1880) has much attention been directed to the quarrying of granite. There are but two quarries worked to any extent, the stone from which is used for paving streets and for general building purposes, principally in the city of Saint Louis. The stone from a quarry 4 miles west of Iron Mountain, Iron county, has been used in a pavement on Washington avenue, Saint Louis, for about 6 years, and the pavement is still in good order....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the New Washington University Buildings (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904.)

      Plate X. Red Granite. Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the new (circa 1904) Washington University buildings.

      “(The Sinclair Quarry and Construction Company’s limestone) quarry, which is owned by George Penn, is located on the river bluffs one-fourth of a mile from Vigus Station, and is connected by side track with the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado railroad. The office of the company is at 413 Fullerton building, St. Louis....”

      “...The products are chiefly crushed and building stone. The stone is now being used in the new Washington University buildings (circa 1904).”

    • “Old-school tradition: Building the Hilltop one stone at a time,” by Andy Clendennen, April 23, 2004, Washington University in St. Louis Record.
    • Charles F. Knight Center at Washington University (The following information is from an article entitled, “Inside the Executive Suite: the Knight Center Fosters Lifelong Learning for a Lifetime of Achievement,” on the Washington University web site.)

      According to this web site, “It is fashioned of Missouri red granite accented with charcoal granite striping and limestone string.”

    • Earth and Planetary Sciences Building at Washington University – “Earth Sciences Building grounded in stone,” by Dianna Granitto in Masonry Construction, Wednesday, March 1, 2006. (The following information is from the AllBusiness.com web site.)

      Three shades of red granite quarried in a southern Missouri quarry were used in the gothic-style exterior of the Earth and Planetary Sciences building. The three shades of granite were obtained from three different parts of the quarry. In addition to the granite, 45,000 square feet of granite was used for the quoins, the multi-story window surrounds, and the edges and finials of the gables on the building in addition to the “limestone arches and canopies at the east and west entrances.” The origin of the limestone is not stated in the article.

    • Francis Gymnasium at Washington University Athletic Complex. The following information is presented on the Washington University in St. Louis News & Information, University News section of the Washington University web site.

      Background on the Washington University Athletic Complex: Site of first world Olympics in Western Hemisphere and the first three-candidate presidential debate

       Francis Field & Gymnasium: Home to America’s first-ever Olympic Games

      “Washington University’s Francis Field and Francis Gymnasium, registered historical landmarks, were the sites of the 1904 Olympic Games - the first Olympics ever held in the Western Hemisphere....”

      “The 1904 games made use of the university’s castle-like Francis Gymnasium, constructed of Indiana limestone and Missouri red granite. Built in 1902, Francis Field’s permanent stands represented one of the first applications of reinforced concrete technology....”

    • A photograph of the Francis Gymnasium is included in the article, “Washington University Athletic Complex: Site of First World Olympics in Western Hemisphere and the First Three-Candidate Presidential Debate,” Washington University in St. Louis News & Information.
    • Frank J. Prince Hall (slated to be demolished in May 2006) (photographs and history on the Built St. Louis web site)

      According to this web site, Prince Hall was originally named Liggett Hall, and it was built in 1901. It was one of the original campus buildings designed by the architectural firm of Cope & Stewardson. “The buildings formed a unified ensemble in the Tudor Gothic style, faced with pink Missouri granite.”

    • The Graham Chapel at Washington University. This information was presented on the St. Louis Chamber Chorus web site. The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.chamberchorus.org/venues/grahamchapel.html>

      According to this web site, “A university chapel was indicated in the 1899 competition-winning design for the campus, but by the time Graham Chapel was started in 1907, both John Stewardson and Walter Cope had died, both tragically young. Their office in St. Louis was taken over by James P. Jamieson, a young Scotsman who had originally come to St. Louis to supervise construction of the campus. He is credited with devising a method of laying up the usually intractable red Missouri granite so that it has the mellow texture of softer traditional stones.”

    • Ibby’s Garden Plaque - “‘Ibby’s Garden’: A vision of thanks takes wing and blossoms.”

      According to this web site, the plaque located at Ibby’s butterly garden is a bronze plaque on Missouri limestone.

    • “Old School Tradition: Building on the Hilltop One Stone at a Time,” by Andy Clendennen, in the Record, Washington University in St. Louis. This article includes information on the buildings at the University for which red Missouri granite was used. Photographs of the Earth and Planetary Sciences building, Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering, and other buildings.
  • Psychology Building at Washington University (photograph) (The following information and photograph are presented on the AIA Chicago 1997 Design Excellence Awards web site.)

    According to this web site, the Psychology building design was “inspired by the campus’ existing Tudor-Gothic buildings constructed from Missouri Red Granite and limestone....”

    Below are some articles about the Psychology building:

    “New Building for Psychology to be dedicated”

    “Psychology Moves into New Home”

    “Old School Tradition: Building the Hilltop one stone at a time”

    • Red Missouri Granite Boulders Used in Landscaping Opposite One of the South 40’s Washington University’s New Dormitories, presented by On the Record, Washington University.

