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in Which Georgia Stone was Used
- Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Georgia
- Georgia – the Ramsey Mausoleum erected in Georgia. Blue “Oglesby” granite from the Oglesby granite quarries at Elberton, Georgia, was used in the construction of the Ramsey mausoleum. The following photograph is from Oglesby Blue Granite Mausoleum Catalog, Oglesby Granite Quarries, Elberton, Georgia, 1937.
“Mausoleum Erected in Georgia…Another inexpensive mausoleum, beautiful in ‘Oglesby’ granite.” |
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- Albany, Georgia – the
Georgia National Bank (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia Marble Co., pp. 12.)
The Georgia National Bank, Albany, Georgia. Plans by George W. Muller, Georgia. |
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- Americus, Georgia - the Bank & Post Office Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 119.
(This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the bank and post office
building prior to August 1894.
- Americus, Georgia - the G. W. Glover’s
Residence – the
Marble Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the G. W.
Glover’s residence prior to August 1894.
- Americus, Georgia - the Thornton Wheatley
Building – the
Marble Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on
the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the Thornton
Wheatley building prior to August 1894.
- Athens, Georgia - the Emanuel Episcopal Church, presented by the Georgia’s Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Guide.
Georgia granite was used in the construction of the Emanuel Episcopal Church that is designed in the Victorian Gothic style.
- Athens, Georgia – the United States Post
Office constructed of Georgia marble. (This information was obtained
from a colorized postcard which included a photograph of the building.
The number on the card is A32, published by Asheville Post Card Co.,
Asheville, N. C.)
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."
- Athens, Georgia - The
U. S. Post Office in Athens, Georgia, photographs
(including a close-up photograph of the Georgia Marble wall)
and text by Bruce Railsback.
- Atlanta, Georgia -
the Aragon Hotel – One Story, the Floors, & the
Wainscoting, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S.
W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey
of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available
on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for one story, floors, and wainscoting
of the Aragon Hotel prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia – the Atlanta City Hall (photograph and history), presented by the City of Atlanta.
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.”
- Atlanta, Georgia - the
Buildings in the Cotton States Exposition of 1895,
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.”
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Candler Office Building - the Entrance,
from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin
No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological
Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 120. (This book is available
on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Plate L. Entrance to the Candler
office building, Atlanta, Georgia, showing carved Georgia
marble from the Amicalola quarries, Pickens County,
Georgia. (pp. 120) |
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Plate LI. A Panel of matched
slabs of Creole marble on the fifteenth floor of the
Candler building, Atlanta, Georgia, from the
quarries of the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Pickens
County, Georgia. (pp. 120) |
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Plate LII. Marble columns
and staircase in the basement of the Candler building,
Atlanta, Georgia, showing carvings in Georgia marble,
from the Amicalola marble quarries, Pickens County,
Georgia. (pp. 123) |
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- Atlanta, Georgia - the Candler Building (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 Candler
building.
- Atlanta, Georgia – the Carnegie Public Library,
from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin
No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological
Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 112. (This book is available
on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Plate XLIV. The Carnegie Public
Library, Atlanta, Georgia. Built of white marble
from the quarries of the Southern Marble Company, Marble
Hill, Pickens County, Georgia. |
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- Atlanta, Georgia – the Century Building (The
following information is from the section “Marble and Granite” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to Stone, Marble, Granite, Slate, Cement, Contracting and Building, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, January, 1902, Stone Publishing Co., New York, pp. 61.)
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.
- Atlanta, Georgia – the Century Office Building – the
first 4 Stories, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 102. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Plate XXXIV. Entrance to the Century Office Building,
Atlanta, Georgia. The first four stories constructed
of white Georgia marble by the Blue Ridge Marble Company,
Nelson, Georgia. |
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- Atlanta, Georgia – the
Citizens and Southern Bank Central Branch (Excerpt
from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble,Georgia
Marble Co., pp. 27.)
(Upper photograph) Tellers’ cages
of Georgia Marble. (Center photograph) A
beautiful carved Georgia Marble check desk. (Bottom
photograph) An interior view of the Central branch
of the Citizens and Southern Bank, Atlanta, Georgia,
showing the pleasing effects that may be secured through
the use of Georgia Creole Marble. Edwards & Sayward,
Architects. |
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- Atlanta, Georgia – DeGive’s
Grand Operathouse – 2
Stories, the Floors, and the Wainscoting, from A
Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No.
