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| City Bank and Trust Company, Anniston, Alabama. Harry N. Austin, Architect. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Birmingham Post Office.
| Birmingham Trust and Savings Company Building, Birmingham, Alabama. Miller & Martin, Architects. |  |
Georgia marble was used for the trimmings and the interior finish in the construction of the Caldwell Hotel prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Oscar Wells Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
| Bank of Ensley, Ensley, Alabama. Recently remodeled and enlarged. Warren, Knight & Davis, Architects. |  |
The Confederate Monument was presented in 1909, and the monument is constructed of white Georgia marble. An Italian marble statue was placed at the top of the monument. According to this web site, the statue is of a Confederate soldier on picket duty. Marble posts and vases are situated at the entrance. (You can view a photograph of the Confederate Monument on the City of Livingston web site.)
According to this article, the church was constructed of rough-hewn Georgia marble walls and red Italian tiles were used for the domed roof.
The base of the memorial was constructed from Weiblin grey granite from Elberton City Quarries, Inc., in Elberton, Georgia.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Scroggin Mausoleum (no cemetery listed)
The monument was built 1933-34. Stone was quarried from Catalina Island and used in the foundation of the monument. Blue flagstone rock for the ramps and terraces originated from Little Harbor, Catalina Island. Marble quarried in Georgia was used inside the tower.
Georgia Marble was used for the exquisite Clark Mausoleum, Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. |
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| Mausoleum for W. A. Clark, Jr., Esq., Hollywood Cemetery, Hollywood, California. Entire exterior (of the mausoleum is) of Georgia crystalline Marble, Robert D. Farquhar, Architect. Sculpture in front Pediment by Sherry Fr. Photograph by William M. Clark. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of Tower 17 at the McDonnell Plaza, according to this web site.
Georgia marble was used 20,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Hall of Records building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used 12,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Library building prior to August 1894.
| Beautiful designs are more beautiful in Georgia Marble in San Francisco. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the DeVaux Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Goldberg Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The Georgia Granite Circle was created in 1990 and “consists of about 100 large chunks of white Georgia granite, all piled on the ground in a circle 16 feet in diameter.” The creators were Richard Long, a British land artist.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Wahlgreen Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
The upper walls are Stone Mountain, Georgia, granite.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Trowbridge residence.
According to this web site, the stones used in the construction of the Aetna Building are as follows: a large quantity of Georgia marble, 30,000 cubic feet of Alabama limestone, and 3,420 cubic feet of pink marble from North Carolina.
Georgia marble was used for the entire residence prior to August 1894.
Jacksonville, Fla. – The contract for the stone work on the Israel Putnam building here has been awarded to the Ramsey, Brisben Stone Company, of Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia marble was used for the entire U.S. Government building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on W. S. Wear’s residence prior to August 1894.
| The magnificent Bok Tower at Lake Wales, Florida, is of pink Georgia Marble and coquina stone. |  |
| The Bok Carillon, or “Singing Tower,” at Mountain Lake, Florida. Construction of Pink and Creole Georgia Marble, and Tan Coquina Rock. The carver herons on the pediment of this structure are 14 feet high, and are carved from solid blocks of Pink Georgia Marble. Milton B. Medary, architect, and Lee Lawrie, sculptor. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Ringling residence.
Of Georgia Marble, the impressive Ringling Mausoleum, Sarasota, Florida, commemorates a well-known name. |
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Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Ringling Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Cuesta Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used for the interior finish in the construction of the First National Bank building prior to August 1894.
| Plate XXXVII. A private residence (the Knight Mansion) in Tampa, Florida, trimmed with white Georgia marble but and furnished by the Blue Ridge Marble Company, Nelson, Georgia. |  |
“Peter Oliphant Knight was widely described as a ‘leading citizen’ in early Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida. He arrived with new wife Lillie Frierson (of Ft. Myers ) in 1890, joined the up-and-coming middle class in Hyde Park, Tampa’s first suburb. There the couple built a heart pine Victorian ‘starter’ cottage at 245 Hyde Park Avenue. Peter Knight’s rise in early Tampa business and civic affairs was rapid and steep. With partners W.H. Kendrick and E.S. Douglas, he organized the city’s first electric streetcar line and founded Tampa Electric Company to provide power and light to the growing populace. As an attorney, he served as counsel to more than a score of Tampa businesses and corporations (including shipping concerns and cigar factories), and was a founding director of the Exchange National Bank.
