Structures and Monuments in Which Missouri Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Missouri Stone in Missouri (Continued)
  • Carthage, Missouri – the Carthage Public Library (sketch and history)

    The Carthage Public Library is constructed of Carthage, Missouri, marble.

  • Carthage, Missouri – Col. William Phelps’ Residence. (The following photograph is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    Plate XXIV. Carthage Limestone (Burlington). Col. William Phelps’ Residence, Carthage, Mo. (Carthage, Missouri, limestone from was used in the construction of Col. William Phelps’ residence.)

  • Carthage, Missouri – the J. P. Leggett Residence (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, pages 133-134.)

    Limestone quarried from the Carthage, Missouri, area was used for entirely for the residence. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.

    • “Leggett House B&B,” Excerpts from Missouri Mining Heritage Guide, by John R. Park, Stonerose Publishing Co., Miami, Florida, March 2005. (The following excerpted quotations are used with the permission of John R. Park, author.)

      “Leggett House B&B”

      “...The Leggett House is a bed-and-breakfast, built of Carthage marble...in 1901 for J. P. Leggett.

      “Together, J. P. Leggett and his brother-in-law C. B. Platt formed Leggett & Platt, Inc. Several other mansions in the immediate vicinity were built with quarrying profits (including the...Platt House across the street). C. B. Platt and his sister - J.P. Leggett’s wife) inherited a substantial interst in the local marble quarrying industry from their father.”

  • Carthage, Missouri – the Jasper County Court House (excerpt from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, December 1897, Vol. XVI, No. 1, “Notes from Quarry and Shop” section, pp. 90)

    “The building stone of southwest Missouri is an element of natural wealth which has until recent years been reckoned among the important resources of the country. The quantity of this material is practically inexhaustible and its quality equal to that of the best quarries of the Union. Such a public edifice as the Jasper county court house shows the splendid possibilities of this native limestone when used for building purposes.”

    • Carthage, Missouri - the “Jasper County Courthouse,” Excerpts from Missouri Mining Heritage Guide, by John R. Park, Stonerose Publishing Co., Miami, Florida, March 2005. (The following excerpted quotations are used with the permission of John R. Park, author. A photograph of the Jasper County Courthouse in 1999 is included in John Park’s book.)

      “...The castle-like Romanesque revival Jasper County Courthouse was built of Carthage marble. One wall features a mural, ‘Forged in Fire’ that portrays the history of Jasper County. Lead mines opened at Carthage in 1854....”

    • Carthage, Missouri – the Jasper County Court House (Photograph from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904.)

      Plate XIX. Carthage Limestone (Burlington). Jasper County Courthouse, Carthage, Mo.

    • Carthage, Missouri – the Jasper County Courthouse (photograph and history) Carthage, Missouri, marble was used to construct the Courthouse.
  • Carthage, Missouri - Ozark Wesleyan College (Carthage Marble Corp. advertisement from Carthage Marble Corporation Advertisement in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 59.)

    Ozark Wesleyan College, Carthage, Missouri, Bonsack and pierce, architects, St. Louis, Missour (sic).

    Carthage Marble Corporation, Carthage, Missouri

    Representative for New York City: Domestic Marble & Supply Co., 8 W. 40th St.

    Representative for Pacific Coast: John M. Fabbris, Sharon Building, San Francisco, Cal.

    For beauty, durability and economy, Ozark Gray Marble cannot be excelled for either exterior or interior uses. Samples furnished promptly upon request.

  • Carthage, Missouri – the W. Platt Residence (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, pages 133-134.)

    Limestone quarried from the Carthage, Missouri, area was used entirely for the construction of the residence. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.

    • The “Platt House,” Excerpts from Missouri Mining Heritage Guide, by John R. Park, Stonerose Publishing Co., Miami, Florida, March 2005. (The following excerpted quotations are used with the permission of John R. Park, author.)

      “...The Platt House is clearly visible from the street.

      “The house, constructed of Carthage marble...was built by C. B. Platt, who, with his sister, owned a substantial interest in the local marble quarries.”

  • Carthage, Missouri – the William Phelps Residence (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, pages 133-134.)

    Limestone quarried from the Carthage, Missouri, area was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the residence. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.

