Structures and Monuments in Which Georgia Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Tennessee
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee – the Chattanooga Bank Building (11 West 8th Street) Minnesota. (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    Diamond pink granite was used for the base of the building. Terra cotta was used to finish the main part of the structure. White Georgia marble was used at the entrance way on Market Street. Tennessee "marble" was used to line the interior walls. Terrazzo was used for the floors. (See the photograph section - after #13 - Granite Roman fasces flank the entrance to the Chattanooga Bank building.) (See the photograph section, 26. Chattanooga Bank Building.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the Criminal Justice Building (5th and Walnut Streets) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    Light gray oolitic limestone from Russellville, Alabama, was used on the upper floors of the building. Gabbro or black "granite" from the Transvaal in South Africa was used on the lower three floors. Light gray Georgia marble was used for the lobby floor and steps. The building was completed in 1976. (See the photograph section, 34. Criminal Justice.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the Eckerd Drugs Building (710 Market Street) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    Unpolished Georgia marble blocks were used for the front portion of the building, which was built about 1882. (See the photograph section, 29. Eckerd Drugs.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the F. F. Marvill 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 of the F. F. Marvill building prior to August 1894.

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the Federal Building (Post Office) (Georgia Avenue) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    White Cherokee Georgia marble was used for the exterior walls of the building, and Stone Mountain granite was used as the base. The Stone Mountain granite was also used for the carved eagles near the entrance and the steps. The columns in the main lobby and the base of every floor is constructed of dark gray St. Laurent "marble" from southern France. Brownish gray Ste. Genevive golden vein "marble" from Missouri was used for the walls in the main lobby and as panels along the stairways. Pink Tennessee "marble" from Knoxville was used to line the third and fourth floors. Vermont green serpentine, commercially called Verde Antique "marble," was used for the stairs and as reinforcement around each doorway. Terrazzo was the technique used for the floors. (See the photograph section, 12. Federal Building and Granite eagle guards the entrance to the Federal Building; after #15 - Fossil cephalopod on the 3rd floor of the Federal Building)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the First Federal Building (901 Georgia Street) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    White Georgia marble panels were used on the exterior of the building, which was completed in 1978. (See the photograph section, 32. First Federal.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the First Presbyterian Church (554 McCallie Avenue) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    The church was built in 1910. The Ionic columns and steps were constructed of solid Georgia marble, and the ornamental friezes are of Italian marble. It is indicated that the front steps and wall on the east side of the Sanctuary are of granite possibly from Georgia. (See the photograph section, 1. First Presbyterian Church.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the James 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 James Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the Patten Towers (1 East 11th) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    The building was constructed in 1908. "Pressed Brick over white Georgia Marble."

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the Provident Life and Accident Building (Fountain Square) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    White Cherokee Georgia marble was used exclusively for the exterior. Gray granite from Mt. Airy, North Carolina, was used for the retaining walls and steps. Tidal Gray granite gneiss from Lithonia, Georgia, was used for the basal trim of the building. Tennessee River rock was used for the front walks. Dark gray St. Laurent marble from Southern France was used in the lobby as a base. Highly fractured serpentine or dark green Monte Verde "marble" from the Italian Alps was used to line the entrances. Pink and Gray Georgia marble was used in some of the private rooms. A greenish Vermarco Light Cloud marble from Vermont was used in the lobby area and there are terrazzo floors. (See the photograph section, 36. Provident Life and Accident.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - Ross Landing. (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    Georgia granite cobble stones from Stone Mountain, Georgia, are used as paving blocks along the landing. (See the photograph section, 39. Ross Landing.)

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the U. S. Custom House – 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. 118. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used in the construction of the interior finish of the U. S. Custom House building prior to August 1894.

  • Chattanooga, Tennessee - the War Memorial (Patten Parkway) (From Building Stones of Downtown Chattanooga, (Tennessee), by Robert Lake Wilson, 1979. The digital PDF version is available through the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Geology Program, Department of Physics, Geology and Astronomy.)

    The memorial is a tribute to those who died in World War II. Light gray Georgia granite blocks were used for the walls. Pennsylvanian sandstone quarried at Crossville, Tennessee, was used for the steps. (See the photograph section, 10. War Memorial.)

  • Knoxville, Tennessee - the Episcopal Church, 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 to construct the entire Episcopal Church building prior to August 1894.

  • Memphis, Tennessee - the “Pink Palace” the Headquarters of the Memphis Museum of Natural History and Industrial Arts (history)

    Pink Georgian marble was used for the façade of the manion started by entrepreneur Clarence Saunders who went into bankruptcy prior to finishing the mansion.

  • Memphis, Tennessee - the Walsh 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 Walsh Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Nashville, Tennessee – the American National Bank Building (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble (PDF), Georgia Marble Co., pp. 13.)

    American National Bank Building, Nashville, Tennessee. H.C. Hibbs, Architect.

  • Nashville, Tennessee - the 2004 Frist Center for the Visual Arts, 919 Broadway (photographs and history), presented by Frist Center for the Visual Arts.

    The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is located in the former three-story U. S. Post Office building which was constructed in 1933-34 in the classicism and Art Deco styles. White Georgia marble and gray-pink Minnesota granite were used to face the building. The building’s ownership was transferred to the City of Nashville in 1998 for the purpose of crating the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. In November 1999, the remaining branch post office relocated to the renovated space on the lower level of the building.