1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological
Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available
on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for 2 stories, floors, and wainscoting
in DeGive’s Grand Operahouse prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia – James L. Dickey’s Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2 nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of James L. Dickey’s
building prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Emory Presbyterian Church - the Labyrinth, 1886 North Decatur Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia (photographs and history), presented on the Georgia Labyrinths web site. The web site presents photographs recording the construction of the labyrinth. (The links from which the following information was obtained are no longer available.)
<http://home.speedfactory.net/bsp2323/public-labyrs-atlanta.htm> <http://home.speedfactory.net/bsp2323/georgialabyrinths.htm>
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.
- Atlanta, Georgia - Emory
University Buildings of Georgia Marble Veneer (history
and sketches) "Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia," H.
Hornbostel, Architect, By Arthur T. North, The American Architect, Vol. CXVII,
No. 2337, Wednesday, October 6, 1920, presented by Emory University.
- Emory University Buildings (photographs and history), presented by the National Park Service.
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.”
- Atlanta, Georgia – Emory University – the
Dining Hall Entrance, from Geology of the Tate
Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley,
University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta,
1928, pp. 150.
Plate XII. Entrance to Dining
Hall, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. The
wall is faced with Cherokee Marble. The doorway and
trim are Creole Marble. |
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- Emory University – School
of Medicine Building
According to the Polycor brochure entitled, Marble
Still Marvelous at Emory School of Medicine,
states that white and grey Tate, Georgia, marble was used
in the construction of the School of Medicine building.
Other articles relating to the use of Georgia
marble in the School of Medicine building at Emory
University were published in the following magazines
and presented on the Polycor web site:
“Georgia
marble continues to be a mainstay on college campus,”
in Stone World magazine, April 2008, pp.
142-174.
“New
Emory School of Medicine Building Features White
Cherokee Marble from Polycor,” in
the Slippery Rock Gazette, March 2008, pp.
4 and 6.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Equitable Building – 2
Stories, the Tiles, & the Stairs, from A Preliminary
Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S.
W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey
of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available
on
Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the entire 2 stories, the tiles,
and the stairs of the Equitable building prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia – the
Federal Reserve Bank (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble,Georgia Marble Co., pp. 9.)
Federal Reserve Bank,
Atlanta, Georgia. A. Ten Eyck Brown, Architect. That
Georgia Marble is an ideal material for the financial
building is proved by its selection for three of the Federal
Reserve Banks of America. The Federal Reserve Banks of
Atlanta and Cleveland and the new Federal Reserve Bank
of Detroit are all of Georgia Marble. |
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- Atlanta, Georgia - the Federal Reserve Bank (photographs
and history), presented by The New Georgia Encyclopedia.
The Federal Reserve Bank construction was completed
in 2001.
- Atlanta, Georgia – U. S. Federal Reserve Bank (photograph and history), presented by Sunbelt Rentals. (This link is no longer available.)
<http://www.sunbeltrentals.com/news/pdf/081000.pdf>
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.”
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Federal Reserve Bank (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication, although it appears to have been published well before 2001.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia
School of Technology (sketch and history), from A
Thousand Wheels are Set in Motion” The Building of Georgia
Tech at the Turn of the 20th Century, 1888-1908.
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.”
- Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia State Capitol - Foundations, Interior Floors, and Some Interior Walls (photographs and history) According to the author of the web site, much of the information provided about the construction of the Georgia State Capitol originally from The Story of Georgia's Capitols and Capitol Cities by Edwin L. Jackson of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at The University of Georgia, presented on Bruce Railsback’s web site.
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.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the
history of the Georgia State Capitol (photograph) (This
web site is presented by the National Park Service.)
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.
- Georgia Capitol Online Tours (photographs and history), presented by the Georgia Secretary of State.
North Atrium of the Georgia State Capitol (photograph and history), presented by Georgia Capitol Online Tours. (This link is no longer available.)
<http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/virtual_tour/virtual_tour_interior.htm>
This web site included a photograph of restored rose and gray Georgia marble inside of the capitol. This web site stated that “1 ½ acres of rose and gray Georgia marble within the capitol were repaired, cleaned and polished during restoration.”
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Henry W. Grady Monument Base, presented by Our Georgia History.
Georgia granite was used to construct the pedestal upon which the ten-foot bronze statue rests.