“Before long, the Knight family outgrew their little cottage at 245 Hyde Park Avenue. At the start of the twentieth century, the Knights moved just up the street to the corner of Azeele Street and Hyde Park Avenue, where they built a spacious Gothic Revival mansion, its red brick exterior walls set off by pristine Georgia marble. After the death of their parents, the Knight heirs sold the house to an elder care community, and in the 1980s it was torn down to accommodate commercial building on the site. Nothing remains of the original mansion but some brick and granite corner markers and granite low walls.
“Thankfully, the Knights’ honeymoon cottage at 245 Hyde Park Avenue remains intact. It is now an Historic Landmark and was donated by the Knight descendants in the early 1970s to provide a home for Tampa Historical Society, Inc., which function it still serves.”
Photograph of the Peter O. Knight mansion from a turn-of-the-century souvenir book on Tampa sights.
Photograph of the Peter O. Knight cottage, today the location of the Tampa Historical Society, Inc., located at 245 S. Hyde Park Avenue, Florida.
| The Georgia National Bank, Albany, Georgia. Plans by George W. Muller, Georgia. |  |
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the bank and post office building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the G. W. Glover’s residence prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the Thornton Wheatley building prior to August 1894.
Georgia granite was used in the construction of the Emanuel Episcopal Church that is designed in the Victorian Gothic style.
The caption on the back reads: "Post Office, Athens, GA. - This Post Office building is constructed of Georgia Marble and the architecture of this Post Office is the same structure of many buildings and homes of this city. The architecture is different from any other Post Office in the United States."
Georgia marble was used for one story, floors, and wainscoting of the Aragon Hotel prior to August 1894.
The Atlanta City Hall was designed by G. Lloyd Preacher and constructed between 1928-1930. According to the web site, “White Georgia marble was used on the balustrade and entrance on the Mitchell Street side.”
According to this web site, Georgia Granite was used to construct the buildings for the Cotton States Exposition of 1895. At the end of the Exposition, the buildings were dismantled and the granite was “sold to absolve the debt that the city incurred to hold the fair.”
| Plate L. Entrance to the Candler office building, Atlanta, Georgia, showing carved Georgia marble from the Amicalola quarries, Pickens County, Georgia. (pp. 120) |  |
| 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) |  |
| 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) |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Candler building.
| 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. |  |
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.
| 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. |  |
| (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. |  |
Georgia marble was used for 2 stories, floors, and wainscoting in DeGive’s Grand Operahouse prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of James L. Dickey’s building prior to August 1894.
Earth tone tinted concrete was used for the labyrinth and entrance chalice in the labyrinth at the Emory Presbyterian Church. The cross in the labyrinth was constructed with white and gray streaked Georgia marble, and grey paving bricks for the paths and earthtone bricks for the lines.
Founded in 1915 as a Methodist school, Emory University was designed by Henry Hombostel of New York. He “created a natural garden campus with Georgia-marble buildings of modern Italianate design.”
| Plate XII. Entrance to Dining Hall, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. The wall is faced with Cherokee Marble. The doorway and trim are Creole Marble. |  |
According to the Polycor brochure entitled, Marble Still Marvelous at Emory School of Medicine (PDF), 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” (PDF), in Stone World magazine, April 2008, pp. 142-174.
“Coverings 2008: exhibition – restoration/renovation” (PDF), in Stone Business, April 2008
“New Emory School of Medicine Building Features White Cherokee Marble from Polycor” (PDF), in the Slippery Rock Gazette, March 2008, pp. 4 and 6.
Georgia marble was used for the entire 2 stories, the tiles, and the stairs of the Equitable building prior to August 1894.
| 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. |  |
The Federal Reserve Bank construction was completed in 2001.
According to this web site, 38,700 pieces of Georgia marble is being used in the construction of the exterior of the Federal Reserve Bank, which is under construction. Crystal Marble Co. is “erecting the marble utilizing 18 mast climbing work platforms (‘mast climbers’) from Sunbelt Rentals Access Specialists.”
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Federal Reserve Bank.
According to the web site, “The Academic and Shop buildings were designed in "High Victorian" style according to the principles of Ruskin. They were built of Chattahoochee brick, machine pressed brick, and Georgia marble and granite.”
The exterior of the Georgia State Capitol is constructed of limestone quarried in southern Indiana known as “Indiana Limestone” or “Indiana Oolitic.” The Indiana limestone consists of fragments of fossils. Georgia granite was used for the foundations, and Georgia marble was used for the interior floors and some interior walls.
Indiana oolitic limestone was the chief building material in the capitol building. Georgia marble was used to finish the interior walls and also as the cornerstone.
North Atrium of the Georgia State Capitol (photograph and history), presented by Georgia Capitol Online Tours.