  • Nashville, Tennessee - the Phillips & Butoff 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 Phillips & Butoff building prior to August 1894.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Texas
  • Texas - the South Texas Commercial Bank (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble (PDF), Georgia Marble Co., pp. 21.)

    South Texas Commercial Bank, built in 1909 from plans by C. D. Hill & Company Architects. Remodeled and enlarged in 1921. William Ward Watkin, Architect.

  • Bonham, Texas - the Sam Rayburn Library, presented by the Handbook of Texas Online.

    According to this web site, white Georgia marble was used to face the building and Texas red granite was used for the base. Black Italian marble was used to face the main lobby.

  • Celeste, Hunt County, Texas - the Cemetery Gate to the Celeste Cemetery previously known as the old "Hogeye" Cemetery - This text was transcribed by Sarah Swindell and donated to the USGenWeb Archives. The following quotation is taken from the above-cited document. (The date of the article is not known.) (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
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    “The gate...(is) stained in natural color to retain its beauty, and it is four feet high and twelve-feet wide. Two columns which hold the gate are made of Berkley Blue Georgia granite, of approximately twelve inches square and seven-feet high, with the name of the cemetery and other appropriate lettering carved in the stone. The designer of this gate is D. E. Narramore, sales-manager of the Youngblood Memorial Company.”

  • Dallas, Texas - Pires Monument (From Yesterday, Today, and Forever: The Story of Georgia Marble, (PDF) by the Georgia Marble Company, Tate, Georgia. This material is used with the permission of the Georgia Marble Company.

    Pires Monument at Dallas, Texas. This beautiful circular edifice with its Corinthian columns was patterned from the Temple of Hercules at Tivoli erected in 300 A. D. Designed by Herbert M. Greene, La Roche & Dahl. It is entirely of white Georgia Marble.

  • Fort Worth, Texas - the Courthouse – 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used for 10,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Courthouse building prior to August 1894.

  • Fort Worth, Texas - the Hendrick’s Building – 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used for 12,000 feet of tiling in the construction of the Hendrick’s building prior to August 1894.

  • Sherman, Texas - the Linz Building – the Marble 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used 5,500 feet of tiling and wainscoting in the construction of the Linz building prior to August 1894.

  • Stephenson, Texas - the Earth County Courthouse – Marble Tiling, etc., 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 15,000 feet of tiling, etc., in the construction of the Earth County Courthouse building prior to August 1894.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Utah
  • Salt Lake City, Utah - the Utah State Capitol (photographs and history), article entitled, “Utah's Capitols,” by Everett L. Cooley, in Historical Quarterly 27 July 1959, presented on the Utah History to Go web site.

    According to this article the intent to use mostly Georgia marble in the interior on the main floor in the legislative chambers and Supreme Court rather than Utah stone was due to cost. For the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the State Reception Room (Gold Room), Birdseye marble or golden travis from Utah County was chosen. For the walls of the ground floor Sanpete oolite or white sandstone was chosen. Grey Georgia marble was used for the “...monolithic columns, the walls and stairs of the main floor, and the railings were the only parts of the building....”

    For the exterior of the Capitol granite quarried in Little Cottonwood Canyon was quarried by the Consolidated Stone Company. The same granite had been used in the construction of the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City. The Capitol building, designed in the Corinthian style in general, was opened to the public on October 9, 1916.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Virginia
  • McLean, Virginia - the Gannett/USA Today Head-quarters - “Glass towers rest on a base of stone,” by Arnold Kim, September 30, 2002 (photographs and description), presented by Stone World.com. (The link from which the following information was obtained is no longer available.)
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    According to this article, several types of stones were used in and around the building. The stones listed in the article include the following: Carderock stone, quarried near Bethesda Maryland, for the rough-faced fieldstone walls; Jet Mist granite on the exterior, paving, caps, and lintels in the fieldstone base; Absolute Black granite for the base and outdoor lotus pool, and throughout the lobby and exterior. White Georgia Cherokee marble and Solar Gray marble from the Georgia Marble Co. of Tate, Georgia, were used for the flooring in the lobby and atrium. Absolute Black granite was used for the wall bases and fixtures, and Emerald Pearl granite was used for the elevators and vanities. Emerald Pearl granite was on the treads on the “Harp Stair.” The complex was completed in October 2001.

  • Norfolk, Virginia - the Swartz 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 Swartz Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Richmond, Virginia - the Chamber of Commerce Building – 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. 120. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.)

    Georgia marble was used 5,000 feet of wainscoting in the construction of the Chamber of Commerce building prior to August 1894.

  • Richmond, Virginia - the Coulter 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 Coulter Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Richmond, Virginia - the Watkins 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 Watkins Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

  • Roanoke, Virginia – the First National Exchange Bank (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble (PDF), Georgia Marble Co., pp. 10.)

    First National Exchange Bank, Roanoke, Virginia. Wyatt & Nolting, Architects.

  • Suffolk, Virginia - the Darden 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 Darden.

  • Suffolk, Virginia – the Farmers Bank of Nansemond (Excerpt from Examples of Bank Work in Georgia Marble (PDF), Georgia Marble Co., pp. 17.)

    The Farmers Bank of Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia. Fred A. Bishop, Architect.

  • Swannanoa, Virginia - the Swannanoa Country Club (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 Swannanoa Country Club.

• Finished Products from Georgia Stone in Washington (state of)
  • Spokane, Washington - the Stillman 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 Stillman Mausoleum (no cemetery listed).

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