- Georgia State Capitol (photographs and history), presented by The New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Glenn Hotel located in Downtown Atlanta at the intersection of Marietta and Spring Streets, presented by the Georgia World Congress Center. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available, although you can visit the present Glenn Hotel web site to see photographs of the hotel.)
<http://www.gwcc.com/news/inews108.htm>
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.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Gould Residence – the
Exterior Walls, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the Gould residence
prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia -
the Grant & Kirkpatrick Building – Marble
Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia,
2nd ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction
of the Grant & Kirkpatrick building prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia – J. M. High’s Building – the
Exterior Walls, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp.
118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the J. M. High
building prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Home For the Friendless
Building – the
basement & Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report
on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the basement and trimmings of the Home
For the Friendless building prior to August 1894.
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Atlanta, Georgia – the Hurt Building – Ivy Street Entrance (from “Marble in Atlanta Office Building,” Stone, Vol. XLVI, No. 8, August 1925, pp. 485)
“Marble in Atlanta Office Building,” Stone, August 1925, pp. 485. |
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“Ivy Street entrance of addition to Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga., of Mezzo Tint Georgia Marble furnished by the Georgia Marble Company. Hugh Tallant, Architect.” |
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- Atlanta, Georgia - the Kimball House – the
Marble Tiling, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp.
118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
5,000 square feet of tiling, etc., of Georgia marble was used in
the construction of the Kimball House prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Crypt located at the King Center (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.thekingcenter.org/prog/visitor/>
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.
- Atlanta, Georgia – Kutz’s Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front Kutz’s building
prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia – Loew’s
Grand Theatre – Lobby Floor (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia Marble Co.,
pp. 29.)
Unharmed by the tread of 200,000,000
feet. The floor tile in the lobby of Loew’s
Grand Theatre, Atlanta, furnishes an ideal illustration
of the wearing qualities of Georgia Marble. This floor
tile has been in service over thirty years. It is estimated
that two hundred million feet have trod upon it. Today
it is unbroken and sound. |
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Lobby of Loew's Grand Theater |
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- Atlanta, Georgia - the Statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long in the
Georgia Hall of Fame. (From Yesterday,
Today, and Forever: The Story of Georgia Marble, by the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia. This
material is used with the permission of the Georgia Marble
Company.)
"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.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Macys Store in Lennox Square, presented on the Polycor/Georgia Marble Company web site. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.polycor.com/html/en/mar_f_georgia_marble.htm>
White Cherokee Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Macys store in Lennox Square, according to this web site.
- Atlanta, Georgia – the North Avenue Presbyterian
Church, from A Preliminary Report on a Part
of the Granites and Gneisses of Georgia, Bulletin No.
9-A, by Thomas L. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist, Geological
Survey of Georgia, 1902, pp. 336.
Plate XXXII. The North
Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
built of Stone Mountain granite |
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- Atlanta, Georgia - the Oakland Cemetery - the “Lion of Atlanta” Monument (history), presented on the Find A Grave - Cherokee County, Georgia - 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.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Southern Medical College – 2
Stories & Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report
on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for two stories and trimmings of the
Southern Medical College building prior to August 1894.
- Atlanta, Georgia -
the State Capitol Building – Marble
Tiles, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia,
2 nd ed., 1907, pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Fifty thousand tiles of Georgia marble was used in the construction
of the state capitol building prior to August 1894. Georgia
marble was also used for the stairs and wainscoting.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the University of Georgia - the War Memorial Monument,
from “Brothers in Arms: A UGA memorial honors student athletes who died in this country’s wars,” by
Gene Asher, in GeorgiaTrend Online.
(The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.) < http://www.georgiatrend.com/site/page6389.html>
Georgia granite was used to construct the War Memorial monument. The monument is located in the front of the Student Athlete Academic Center.
- Atlanta, Georgia - the Walker Inman Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Walker
Inman building prior to August 1894.
- Augusta, Georgia - The Augusta
Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, Georgia.
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>
- Augusta, Georgia – the
National Exchange Bank (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia Marble Co., pp. 18.)
The National Exchange Bank,
Augusta, Georgia, is a beautiful bank building from
the standpoint of Architectural design – nor need
one be a student of architecture to appreciate its pleasing
lines. Mowbray & Uffinger, Architects. |
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- Baxley, Appling County, Georgia – the Appling County Court House, (from “Appling Court House Receives Statewide Award,” in the Bauxley News-Banner, May 27, 2009, pp. 1.)
