Structures and Monuments in Which Missouri Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Missouri Stone in New York (Continued)
  • New York City, New York – Building located at 261-271 West 38th Street, New York City (from Stone Magazine, September 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 9, pp. 538.

    Entrance Lobby and Elevator Hallway of New Office Building at 261-271 West 38th Street, New York City, Showing Harmonious Effects of Different varieties of Marble For Interior Decorative Work. The Marbles used are St. Genevieve Rose and Napoleon Gray, both Domestic Stones of Growing Popularity, and Premier Belgian Grand Antique. These Marbles were furnished by the Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Marble Contractors: The Chestnut Winkler Marble Co., Inc. Architect: George Fred Pelham.

  • New York City, New York – C. B. Richard’s Bank – the Banking Room  (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.  47)

  “Banking room in C. B. Richard’s Bank at 19 Broadway, New York.  Napoleon Gray marble is used for the bank screen.  Herbert P. Mainzer, New York, Architect; Marble Contractor, Friedman Marble Company, Long Island City.” (pp. 47)

  • New York, New York - the City Hall, New York City, in Lower Manhattan between Broadway & Park Row (history and photographs), presented on the view on cities web site.

    The present City Hall in Lower Manhattan was completed in 1811 and officially opened in 1812. It was constructed to replace the previous city hall which was constructed in 1700. According to this article, the present “...City Hall is a blending of two distinct periods of architecture. While the inside can best be described as American Georgian, the exterior is decidedly French Renaissance....The exterior of City Hall is clad with Alabama limestone above a Missouri granite base.”

    • City Hall Photographs are available on the New York Architecture web site.
  • New York, New York - the Criminal Courts 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.)

    Adorado or Ste. Genevieve Botticino Marble quarried from the Inkley Marble Quarries Company quarry located southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Criminal Courts building in New York.

  • New York City, Missouri - the Dodge Building - the Walls of the Main Entrance & the Elevator Entrance (Phenix Marble Co., Kansas City, Missouri, advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, November 1923, Vol. 1, No. 7, pp. 47.)

    In the Dodge Building, New York City, is one of the many examples of where Napoleon Gray has been used with other marbles. Here Shape, Bready & Feterkin, the architects, have covered the walls of the main and elevator entrances with Napoleon Gray to ceiling height. As a contrast, yet in harmony, a Batesville Marble floor bordered with Belgian Grand Antique has been used.

    Phenix Marble Company, Kansas City, Missouri

    Napoleon Gray and Other Marbles

    • New York City, New York - the Dodge Building - the Elevator Lobby Walls (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, July 1926, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 2.)

      The elevator lobby of the Dodge Building, New York City, is an apt illustration of the increasing tendency towards the use of marble in buildings of a purely industrial type. The walls are Napoleon Gray; the floor is Batesville, with a base of Bleu Belge.

  • New York City, New York - the Equitable Trust Co. Building (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, July 1923, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 47.)

    Napoleon Gray Floor in Equitable Trust Co., 345 Madison Avenue, New York City. York and Sawyer, Architects. Marble Manufacturer, Wm. Bradley & Sons. New power house and locomotive.

    Phenix Marble Co., Kansas City, Missouri

    Napoleon Gray Marble For Floors - Few marbles combine the qualities that make Napoleon Gray the popular floor marble it is. Being of non-slip quality, it is particularly adaptable for floors. Then its neutral color blends perfectly with other marbles.

    Our increased quarry and mill facilities make possible immediate shipment in any quantity.

    • New York City, New York – the Equitable Trust Company – the Floors  (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.  44)

  “The Equitable Trust Company, of New York.  Floors in Napoleon Gray.  York and Sawyer, New York, Architects; Marble Contractor, William Bradley and Son.” (pp. 44)

  • New York City, New York - the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company Banking & Office Building (from Stone Magazine, October 1926, Vol. XLVII, No. 10, pp. 612)

    Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company Banking and Office Building, Fifth Avenue at 41 st Street, New York City, showing First Three Stories Executed in Shot Sawn variegated Indiana Limestone, With Entrance of Napoleon Gray Marble and Panels of Premier Red Levanto. Stone Work Was Executed and Set by William Bradley & Son. The Marble was furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Architects: Starrett & Van Vleck.

  • New York City, New York - the Federal Reserve Bank Building (from“New Missouri Marble Mill,”in Stone Magazine, November 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 11, pp. 674-676)

    Colonial Grey Marble quarried by F. W. Steadley & Co., Inc., of Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank building prior to 1926.

  • New York City, New York – the Fred F. French Building   (Advertisement from Stone, Vol. XLIX, No. 1, January 1928, pp. 53)

    Carthage Marble Corporation, Carthage, Missouri
    Representative for New York City:  Domestic Marble & Supply Co., 8 West 40th St., New York City – Representative for Pacific Coast:  John M. Fabbris, Sharon Bldg., San Francisco, California

    Fred F. French Building, New York City.  Designed and constructed by Fred F. French Co., McLaury Marble Co., Marble Contractors.  Ozark Gray Veined Marble was used throughout this building for corridor, wainscot and toilet room work, because of its beauty, durability, and moderate cost.   