  • Carthage (east of), Missouri - the Route 66 Bridge (The following information was from the Powers Museum web site. The link from which the following information was obtain is no longer available.)
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    According to the Powers Museum web site, the Route 55 Bridge was built in 1934 of Carthage limestone. The bridge “spanned the St. Louis/San Francisco Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks east of Carthage,” although “today the bridge serves Route 96 near Kellogg Lake.” A group of balusters from the bridge salvaged after the bridge was damaged in 2002 were donated by the Missouri Highway Department to the Powers Museum.

  • Carthage, Missouri - F. W. Steadley & Co., Inc. Buildings & Mill - “New Missouri Marble Mill,” article from Stone Magazine, November 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 11, pp. 674-676.

    Office Building and Drafting Department of F. W. Steadley & Co., Inc., Carthage, Mo. Constructed Entirely of Colonial Grey Veined and Colonial Grey Veinless Marble.

    Exterior of new mill of F. W. Steadley & Co., Inc., constructed of Colonial Grey Veined and Veinless Marble with steel roof, window frames and equipped throughout the concrete floors, making it absolutely fireproof.

  • Cassville, Missouri - the Barry County Courthouse (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)
  • Cassville, BarryCounty, Missouri - the Cassville Marble and Lime Company Quarry (Marble/Limestone)

    “The marble quarry of (the Cassville Marble and Lime Company) is located in the SW 1/4 SE ¼ of Sec. 20, T. 23 N., R. 27 W., at Cassville, Barry County....”

    “Stone taken from this quarry was used in the construction of the Barry County Courthouse located in Cassville a short distance from the quarry. The stone is reported to take a good polish and is medium gray to rather dark gray.”

  • Clinton (?), Missouri - the Burrell Hotel (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Harness (sandstone) quarry, which is located one and one-half miles southwest of Clinton, just north of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, is owned by Joseph Harness. It has been idle for several years. Quarrying has been mainly along the hillside where the stripping was light....”

    “The stone is a fine grained, friable sandstone, having a gray to buff color, streaked and spotted in places with iron oxide. When first quarried it is quite soft and friable, but hardens considerably when seasoned....”

    “....It has been used for rip rap in the water reservoirs at Clinton and in the foundations of the Burrell Hotel, Washington Park Public School, and the White Swan elevator.”

  • Clinton, Missouri - the Clinton Court House Building (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946. Used with permission of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.)

    Warrensburg sandstone quarried from the Pickel Sandstone Quarry located north of Warrensburg, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Clinton Court House building prior to 1904.

  • Clinton, Missouri - Sandstone Monument Bases, Foundations, & Steps (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The town of Clinton is underlain by rocks of Lower Coal Measure age. The principal stone quarried at this place is a soft sandstone which outcrops near the edge of the town. The limestone layers are not thick enough to be of value for building stone....”

    “An inspection of foundations and monument bases, built out of this stone, shows a considerable variety in its quality. That which contains shale seams is least durable. An inspection of steps shows that the stone is quite easily abraded.”

  • Clinton (?), Missouri - Washington Park Public School (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Harness (sandstone) quarry, which is located one and one-half miles southwest of Clinton, just north of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, is owned by Joseph Harness. It has been idle for several years. Quarrying has been mainly along the hillside where the stripping was light....”

    “The stone is a fine grained, friable sandstone, having a gray to buff color, streaked and spotted in places with iron oxide. When first quarried it is quite soft and friable, but hardens considerably when seasoned....”

    “....It has been used for rip rap in the water reservoirs at Clinton and in the foundations of the Burrell Hotel, Washington Park Public School, and the White Swan elevator.”

  • Clinton (?), Missouri - White Swan Elevator (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Harness (sandstone) quarry, which is located one and one-half miles southwest of Clinton, just north of the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad, is owned by Joseph Harness. It has been idle for several years. Quarrying has been mainly along the hillside where the stripping was light....”

    “The stone is a fine grained, friable sandstone, having a gray to buff color, streaked and spotted in places with iron oxide. When first quarried it is quite soft and friable, but hardens considerably when seasoned....”

    “....It has been used for rip rap in the water reservoirs at Clinton and in the foundations of the Burrell Hotel, Washington Park Public School, and the White Swan elevator.”