The wainscoting in the interior of the Court House is of Georgia marble.
- Brunswick, Georgia - the McKinnon House Break and Breakfast (previously the home of L. T. McKinnon) (photograph and history)
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.
- Buford, Georgia - the Bank of Buford Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Bank of
Buford building prior to August 1894.
- Buford, Georgia - Lord and Taylor Stores in the Mall of Georgia (photograph and history) presented on the Polycor/Georgia Marble Company web site. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.polycor.com/html/en/mar_f_georgia_marble.htm>
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Lord and Taylor Stores, according to this web site.
- Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia - the Mitchell County Courthouse (photograph & history), presented on the City of Camilla web site.
White Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Courthouse in 1936.
- Canton, Georgia - the Bank of Canton Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front on the Bank of Canton
building prior to August 1894.
- Columbus, Georgia – the Young Men’s Christian
Association Building, from A Preliminary Report
on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 104. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Plate XXXVI. The Young Men’s
Christian Association building, Columbus,
Georgia. Built of Georgia marble by the Blue Ridge
Marble Company, Nelson, Georgia. |
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- Dalton, Georgia – the
Hardwick Bank and Trust Company (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia
Marble Co., pp. 20.)
Hardwick Bank and Trust Company,
Dalton, Georgia. Plans by Perry Green. |
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- Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia – the DeKalb County Court House (Excerpt from Geology of The Stone Mountain-Lithonia District, Georgia, by Leo Anthony Herrmann, Georgia State Division of Conservation, Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, Atlanta: 1954, pp. 95-96. Used with permission. You can read the entire entry for this quarry in the document/chapter on “The Stone Industry (of Georgia).)”
“Wells Quarry – A quarry owned by Steven Wells, located a mile and a quarter north of Redan, is situated in fine-grained evenly textured Stone Mountain granite. It is a light gray rock composed of microcline, quartz, oligoclase, muscovite, biotite, and minor amounts of epidote, zircon, and garnet (Table 5, No. L-58).
“A faint foliation in the rock is barely discernible. Small quartz veins cut the granite in various directions in the quarry. The rock is very good quality, hard, and free from blemishes. It was originally quarried to build the DeKalb County Court House in Decatur.”
- Elberton, Georgia - Auld’s Corner Building (photographs and history) (The following information is from the Buildings and Building Stone web site presented by Bruce Railsback.
This building was constructed with blocks of typical blue-gray Elberton granite in 1941.
- Elberton, Georgia - the Elberton Bank Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Elberton
Bank building prior to August 1894.
- Elberton, Georgia - the Elberton County Courthouse (photograph and history) (The following information is from the Buildings and Building Stone web site presented by Bruce Railsback. This Courthouse was constructed with the trim of Elberton granite.
- Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia -“The Granite City” presented by the Georgia Department of Public Affairs.
(This link is no longer available, although you can view the information on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
<http://www.dca.state.ga.us/cityscapes/comm.asp?D=1&city=Elberton&YRID=1999>
Elberton is the county seat
of Elbert County and is known as "The Granite City" as,
reportedly, more granite monuments is produced in Elberton than any
other city in the world. Elberton blue-gray granite is quarried from
an estimated thirty-seven quarries. Other sites to see in Elberton
are the Elberton Granite Museum
and Exhibit, the Bicentennial Memorial and Fountain, and the Georgia Guidestones. The Georgia Guidestones were also
constructed of Georgia granite and are located in a field just north
of Elberton.
- Elberton, Georgia - the Georgia
Guidestones, presented by Radio Liberty,
hosted by Dr. Stanley Monteith (photograph and history)
According
to another web site that is no longer available, Pyramid Quarries,
west of Elberton, Georgia, supplied the granite for the Georgia Guidestones.
- Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia – the Georgia Monument
in the Chickamauga National Park, from A Preliminary
Report on a Part of the Granites and Gneisses of Georgia,
Bulletin No. 9-A, by Thomas L. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist,
Geological Survey of Georgia, 1902, pp. 192.
Pl. XIX. The Georgia Monument,
Chickamauga National Park, Georgia Constructed of blue
granite from Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. |
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- Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia - the Confederate Statue in Gainesville Square, presented by GainesvilleTimes.com.
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.
- Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia - the Pickens County Jail (photographs and history), presented by Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia.
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.”)