  “Fred F. French Building, New York City.  Designed and constructed by Fred F. French Co., McLaury Marble Co., Marble Contractors.  Ozark Gray Veined Marble was used throughout this building for corridor, wainscot and toilet room work, because of its beauty, durability, and moderate cost.”  (from Stone, Vol. January 1928, pp. 53)

  • New York City, New York - the Fuller 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 Shoal Creek Quarry in Newton County, Missouri, operated by the Joplin Marble Quarries Company was used in the construction of the interior of the Fuller building. The color of the stone was described as ‘medium dark gray color, stylolitic, coarsely crinoidal to rather fine-grained, with appreciable variations in texture.’”

  • New York City, New York - the Greely Arcade Building, 126 West 31st Street (from Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 6, June 1925, pp, 349)

    Greely Arcade Building, 126 West 31st Street, New York, Elevator Foyer and all interior decorative work in Napoleon Gray Marble. Architects: George and Edwin Blum.

    • New York City, Missouri - the Greely Arcade (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, July 1925, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 57)

      Upper Picture - California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Geo. A. Applegarth, Architect. Columns and Pilasters by American Marble and Mosaic Co.; all the other marble by Jos. Musto Sons-Keenan Company. Lower Picture - Greely Arcade, New York City. Geo. and Edw. Blum, Architects.

      Napoleon Gray: A Marble That Is Seemingly Without Limitation

      Is there a wide gap between the rare beauty of the columned halls of the California Palace of The Legion of Honor and the severe business-like walls of the Greeyly Arcade Building, New York City? Obvious as the answer is, still isn’t it strange that both Mr. Applegarth in the West and George and Edward Blum in the East, found in Napoleon gray Marble for ideal material for their different problems.

      Phenix Marble Company, Kansas City, Missouri

    • New York City, New York – the Greely Arcade Building  (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.  11)

    “The marble throughout the Greely Arcade Building in New York City is Napoleon Gray.  George and Edward Blum, New York, Architects; Marble Contractor, Traitel Marble Co., Long Island City.” (pp. 11)

    • New York City, New York - the Greely Arcade Building (from article entitled, “The Greely Arcade Building: A New York Building That Contains a Marble Street,” in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, August 1926, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 38-39.)

      “The...arcade...runs from the Thirtieth to the Thirty-first Street entrance. It is this, combined with the neighborhood history, that gives the building its name. The arcade is practically a marble street, with side lanes leading to Sixth and Seventh Avenues. The wainscoting of Napoleon Gray marble reaches almost to the ceiling, as may be seen from the accompanying illustrations. Simple but effective mouldings outline the elevator openings and a hemisphere of indentation above each lintel serves to relieve the plainness of the upper wall surfaces.”

      The Greely Arcade Building, pp. 38

      The first floor corridors, Greely Arcade Building, New York, showing the use of Napoleon Gray marble for the walls. Geo. & Edw. Blum, New York, architects, pp. 2.

      The elevator lobby on the first floor, Greely Arcade Building, New York, pp. 39.

  • New York City, New York - the Irving Trust Company Building - the Lobbies, Corridors, & Lavatories, No. 1 Wall Street (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.)

    Ozark Tavernelle Marble (a limestone) quarried at Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the lobbies, corridors, and lavatories in interior of the Irving Trust Company building.

  • New York City, New York - the Johns-Manville Building - the Walls (from Stone Magazine, October, 1924, Vol. XLV, No. 10, pp. 717, 721.)

    “In this number are shown two illustrations of interior marble work in the new Johns-Manville Building at 41st Street and Madison Avenue, New York City. The Johns-Manville Company, dealers in building specialties, like the American Radiator Company, winner of second prize for the best buildings erected in the Fifth Avenue district, has been a consistent advocate of architectural service and advice in all matters of building construction. In this connection it is interesting to recall that when the Johns-Manville Company was ready to build at a cost of several millions of dollars it called together as guests at a banquet twenty representatives of architectural firms in New York City. In a frank statement the company spokesman credited success in this field to the confidence and support of the architects and asked his guests to draw lots to select the firm to design the company’s building. That this company was willing to accept any one of the twenty architects bespeaks a confidence rarely felt or so frankly expressed and the profession as a whole may well feel proud of the honor conferred upon twenty of its number. Unfortunately, as the Monthly Bulletin of the Illinois Society of Architects points out, the architectural profession, as such, is not as well organized as some manufactures or dealers and therefore cannot express upon all prospective builders of manufacturing, industrial and office buildings the importance of recognizing the architectural profession in connection with construction problems. ‘Consult Your Architect,’ should be a slogan of the entire building industry.”

    Entrance Hall and Lobby of New Johns-Manville Building, New York City, showing Walls in St. Genevieve Rose Marble Furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. Ludlow & Peabody, architects. (pp. 717)

    Lobby in New Johns-Manville Building, New York City. Walls are St. Genevieve Marble, Panels over Elevator Entrances Monte Aurato Marble, both furnished by Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company. William Bradley & Son Marble Contractors. Architects: Ludlow & Peabody. (pp. 721)

    • New York City, New York - the Johns Mansville Building - Elevator Lobby (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 9.)

      Elevator lobby, Johns Mansville Building, New York; Ludlow & Peabody, architects. The wall marble is St. Genevieve Rose and Monte Aurato.

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