      According to a short article on this web site, Red Missouri granite boulders were used to landscape “a hillside opposite one of the South 40’s new dormitories, west of the Alumni House parking lot.” The boulders range from three to six feet in diameter.

    • Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering, Washington University - Exterior Cladding (photograph) The following information is taken from the Trade Line, Inc., web site, article entitled, “Uncas A. Whitaker Hall for Biomedical Engineering, Washington, University,” published September 1, 2004.

      Whitaker Hall is “clad in a façade of red Missouri Osage granite and limestone with slate roofs....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Water Works Settling Tanks (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Bemmey limestone) quarry, which is owned and operated by Wm. Bemmey, is located on the hill north of the Emmerick qurray (sic)...It is in the St. Louis limestone and consists of a regular sunken opening 175 feet by 80 feet....”

    “...The quarry was not being worked when visited in the spring of 1902. This stone was used in building the settling tanks at the water works.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Western Union Co. Commercial Office (Bradbury Marble Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1927, Vol. 4, No. 12, pp. 48.)

    Commercial Office of The Western Union Co., 9th and Chestnut Sts., St. Louis, Mo. The marble throughout this building was installed by us.

    The Bradbury Marble Company, St. Louis, Missouri

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Capt. White Residence (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Capt. White residence prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Wilgus Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Wilgus building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Woodland Cemetery – the Sloan Monument (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Sloan monument.

  • St. Louis County (western part), Missouri - the Rockwoods Reservation previously the Glencoe Lime Company Quarry. This web site was presented by Jeff Saxton. (The web site from which the following information was obtained has been shut down.)
    <http://hometown.aol.com/jbsaxton/Rockwoods.html>

    According to this web site, Rockwoods Reservation, a unit of the Missouri Conservation Commission, was originally a quarry and mining operation. Today the area is available to the public as a nature and hiking preserve. The land was purchased from Glencoe Lime Company, the previous owner and operator, “who had mined and quarried limestone, shales, and gravels from the area since the late 1860’s.” You can still see the two open pit quarries and a cavern. One of the four kilns remains on the property.

    • Rockwoods Reservation, today a wildlife conservation area, presented on Wikipedia.
  • Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - the Felix Vallé House in the FelixValléState Historic Site (photographs and history), presented on greatriverroad.com.

    According to this web site, the Felix Vallé House was constructed of native limestone.

  • Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - the United States Post Office (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Eldorado or Ste. Genevieve Istrian Marble quarried from the Inkley Marble Quarries Company quarry located southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Post Office building.

  • Ste. Genevieve, Missouri – the Ste. Genevieve County Courthouse (history)

    The Courthouse is a two-story brick building trimmed with Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, sandstone trim.

  • Strafford, Missouri - the Danforth House Foundation (from Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State, Tour 5, compiled by the workers of the Writers’ Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri, 1941, presented on the Route 66 - Across 1930s Missouri web site by the Hometown.aol.com web site. (A statement located at the bottom of the page indicated that the text quoted below from that web site is in the public domain. The web site from which the following information was obtained has been shut down.)
    <http://hometown.aol.com/hsauertieg/rt66/wpa_mo.htm>

    “STRAFFORD, 110 m. (1,478 alt., 175 pop.), is a crossroads hamlet on land that was once a Kickapoo Indian reservation. By the Treaty of Edwardsville, Illinois (1819), the Kickapoo Indians ceded lands in Illinois and Indiana to the United States in exchange for these lands in southwest Missouri. In 1832, by the Treaty of Castor Hill, St. Louis County, this was again exchanged for lands west of the Missouri State line.

    “Left from Strafford on an unmarked graveled road, taking first road R., then L. at fork, to the DANFORTH HOUSE (open by permission), 2.7 m., an excellent indication of the prosperity and culture developed on the Old Plains shortly before the Civil War. Erected in 1839 and enclosed by a low stone fence, the house is a two-story white structure of Georgian design. The brick of which it is built was fired on the place by slaves, and the deep-set stone of the foundation was dug from quarries in the vicinity. On the lawn is a millstone shipped from France to Natchez by way of New Orleans, and thence across the river and overland by wagon. On an opposite hill is the site of the plantation slave quarters and graveyard. The house was built by Josiah Danforth, and, it is said, was once used as a wayside tavern. It is occupied by a descendant of the builder.”

  • Sullivan, Missouri - the Shamrock Motel (The following information is from “A Bit of Missouri 66 History,” presented by Joe Sonderman.)

    According to this web site, “Many roadside entrepreneurs built from the materials they had close at hand. In the Missouri Ozarks, slabs of sandstone, also known as ‘Giraffe Rock’ or any handy stones became the material of choice. Good examples of Ozark rocked buildings that survive today include the Shamrock Motel in Sullivan, the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba and the Gascozark Café and station in Gascozark....”

  • Taum Sauk Mountain, Missouri - the Taum Sauk Mountain High Point Marker (The following information was presented on Close to Home...Taum Sauk Mountain and Mount Sunflower web site. The link from which the following information was taken is no longer available.)
    <http://www.climber.org/Feature/HighPoints.MO.KS/mo.html>

    According to this account, pink Missouri granite was used to create the Missouri highpoint marker.