This web site includes a photograph of restored rose and gray Georgia marble inside of the capitol. This web site states that “1 ½ acres of rose and gray Georgia marble within the capitol were repaired, cleaned and polished during restoration.”
Georgia granite was used to construct the pedestal upon which the ten-foot bronze statue rests.
The future Glenn Hotel, located in Downtown Atlanta, was originally named the Glenn Building, which dates back to 1923. The Glenn Building was used for office space. The Federal Reserve Bank purchased the Glenn Building in the early 1980s, a then Philips Arena purchased the building and sold it to Legacy Properties. The projected opening date for the freshly renovated Glenn Hotel is January 2006. The web site indicates that Georgia marble is being used in the hotel rooms.
Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the Gould residence prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction of the Grant & Kirkpatrick building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the J. M. High building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the basement and trimmings of the Home For the Friendless building prior to August 1894.
5,000 square feet of tiling, etc., of Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Kimball House prior to August 1894.
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.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front Kutz’s building prior to August 1894.
| 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. |  |
| Lobby of Loew's Grand Theater |  |
"Rightly, the State of Georgia selected Dr. Crawford W. Long, the discoverer of ether as an anesthetic, as one of the two Georgians to be honored by a niche in the Hall of Fame. The above statue (in the photograph to the right) of Dr. Long is of Georgia Marble. J. Massey Rhind, sculptor.
White Cherokee Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Macys store in Lennox Square, according to this web site.
| Plate XXXII. The North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia, built of Stone Mountain granite |  |
In the 1890s Thomas M. Brady, Sr., designed and sculpted the “Lion of Atlanta” monument to honor the unknown Confederate soldiers buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. The sculpture was done in Georgia marble.
Georgia marble was used for two stories and trimmings of the Southern Medical College building prior to August 1894.
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.
Georgia granite was used to construct the War Memorial monument. The monument is located in the front of the Student Athlete Academic Center.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Walker Inman building prior to August 1894.
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.
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| 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. |  |
The wainscoting in the interior of the Court House is of Georgia marble.
This Victorian house, which was completed in 1902, was the home of lumber magnate L. T. McKinnon. White Georgia marble was used for the front steps that lead to the double front door.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Bank of Buford building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Lord and Taylor Stores, according to this web site.
White Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Courthouse in 1936. A good photograph of the Mitchell County Courthouse is available on the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia web site.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front on the Bank of Canton building prior to August 1894.
| Plate XXXVI. The Young Men’s Christian Association building, Columbus, Georgia. Built of Georgia marble by the Blue Ridge Marble Company, Nelson, Georgia. |  |
| Hardwick Bank and Trust Company, Dalton, Georgia. Plans by Perry Green. |  |
This building was constructed with blocks of typical blue-gray Elberton granite in 1941.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Elberton Bank building prior to August 1894.
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.
According to another web site that is no longer available, Pyramid Quarries, west of Elberton, Georgia, supplied the granite for the Georgia Guidestones.
| Pl. XIX. The Georgia Monument, Chickamauga National Park, Georgia Constructed of blue granite from Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Georgia. |  |
The Confederate Statue in Gainesville Square is made of bronze and white Georgia marble. The statue was erected in 1909 to honor Civil War Casualties.
The marble on the front of the jail was taken from the Delaware Quarry in Georgia, which opened about 1840 by Henry Fitzsimmons. The work was done by Lee W. Prather, a local stone worker. (The Historical Marker information at the end of the entry reads: “112-6 Georgia Historic Marker 1986.”)
According to this web site, the present train depot was constructed with Georgia Granite. The depot today houses the Jonesboro Welcome Center.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of the Louisville Bank building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the marble front of the Coleman & Willingham estate prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction of the I.O.O.F. building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the marble front of the R. E. Park’s building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction of the T. C. Bank’s building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front in the construction of Edward Wolff’s building prior to August 1894.
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).
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings on the Masonic Hall building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble basement in the construction of the Floyd County Courthouse prior to August 1894.
This twenty-foot high monument was constructed of Georgia granite and erected by the Georgia Granite and Marble Co. of Rome, Georgia.
Georgia marble was used for 8,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Chatham County Courthouse building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for 9,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the DeSoto Hotel prior to August 1894.
The cornerstone for the building was made of Georgia granite. This web site states that the granite is “the same Georgia granite used on the Bay Street story.” The cornerstone was laid on August 11, 1904.
The Bull Street Main Library was constructed in the neoclassical style and opened in 1916. The new two-story addition to the library is clad in cubic blocks of Georgia marble.