  • Collins (south of), Missouri - the Hotel across from the Depot (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Martin sandstone) quarry, which is located one and three-quarters miles south of Collins, is owned by Ed. Martin. For some time prior to the summer of 1902 it had not been active....”

    “The stone is a medium grained, soft, friable sandstone, having a gray to dark red and sometimes variegated color. The exposed surface has a deep red color, resulting from the washing of iron oxide from the two feet of stripping. The upper one foot is cross bedded and very shelly.

    “The hotel across from the depot is built of this stone and shows well its color and texture....”

  • Columbia, Missouri - Cemetery - Granite Shaft (from Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, February 1899, Vol. XVIII, No. 3, pp. 143)

    Marble and Granite: “A marble company at Columbia, Mo., erected an immense granite shaft, weighing 47,000 pounds, over a grave in the cemetery there.”

  • Columbia (south of), Missouri - Cistern & Well Covers, Caps, Sills, Ashler Blocks, & Steps (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Nichols Bros. limestone) quarry is located in the S.W. ¼ of the N.E. ¼ of sec. 1, T. 48 N., R. 13 W., one and one-half miles north of the city. It consists of four openings along the south bank of Bear creek, west of the Blackfoot road.

    “This quarry is owned by Mrs. Nancy W. Nichols and operated by C. H. and W. O. Nichols. It was opened in 1870, since which time it has been worked intermittently. Quick lime was at one time manufactured out of the stone, but not at present....”

    “The stone dresses nicely into caps, sills, ashler blocks and steps. The following prices were obtained for the stone in 1901: Rubble stone $1.00 per yard; crushed stone $1.35 per cubic yard.

    “A number of cistern and well covers have been cut out of this stone. For this purpose, the stone must be obtained in perfect pieces, five feet square. When dressed, these covers bring from $5.00 to $8.00 apiece.”

  • Columbia, Missouri - the Columbia Public Library - Addition & Renovation (photographs) The following information is from an article entitled, “Stone connects community with renovated library,” by Michelle Stinnard, July 1, 2003, on the Stone World web site.

    According to this article, granite and sandstone were used in the construction of the addition and renovation of the library. The sandstone, a light cream-colored stone with darker veining, was supplied by Rosati Sandstone of St. James, Missouri. The Missouri Red Granite was quarried by Missouri Red Quarries, Inc. in Ironton, Missouri. The granite was used for cladding and the low retaining wall. The fabrication of the granite was done by Granicor, Inc., in St. Augustin, Canada. The fabrication of the sandstone was done by Earthworks, Inc. of Perryville. The architectural firm for the project was Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, New York, New York. The general contractor was KCI Construction Co., St. Louis, Missouri, and the stone installer was Wulff Brothers Masonry Corp., Columbia, Missouri.

    • The Columbia Public Library Addition (photographs), presented on the Manchester Hackett & Associates, Inc. web site.
  • Columbia, Missouri - the Courthouse at Columbia (from Physical Geography of Missouri in First Annual Report on The Commissioner of Statistics, To The General Assembly of Missouri For The Year 1866, by Professor C. G. Swallow)

    “Our examinations in Missouri prove the existence of such materials in nearly every formation in the State. Limestones, suitable for building purposes, are abundant in the upper and middle coal series, in the St. Louis Limestone, the Archimedes limestone, the Encrinital limestone, the Chouteau limestone, the Onandaga limestones, the Cape Girardeau limestone, the Trenton limestone, and the second, third, and fourth Magnesian limestones....”

    “The St. Louis limestone has many beds of excellent rock, which are extensively quarried and employed for various purposes in St. Louis county. The Archimedes beds furnish a great amount of very durable limestone. It is used for the customhouse in St. Louis....”

  • Columbia, Missouri - State University Buildings (from Physical Geography of Missouri in First Annual Report on The Commissioner of Statistics, To The General Assembly of Missouri For The Year 1866, by Professor C. G. Swallow)

    “Our examinations in Missouri prove the existence of such materials in nearly every formation in the State. Limestones, suitable for building purposes, are abundant in the upper and middle coal series, in the St. Louis Limestone, the Archimedes limestone, the Encrinital limestone, the Chouteau limestone, the Onandaga limestones, the Cape Girardeau limestone, the Trenton limestone, and the second, third, and fourth Magnesian limestones....”

