Structures and Monuments in Which Georgia Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Kansas
  • Kansas City, Kansas - the Old Postal Office and Custom House was built with Georgia granite. Postcard showing a panoramic view of Kansas City's downtown. (The link from which the following information was obtained at the Kansas City Public Library web site is no longer available.)
    <http://www.kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=35548>

    "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.)"

  • Kansas City, Kansas - the State Capitol (photographs and history). In the interior on the first floor, black and white marble from Georgia was used. (The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.kshs.org/places/captour.htm>
    • Kansas State Capitol (photographs and history), presented by the Kansas State Historical Society.
    • Take a Virtual Tour of the Kansas State Capitol
• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Kentucky
  • Kentucky – the Samuel & Dudie (Dodie?) Figgins Mausoleum erected in Kentucky.  Blue “Oglesby” granite from the Oglesby granite quarries at Elberton, Georgia, was used in the construction of the Figgins mausoleum.  The following photograph is from Oglesby Blue Granite Mausoleum Catalog (PDF), Oglesby Granite Quarries, Elberton, Georgia, 1937.

    “Mausoleum Erected in Kentucky…An inexpensive mausoleum of good design which is fast becoming popular.”

  • Frankfort, Kentucky – the Kentucky Capitol (The web address from which the information above was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://gov.state.ky.us/govphotos/capitol1.htm>

    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.

    • Virtual Tour of the Capitol Chambers
    • Kentucky Capitol Photograph that includes the walls and staircases clad in Georgia marble; the floor covered with Tennessee and Italian Marble, and the 36 solid granite monolith columns.
    • Kentucky’s State Capitols: Kentucky's Current Capitol Building (1910) (photographs and history), presented by Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Louisiana
  • New Orleans, Louisiana - the Cosmopolitan Hotel – the Interior Finish, 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 interior finish of the Cosmopolitan Hotel prior to August 1894.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana - the Greenwald Hotel – the 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 all of the trimmings on the Greenwald Hotel building prior to August 1894.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana – Kaf T. Hall’s Store 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 Kaf T. Hall’s store building prior to August 1894.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana - the Louisiana Court Building, 400 Royal Street, presented by on the New Orleans Walking Tour, presented by Frommer’s. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
    <http://www.frommers.com/destinations/neworleans/0020020033.html>

    The Louisiana Court Building was constructed in 1909 of Georgia marble.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana - the Post Office. (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.)

    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.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana – St. Paul’s P. E. Church – Tiling & 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. 119. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    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.

  • New Orleans, Louisiana – E. G. Wear’s Residence – 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 E. G. Wear’s residence prior to August 1894.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Maine
  • Maine – the Scates Mausoleum erected in Maine.  Blue “Oglesby” granite from the Oglesby granite quarries at Elberton, Georgia, was used in the construction of the Scates mausoleum.  The following photograph is from Oglesby Blue Granite Mausoleum Catalog (PDF), Oglesby Granite Quarries, Elberton, Georgia, 1937.

    “Mausoleum Erected in Maine… ’Oglesby’ granite was selected for this mausoleum because of its beautiful white, velvet-like texture.”

• Furnished Products from Georgia Stone in Maryland
  • Maryland – the Barrash Mausoleum erected in Maryland.  Blue “Oglesby” granite from the Oglesby granite quarries at Elberton, Georgia, was used in the construction of the Barrash mausoleum.  The following photograph is from Oglesby Blue Granite Mausoleum Catalog (PDF), Oglesby Granite Quarries, Elberton, Georgia, 1937.

    “Mausoleum Erected in Maryland…A good example of beautiful proportions and excellent finish.”

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Massachusetts
  • Boston, Massachusetts - the Ames Building on Bedford Street – the Outside 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Book.)

    Georgia marble was used for the outside marble trimmings on the Ames building on Bedford Street prior to August 1894.