According to this web site, A huge boulder of Georgia granite was placed in Wright Square in the southeast side of the square by the Colonial Dames in Georgia in the memory of Tomochichi.
The Savannah U. S. Post Office was constructed of Georgia Marble in 1899. According to the web site, “Around the top of the building there are panels of all different types of marble quarried in Georgia.”
Architect, builder, or engineer: Georgia Marble Co.
Architectural Style: Bungalow/Craftsman
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
The Pink Marble Mansion was built in 1926 by Georgia Marble Company president Sam Tate. The mansion was constructed of pink Etowah marble and white Georgia marble columns. (The link below from which this information originated is no longer available.)
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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.
| Bank of Tifton, Tifton, Georgia. Edwards & Sayward, Architects. |  |
Most of the external construction material was sandstone from a quarry on Table Rock, east of Boise, which the state purchased for use in building the capitol building. For the interior, four types of marble were used: Red marble from Georgia, gray from Alaska, green from Vermont, and the black marble is from Italy.
The links below offer more information on the Idaho State Capitol:
| Plate XVII. Buckingham Fountain, Chicago, made of Georgia Etowah Marble. |  |
| Buckingham Memorial Fountain, Chicago, Illinois. This fountain is three hundred feet across, and sends a stream of water one hundred and ten feet into the air. Constructed of pink Georgia marble. Bennett, Parsons and Frost, Architects. |  |
"A tribute to Georgia Marble's imperviousness to moisture was its selection for the mammoth Buckingham Memorial Fountain in Grant Park, Chicago. This is the largest fountain in the world, being much larger than the famed Latonia fountain at Versailles, France, requiring approximately 75 carloads of Georgia Marble for its construction. Pink Georgia Marble is used for the entire fountain, which consists of three bowls, rising one within the other. The top-most basin was carved from four gigantic pieces of marble, each piece weighing over 30 tons." "The Fountain is three hundred feet across, and sends a stream of water one hundred and ten feet into the air. Constructed of Pink Georgia Marble. Bennett, Parsons and Frost, Architects."
| Entrance detail of the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois. The largest marble building in the United States. The building is 700 feet long, 350 feet wide and about 90 feet in height. Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, architects. Exterior of white Georgia Marble. |  |
Georgia marble was used for the entire building in the construction of D. K. Kill’s residence on 24th Street prior to August 1894.
| Three views of a pleasing bank building. One of the most attractive bank buildings in the entire Middle West is occupied by the Melrose Park State Bank, Chicago, Illinois. Designed by W. Gibbons Uffendell, Inc., Architects. |  |
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Georgia marble was used in the construction of the statue.
Georgia marble was used for the entire building in the construction of Nelson Morison’s residence prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Oak Ridge Abbey Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Pasteur Memorial.
| Plate XXXVIII. A residence on Prairie Avenue, Chicago, built of white marble from the Kennesaw quarries of the Georgia Marble Company, Pickens County, Georgia. |  |
According to this press release, the “300-foot-diameter octagonal building was constructed of white Georgia marble in (Use this link if you wish to visit the John G. Shedd Aquarium web site.)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Shedd Aquarium.
Georgia marble was used for 6,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Wellington Hotel prior to August 1894.
| Plate XV. Centennial Memorial, Edwardsville, Illinois (Silver Gray Marble from Georgia) |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Centennial Memorial.
Georgia marble was used for 40,000 feet of wainscoting in the construction of the Auditorium building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble trimmings in the construction of the Menoken Club-House building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the interior finish of the Peacock Café prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for 15,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Windemere Hotel prior to August 1894.
| St. Charles National Bank, St. Charles, Illinois. Wolf, Sexton, Harper & Treaux, Architects. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Niblick Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Emmick Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used for 12,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Fox building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Mitchell Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
"Centering the picture and occupying the entire block from 8th to 9th streets, Grand to McGee, is the magnificent old Georgia granite postal office and custom house, its gold dome visible from miles around. It was eight years in the building, from 1892 to June 1900. (It was razed in 1938.)"
White Georgia marble was used for the walls and stair cases. The floors are covered with gray Tennessee marble and dark green Italian marble. Vermont granite was used for the columns in grand corridor. Indiana limestone and Vermont granite were used to face the exterior.
Georgia marble was used for the interior finish of the Cosmopolitan Hotel prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for all of the trimmings on the Greenwald Hotel building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front on Kaf T. Hall’s store building prior to August 1894.