- Jonesboro, Georgia - the Train Depot on Main Street, 104 N Main Street, Jonesboro, GA 30236; (770) 478-4800. (photograph and history), presented by the City of Jonesboro.
According to this web site, the present train depot was constructed with Georgia Granite. The depot today houses the Jonesboro Welcome Center.
- Louisville, Georgia - the Louisville Bank Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Louisville
Bank building prior to August 1894.
- Macon, Georgia - the Coleman & Willingham
Estate – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed.,
1907, pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the marble front
of the Coleman & Willingham estate prior to August 1894.
- Macon, Georgia - the I.O.O.F. Building – the
Marble Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction
of the I.O.O.F. building prior to August 1894.
- Macon, Georgia - the R. E. Park’s Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp.
118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used in the marble front of the R. E. Park’s
building prior to August 1894.
- Macon, Georgia - the T. C. Bank’s Building – the
Marble Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on the
Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction
of the T. C. Bank’s building prior to August 1894.
- Macon, Georgia - Edward Wolff’s Building – the
Marble Front, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State
Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp.
118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble front in the construction
of Edward Wolff’s building prior to August 1894.
- Moultrey, Georgia - the Chamber of Commerce Building (previously the Colquitt County Jail),
presented by the Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce. (This link is no longer available, although you can view the page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
<http://www.moultriechamber.com/?page_id=21>
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).
- Perry, Georgia - the Masonic Hall Building – the
Marble Trimmings, from A Preliminary Report on
the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd
ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the Masonic
Hall building prior to August 1894.
- Rome, Georgia - the Floyd County Courthouse – the
Basement, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant
State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907,
pp. 118. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full
View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for the marble basement in the construction
of the Floyd County Courthouse prior to August 1894.
- Rome, Georgia -
Women of the Confederacy Memorial in the Myrtle Hill
Cemetery in Rome, Georgia.
This twenty-foot high monument was
constructed of Georgia granite and erected by the Georgia Granite
and Marble Co. of Rome, Georgia.
- Savannah, Georgia -
the Chatham County Courthouse – Marble
Tiling, from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles
of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie,
Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia,
2nd ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for 8,000 feet of tiling in the construction
of the Chatham County Courthouse building prior to August 1894.
- Savannah, Georgia -
the DeSoto Hotel – Marble Tiling, from A
Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia,
Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist,
Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 119. (This
book is available on Google
Books – Full View Books.)
Georgia marble was used for 9,000 feet of tiling in the construction
of the DeSoto Hotel prior to August 1894.
- Savannah, Georgia – the
Savannah City Hall,
from “August 11, 1904 Cornerstone Laying Ceremony: Part
V of V Cornerstone Description and Contents,” presented
by the City
of Savannah. (This link is no longer available.)
<http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/CityWeb/RLibCat.nsf/0/e19fe28e258fac1c85256ee6005633b3?OpenDocument>
The cornerstone for the building was made of Georgia granite. This web site stated that the granite is “the same Georgia granite used on the Bay Street story.” The cornerstone was laid on August 11, 1904.
- Savannah, Georgia - the
Savannah’s Maine Public Library located at
1916 Bull Street (photographs and history), from an article entitled, “Historic
Library Reopens in Savannah,” dated May 31, 2000, on the architectureweek
web site.
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.
- Savannah, Georgia – the
Tomochichi Memorial (Granite Boulder), presented
by the City
of Savannah. (This link is no longer available.)
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.
- Savannah, Georgia - the United States Post Office on Wright Square or “Court House Square,” presented by the City of Savannah. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.ci.savannah.ga.us/cityweb/webdatabase.nsf/0/5ae859e2adb3e75a85256af700525045?OpenDocument>
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.”
- Tate, Georgia - Tate Gymnasium, presented by the National Register of Historic Places - Pickens County, Georgia.
Architect, builder, or engineer: Georgia Marble Co.
Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
- Tate, Georgia - the Tate Mansion (history).
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>
- Thomson, Georgia - the "Women of the Confederacy" Monument (the Base), located in front of the Thomson Depot, presented on the New Georgia Encyclopedia web site. (The link from which the information below was obtained is no longer available.)
<http://www.thomson-mcduffie.org/Historic.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.
- Tifton, Georgia – the
Bank of Tifton (Excerpt from Examples
of Bank Work in Georgia Marble, Georgia Marble Co., pp.
11.)
Bank of Tifton,
Tifton, Georgia. Edwards & Sayward, Architects. |
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