    “The St. Louis limestone has many beds of excellent rock, which are extensively quarried and employed for various purposes in St. Louis county. The Archimedes beds furnish a great amount of very durable limestone. It is used for the customhouse in St. Louis. The Encrinital strata are more extensively employed for economical purposes than any other limestone in the State. The State-university and the court-house at Columbia furnish abundant proof of its adaptation to building purposes. The upper beds of Trenton limestone, and the dark compact and the light magnesian strata in the lower part, are very desirable building stones, but the middle beds are not so durable; still they are sometimes used....”

    • Columbia, Missouri - the University Farm - the “New Building” built circa 1904 (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

      “(The Guitar limestone) quarry is located one and one-half miles south of (Columbia)....”

      “The stone contains some iron oxide which in places stains it brown. In the west opening, the stone has been worked six feet deeper than in the east. This bed is a coarsely crystalline, fossiliferous, blue limestone in which chert is very abundant.

      “The stone is being used in the new building which is being erected at the University farm.”

  • Columbia, Missouri - Subtera Underground Warehousing (present-day company) (photographs) (Warehousing located in an old quarry.)
  • Cuba, Missouri - the Wagon Wheel Motel (The following information is from “A Bit of Missouri 66 History,” presented by Joe Sonderman.

    According to this web site, “Many roadside entrepreneurs built from the materials they had close at hand. In the Missouri Ozarks, slabs of sandstone, also known as ‘Giraffe Rock’ or any handy stones became the material of choice. Good examples of Ozark rocked buildings that survive today include the Shamrock Motel in Sullivan, the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba and the Gascozark Café and station in Gascozark....”

  • De Soto, Missouri - Limestone Used in Cemeteries, Ashler Masonry & Foundations in De Soto from the Frech Limestone Quarry (Limestone) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “This quarry, which is owned and operated by A. L. Frech, is located near the west limits of the city. It is situated near the top of a hill and the aggregate length of the face is about 1,100 feet. It is now being worked near the south end. The stone is typical cotton rock and is used locally for foundations and rough masonry....”

    “Most of the stone is used locally for ashler masonry, foundations and cemetery work.”

  • Defiance, Missouri - the Daniel Boone House (photograph and history) The following information is from an article entitled, “Experience America’s Frontier at Daniel Boone Home,” by Betty Magrath, SLFP, Photos by Bob Moore, SLFP, 1998, Saint Louis Front Page online edition.

    According to this article, the Daniel Boone house was constructed in the early 1800s of limestone quarried from a nearby Missouri quarry. It took the Boone family seven years to complete the house.

    • The Daniel (& Nathan) Boone Home, Femme Osage Valley, Missouri (photographs and history), photographs by Margy Miles.
  • East Lynne, Missouri - Limestone Steps, Sills, & Coursing (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “A quarry which is owned by Paul Schindorf is located three and one-half miles north of East Lynne. It was opened about thirty years ago, but has not been operated for a number of years.

    “...It is very durable and makes excellent steps, sills, coursing, etc. The amount of stripping and the very limited demand has resulted in the quarry being abandoned.”

  • East St. Louis, Missouri - the Union Street Bridge Piers & Abutments (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Skrainka limestone) quarry, which is owned by the Atlantic Real Estate Company and the Terminal Railway Association and operated by the Atlantic Quarry and Construction Co. of 806 Security building, is located just north of the railroad tracks at Scott and Montrose avenues. It has been in continuous operation since 1895, and consists of a rectangular, sunken pit 50 feet by 250 feet....”

    “The stone from the lower beds of this quarry is used mainly for the manufacture of crushed stone. The dense compact texture, combined with the sharp fracture, makes it well suited for this purpose. From the upper beds very good rubble stone can be obtained....”

    “This stone has been used in many of the St. Louis buildings, among which may be mentioned the National Bank of Commerce, Broadway and Olive streets; Brown building, 12th and Washington avenue; Goldman-Lesser building, 12th and Washington avenue; Bridge piers and abutments on Union street in St. Louis and in East St. Louis.”