The Louisiana Court Building was constructed in 1909 of Georgia marble.
| Federal buildings are in a great number of instances constructed of Georgia Marble. Georgia Marble is the only marble which the Federal Government does not require to be waterproofed when used for exteriors. (Here is a photo of the) Post Office, New Orleans, Louisiana. James Gamble Rogers, architect. |  |
Georgia marble was used for 6,500 feet of filing and wainscoting in the construction of the St. Paul’s P. E. Church building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the marble front of E. G. Wear’s residence prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the outside marble trimmings on the Ames building on Bedford Street prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the interior toilet-room work in the construction of the Ames building on Court Street prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used for the arcade and court in the construction of the Boston Public Library prior to August 1894.
The following stones were used in the McKim Building. Pink Knoxville marble was used for the floors, walls, and vaulted ceiling in the Vestibule. Also, brown Knoxville marble and Levanto marble were inlaid in patterns on the floor of the vestibule. Iowa sandstone was used for the three heavy piers in the Entrance Hall. The floor of the Entrance Hall is mainly of white Georgia marble. Ivory Gray Echaillon marble mottled with fossil shells was used for the steps of the main staircase, and variegated yellow Sienna was used for the walls by the Main Staircase. Unpolished Siena marble was used for the “great twin lions, couchant, on pedestals at the turn of the Main Stairs. The arcade that separates the Puvis de Chavannes Gallery and the Main Staircase is of yellow Siena marble. Rouge antique and Levanto marble were used for the heavy marble doorways that lead into Bates Hall from the Puvis de Chavannes Gallery, and Istrian and red Verona marble were used for the floors.
4,000 tiles of Georgia marble was used in the construction of the U. S. Government building prior to August 1894.
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Johnson Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used for the outside trimmings in the construction of the McLean Asylum prior to August 1894.
The lighthouse is located on the eastern tip of Belle Isle “marking the head of the Detroit River.” The lighthouse was designed by Albert Kahn, and Georgia marble was used in the construction of the 58-foot shaft. “It is one of two memorial lights in the State of Michigan and is the only light in the nation constructed entirely of marble.”
(* Belle Isle sits in the middle of the Detroit River on the U.S.- Canada border)
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Gore Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the exterior trim on the Ford Museum.
| White Georgia Marble, in axed finish, admirably interprets the classic beauty of the Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial in Detroit, Michigan. |  |
Marshall Fredericks sculpted the bas reliefs of white Georgia marble and some were of cast bronze.
Georgia marble was used for the exterior of 3 stories in the construction of the Pingree building prior to August 1894.
| Memorial to Samuel Francis Smith, author of words to “America” Erected in Georgia Marble at Detroit, Michigan. |  |
| Plate XLVII. The State Savings Bank, Detroit, Michigan, built of white marble from the quarries of the Southern Marble Company, Marble Hill, Pickens County, Georgia. |  |
The Polar Bear Memorial is located in White Chapel Park which is located outside of Detroit, Michigan. It was dedicated on May 30, 1930. The base of the memorial is made of black Swedish granite, and the large white bear which stands atop the base is of white Georgia marble.
This interesting article is about “one group of Detroit servicemen the end of the fighting in Europe was merely the beginning of another ordeal in the frozen reaches of Russia....” They were a part of the American North Russian Expeditionary Force and the surviving members did not return home until June 1919. The force was made up of British, French, Canadian, and American soldiers.
| Kalamazoo Savings Bank, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Weary & Alford, Architects. |  |
Georgia marble was used in the construction of the May Clinic buildings.
| Plate XXXIX. Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn. Built of white Georgia marble from the Amicalola quarries, Pickens County, Georgia. (pp. 106) |  |
| Plate XL. An ornamental statue on the Minnesota State Capitol, carved from white marble from Amicalola Quarry No. 1, Pickens County, Georgia. (pp. 108) |  |
The outside of the State Capitol Building above the first floor was built using marble from Georgia.
This web site describes the events that led to choosing Georgia marble for use on the exterior rather than local Minnesota stone. In 2004 the Minnesota State Capitol had its 100 th centennial celebration. According to this web site, Cass Gilbert was the architect and project superintendent of the building, who wanted the best quality of building materials. The Corinthian columns near the vaulted staircases of are Italian marble. White Georgia marble was used predominantly on the exterior, and local Minnesota granite was used elsewhere in the construction.
Georgia marble and all of the following stones quarried in Minnesota were some of the stones used in construction of the building: Kettle River sandstone, Winona limestone, Kasota stone, Rockville Granite, and Ortonville granite. In addition to the above, blue limestone and sandstone were also used. Click here for another web site on the present Minnesota State Capitol presented by the Minnesota Historical Society.
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