  • Boston, Massachusetts - the Ames Building on Court Street – the Interior Toilet-Room Work, 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 Book.)

    Georgia marble was used for the interior toilet-room work in the construction of the Ames building on Court Street prior to August 1894.

  • Boston, Massachusetts - the Boston Public Library – the Arcade & Court, 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.)

    Georgia marble was used for the arcade and court in the construction of the Boston Public Library prior to August 1894.

  • Boston, Massachusetts - the McKim Building - the Floor in the Entrance Hall (photograph and history), presented by the Boston Public Library.

    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.

  • Boston, Massachusetts - the U. S. Government Building, 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.)

    4,000 tiles of Georgia marble was used in the construction of the U. S. Government building prior to August 1894.

  • Braintree, Massachusetts - the Johnson Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)

    Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Johnson Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Waverly, Massachusetts - the McLean Asylum – the Outside 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used for the outside trimmings in the construction of the McLean Asylum prior to August 1894.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Michigan
  • Belle Isle* - the Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse, presented by the Friends of Belle Isle.

    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)

  • Benton Harbor, Michigan - the Gore Mausoleum (from The Story of Georgia Marble, possibly published by the Georgia Marble Co., no date of publication.)

    Georgia marble was used in the construction of the Gore Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Dearborn, Michigan - the Ford Museum - Exterior Trim (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 exterior trim on the Ford Museum.

  • Detroit, Michigan – the Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial (from The Story of Georgia Marble, no date of publication, pp. 22)

    White Georgia Marble, in axed finish, admirably interprets the classic beauty of the Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial in Detroit, Michigan.

    • Detroit, Michigan - Rackham Educational Memorial - the Rackham (Detroit) Façade Bas Reliefs, located at 100 Farnsworth. The web site presented by the University of Michigan. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.) <http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/planner/sculpture/other/rackhamdetroit.htm>

      Marshall Fredericks sculpted the bas reliefs of white Georgia marble and some were of cast bronze.

  • Detroit, Michigan - the Pingree Building – the Exterior of 3 Stories, 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used for the exterior of 3 stories in the construction of the Pingree building prior to August 1894.

  • Detroit, Michigan – the Samuel Francis Smith Memorial (from The Story of Georgia Marble, no date of publication, pp. 21)

    Memorial to Samuel Francis Smith, author of words to “America” Erected in Georgia Marble at Detroit, Michigan.

  • Detroit, Michigan – the State Savings Bank 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. 114. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    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.

  • Detroit (outside of), Michigan - White Chapel Park - the Polar Bear Memorial (photograph and history), from Detroit 's Polar Bears and their confusing war,” by Patricia Zacharias, The Detroit News.

    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, Michigan – the Kalamazoon Savings Bank (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble (PDF), Georgia Marble Co., pp. 15.)

    Kalamazoo Savings Bank, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Weary & Alford, Architects.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Minnesota
  • Rochester, Minnesota - the Mayo Clinic (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 May Clinic buildings.

  • St. Paul, Minnesota – the Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn., 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. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    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)

    • St. Paul, Minnesota - Minnesota State Capitol (1905), presented by Jackie Craven on her "Architecture About" web site.

      The outside of the State Capitol Building above the first floor was built using marble from Georgia.

    • Minnesota State Capitol - “A Capitol Centennial,” (photographs and history), presented on the Minnesota Public Radio web site. The article was originally sent out by the Associated Press, copyright 2004.

      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.

    • St. Paul, Minnesota - Minnesota State Capitol (present building) - the Present Minnesota State Capitol Building. (photographs and history) This material is from the Saint Paul, Minnesota, Geology Walking Tour web site presented by Jeremy D. Johnson.(The link from which this information was obtained is no longer available.)
      <http://www.isd.net/jjohnso6/tour3/capitol.html>

      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.

    • Minnesota State Capital Building Tour Brochure (self-guided tour - photographs and history) (in PDF format)

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