  • Elston, Missouri - Foundations of Limestone from the Hitch Limestone Quarry & the Wade Limestone Quarry (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “This quarry is located in the N.W. ¼ of the N.E. ¼, sec. 28, T. 45, R. 13 W. It has a face thirty feet long and consists of two beds of magnesian limestone...The beds are ten and fourteen inches in thickness and contain good stone for foundation purposes.”

    “This quarry, which is a short distance north of the Hitch quarry, has a face of thirty-five feet and consists of seven beds from four to fourteen inches in thickness...The stone is a light gray, fine grained cotton rock containing small drusy cavities. Along the bedding and joint planes the stone is a buff color. It has been used exclusively for foundations.”

  • Excelsior Springs, Missouri - the Elms Resort Hotel (photographs and history)

    According to the Legends of America web site, Missouri limestone was used for the construction of the exterior of the building when it was re-built after it was destroyed by fire in 1898.

  • Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri - the Elmwood Academy - the Sills (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties, ” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Limestone quarried from the J. M. Elvins quarry located in township 36 north, range 4 east, section 12, southwest quarter, St. Francois County, Missouri, furnished the sills for the Elmwood academy.”

  • Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri - Flagging (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties, ” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Limestone quarried from the J. M. Elvins quarry located in township 36 north, range 4 east, section 12, southwest quarter, St. Francois County, Missouri, “has furnished considerable flagging for Farmington.”

  • Farmington Area, St. Francois County, Missouri - the Foundations, Macadam, and Flagging (from “Notes on The Building Stones, Clays and Sands of Iron, St. Francois and Madison Counties,” by G. E. Ladd, Assistant Geologist, in Bulletin 1, Geological Survey of Missouri, Jefferson City, April 1890.)

    Limestone quarried from the M. P. Cayce quarry located in township 35, range 5 east, section 1, southwest quarter, St. Francois County, Missouri, “has furnished a small amount of stone, of a poor quality, for foundations in and about Farmington.”

  • Farmington, Missouri - the State Hospital - Limestone for Building Foundations & Driveways (Limestone) (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The State Hospital) quarry, which is located just east of the road from the main entrance to the buildings, has furnished stone for the foundations of the Hospital buildings. It consists of a semi-circular opening, having a face 250 feet long...The stone is a fine grained, bluish gray, semi-crystalline, magnesian limestone. The uppermost bed contains small hackly cavities. As a whole, the beds are thicker and better adapted for constructional work than those at the other quarries. It is expected to install a crushing plant to provide stone suitable for macadamizing the asylum driveways.”

  • Florissant, Missouri - the “Rock House” (Citation for the following information: “Florissant, Missouri.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 17 Jul 2006, 19:21 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 12 Aug 2006) < http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florissant%2C_Missouri&oldid=64334824>.

    “...The beautiful ‘Rock Building’ was completed in 1840, constructed of massive limestone blocks quarried by the brothers and hauled from the Missouri River bluffs. The seminary closed in 1971, and the buildings were purchased by the Gateway College of Evangelism.”

  • Fredericktown, Missouri - College Building constructed circa 1896 (from A Report on Mine La Motte Sheet, including Portions of Madison, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties, by Charles Rollin Keyes, State Geologist, Missouri Geological Survey, Reports on Areal Geology (Sheets 1-4) Volume IX, 1896)

    Much of the limestone quarried from the Berryman quarry, which was located east of Fredericktown on the south side of Saline creek, was used to construct foundations.

    Limestone quarried from the Downs Quarry, which was located two miles northwest of Fredericktown, was used in the construction of the college building at Fredericktown built circa 1896.

  • Fredericktown (west of), Missouri - the Marvin Collegiate Institute and Dormitory (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Davis limestone) quarry, which is owned and operated by R. N. Davis, is located on the northwest side of a hill, one and one-half miles west of Fredericktown. It has been operated since 1894 and has a face of 150 feet....”

    “The stone from this quarry has been used in the Marvin Collegiate Institute and Dormitory and in the new courthouse at Fredericktown....”