  • Union, Missouri - Monument Bases, Bridge Abutments, Foundations, Sills, Crosswalks, etc. (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Ballew limestone) quarry, which is owned by T. W. Ballew and operated by Al. Phillips, is located about two miles south of Princeton on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad in the N. ½ of the N.E. ¼ of sec. 4, T. 64, R. 24 W. This quarry was opened in 1892 and has a face extending along the hill over a quarter of a mile...”

    “...It is worked from March to December, during which time from ten to twelve men are employed. The stone has been used for foundations, sills, crosswalks, monument bases, concrete, macadam and bridge abutments. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad has used this stone very extensively. It has also been used in Lineville, Allerton and Seymore, Iowa, and at Union, Missouri. One hundred car loads were shipped in 1900 and a similar amount in 1901; $1.00 a perch is obtained for rubble stone.”

  • Warren County, Missouri - Warren College (from Report on The Building Stones of The United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880, by George W. Hawes, Curator of the Department of Mineralogy and Lithology at the National Museum, and by F. W. Sperr and Thomas C. Kelly, Joint production of the Census Office and the National Museum, 1883)

    “The First Magnesian limestone is found in Pike, Ralls, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren, Callaway, Boone, Franklin, Saint Louis, Pettis, Jefferson, Sainte Genevieve, and probably in a few other counties. Its greatest thickness is about 150 feet. It is generally easy to work, and forms a durable building stone of some beauty. Its prevailing colors are drab and buff. It caps the hills at Pacific, Franklin county. Missouri college, Warren county, is built of it....”

  • Warrensburg, Missouri - Building Purpose & Grindstones (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Bruce sandstone) quarry was opened in 1867 and since that time has been worked almost continuously. It is located in sec. 11 and 14, T. 46, R. 26 W., about two and one-half miles north of Warrensburg. The quarry has recently been leased to the Forrester Brothers Stone Co. of Kansas City....”

    “Besides being used for all constructional purposes, the sandstone makes an excellent grindstone. The gray variety is coarser grained and quick cutting. The stone known as the ‘bottom blue,’ is finer grained and makes a better edging grindstone.”

  • Warrensburg, Missouri – the Johnson County Courthouse – built of Warrensburg Sandstone (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    Plate XLIV. Warrensburg Sandstone. Johnson County Courthouse, Warrensburg, Mo.

  • Warrensburg, Missouri - University of Central Missouri - the Administration, Dockery, Ward Edwards, Humphreys and Morris buildings (photograph), presented on the University of Central Missouri web site.

    According to the “Quadrangle” stop on the walking tour on this web site, Missouri sandstone was used in the construction of the following: the Administration, Dockery, Ward Edwards, Humphreys and Morris buildings which rim the quad.

  • Webster Groves, Missouri - the Church & Buildings in Webster Groves (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Stolle Stone Company’s limestone) quarry was opened in 1888 by the Glendale Quarry Co. Later it passed into the hands of the Grant Quarry Co., and at present it is owned and operated by the Stolle Stone Co. It is located three and one-half miles east of Kirkwood and one and one-fourth miles southeast of Glendale, and is connected by side track with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad....”

    “The stone from the upper part of the quarry is used mainly for rubble and is blasted with very little regard to the jointing planes. The stone from the lower part is used for building purposes, and careful attention is given to the jointing planes which facilitate the removal of the rock....”

    “The lower beds, up to and including the white ledge, contain the most valuable stone, and are used almost exclusively for the better classes of building constructions. When exposed to the atmosphere, the stone takes on a somewhat lighter color. The stone in the ‘Stockton’ ledge has a very uniform color and has been used exclusively in the church at Webster Groves and in other buildings....”

    “During the last four years this quarry has not been very active, the output being exclusively rubble stone. The quarry is worked from May to October.”

  • Weingarten, Missouri - the Church at Weingarten (from Geology of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, by Stuart Weller and Stuart St. Clair, Vol. XXII, Second Series, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, Rolla, Missouri, 1928. Used with permission.)

    “Ste. Genevieve County has a wealth of stone suitable for many purposes, and the quarrying industry as a whole is second in value to the production of lime....”

    “...Sandstone has been quarried from the Roubidoux formation, and was used in the church at Weingarten....”

  • Wentzville, Missouri - the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (photograph and history)

    The column of the memorial is made of red Missouri granite.

  • Westport, Missouri - “To the Pioneer Mother” Bronze Tablet Base (The following information was from the Kansas City Public Library web site in the Local History Section.) (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=210838>

    According to a scrapbook identified as “Daughter of Old Westport Memorial to the pioneers of Westport,” the “To the Pioneer Mother” bronze tablet is set into a rough block of Missouri red granite. Merrell Gage, sculptor, Kansas City, Missouri.”

  • Zell, Missouri - the Church at Zell (from Geology of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, by Stuart Weller and Stuart St. Clair, Vol. XXII, Second Series, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, Rolla, Missouri, 1928. Used with permission.)

    “Ste. Genevieve County has a wealth of stone suitable for many purposes, and the quarrying industry as a whole is second in value to the production of lime....”

    “...the Joachim has also been quarried to some extent, and was used in the church at Zell....”

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