  • Fredericktown (west of), Missouri - the Courthouse (new circa 1904) (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “(The Davis limestone) quarry, which is owned and operated by R. N. Davis, is located on the northwest side of a hill, one and one-half miles west of Fredericktown. It has been operated since 1894 and has a face of 150 feet....”

    “The stone from this quarry has been used in the Marvin Collegiate Institute and Dormitory and in the new courthouse at Fredericktown....”

  • Fulton, Missouri - the Public Library (The following information is from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The Carroll County Sandstone Company, by which (the White Rock sandstone) quarry is owned, is a corporation consisting of A. T. Kendrick, B. D. Kendrick, O. A. Kendrick and Wm. Bushy. The quarry was opened in 1868 and has been operated almost continuously ever since....”

    “As a whole, the stone consists of fine rounded grains of translucent quartz, cemented together chiefly with calcium carbonate. Small flakes of mica, grains of iron oxide and nodules of pyrites are lesser constituents of the rock. Large oval areas in the stone have been changed practically to a quartzite....”

    “This sandstone has been used in the construction of the Iowa State Capitol, the Methodist Church at Carrollton, the Public Library at Fulton and for bridge abutments along the Wabash railroad. It has also been shipped to the following cities for miscellaneous uses: St. Joseph, St. Louis, Kansas City and Marysville, Missouri; Lincoln, Nebraska; Ottumwa, Des Moines, Atlantic, and Bloomfield, Iowa.”

  • Gallatin, Missouri - Limestone Bridge Abutments, Retaining Walls, Foundations, Wells, Macadam, Caps, Sills, Curbing, & Coursing (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by E. R. Buckley, Director and State Geologist, and H. A. Buehler, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines Vol. II, 2nd Series, 1904.)

    “The (Cubberly limestone) quarry owned and operated by Albert Cubberly is located in the outskirts of the city, just south of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad. It was opened six years ago and has been worked intermittently to supply the local demands....”

    “The beds in this opening are uniform in thickness and dress readily into caps, sills and coursing....”

    “(The Walker limestone) quarry is located near the eastern limits of the city and is owned and operated by Sam Walker. It was opened in 1897 on a four-acre tract of land. The face is irregular and about 600 feet long. At the time the quarry was examined there was exposed 3 ft. 4 in. of bluish finely crystalline, fossiliferous limestone in beds from six to eight inches in thickness. These beds are blue in the interior and buff on the exterior....”

    “...The stone is used for foundations, wells, and macadam. Two car loads of crushed stone, broken by hand, have been shipped to Chillicothe. It is sold for $2.50 a yard F.O.B. Gallatin.”

    “The quarry owned by Samuel T. Brosins was opened in 1886 along the railroad east of the Cubberly quarry. It is located in the S.W. ¼ of N.E. ¼, sec, 17, T. 29, R. 27 W. The stone is blue and gray limestone, very similar to that in the other quarries of Gallatin.

    “The stone from this quarry has been used by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad to build bridge abutments and retaining walls. It is suitable for breakwater, foundations, bridge abutments, curbing and retaining walls. The quarry has been idle for a number of years.”

  • Gascozark, Pulaski County, Missouri - the Gascozark Café (The following information is from “A Bit of Missouri 66 History,” presented by Joe Sonderman.

    According to this web site, “Many roadside entrepreneurs built from the materials they had close at hand. In the Missouri Ozarks, slabs of sandstone, also known as ‘Giraffe Rock’ or any handy stones became the material of choice. Good examples of Ozark rocked buildings that survive today include the Shamrock Motel in Sullivan, the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba and the Gascozark Café and station in Gascozark....”

  • Graniteville Area, Missouri - Granite Monumental and Constructional Work in the Area (from Building Stones and Clay-Products: A Handbook For Architects, by Heinrich Ries, Ph.D., 1912)

    “Graniteville. The largest and most important quarries in the state are here. The stone is a red granite of pleasing red color, medium to coarse grained, and takes a good durable polish. It is, therefore, much used for constructional and monumental work.”

  • Greene County, Missouri - Greene County Courthouses, presented on the Springfield-Greene County Library web site.
  • Greenfield, Dade County, Missouri – the Dade County Courthouse (history)

    The fourth Dade County courthouse was completed on 1935. It was constructed with marble quarried at Carthage, Missouri.

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