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Hamilton (northeast of), Missouri – Limestone Foundations (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 Rogers limestone) quarry, which is located one and one-half miles northeast of the city, is owned by Geo. Rogers and operated by John Yeager...The stone has a grayish color and is fossiliferous and finely crystalline...The stone is used locally for foundations.”
Hannibal (in and west of at Bear Creek), Missouri - Dwellings in Hannibal (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 Hannibal Lime Company) quarries, which were until recently owned and operated by Munger Brothers, are now in the possession of a stock company of which Mr. John E. Jones, Jr., is manager. This company owns and operates two quarries, the most important of which is located at Bear Creek, about five miles west of Hannibal....”

“The Bear Creek quarry has been operated very extensively, both for the manufacture of quicklime and for the production of building stone....”

“A very good grade of white building stone is obtained at this quarry. The stone is also used for sills, caps, steps and curbing. It has been used in the construction of the court house and public library, in Hannibal, as well as in numerous dwellings. A very good grade of white lime, known as the Bear Creek lime, is manufactured.”
Hannibal (in and west of at Bear Creek), Missouri - the Hannibal Court House (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 Hannibal Lime Company) quarries, which were until recently owned and operated by Munger Brothers, are now in the possession of a stock company of which Mr. John E. Jones, Jr., is manager. This company owns and operates two quarries, the most important of which is located at Bear Creek, about five miles west of Hannibal....”

“The Bear Creek quarry has been operated very extensively, both for the manufacture of quicklime and for the production of building stone....”

“A very good grade of white building stone is obtained at this quarry. The stone is also used for sills, caps, steps and curbing. It has been used in the construction of the court house and public library, in Hannibal, as well as in numerous dwellings. A very good grade of white lime, known as the Bear Creek lime, is manufactured.”
Hannibal (in and west of at Bear Creek), Missouri - the Hannibal Public Library Building (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 (Hannibal Lime Company) quarries, which were until recently owned and operated by Munger Brothers, are now in the possession of a stock company of which Mr. John E. Jones, Jr., is manager. This company owns and operates two quarries, the most important of which is located at Bear Creek, about five miles west of Hannibal....”

“The Bear Creek quarry has been operated very extensively, both for the manufacture of quicklime and for the production of building stone....”

“A very good grade of white building stone is obtained at this quarry. The stone is also used for sills, caps, steps and curbing. It has been used in the construction of the court house and public library, in Hannibal, as well as in numerous dwellings. A very good grade of white lime, known as the Bear Creek lime, is manufactured.”
Hannibal, Missouri - Tom Sawyer & Huck Fin Statue - the Pedestal (from Stone Magazine, September 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 9, pp. 555)

“Frederick C. Hibbard, Chicago Sculptor, but a native of Missouri, is working on the statue group of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in commemoration of Mark Twain’s novels, which is to be mounted in Hannibal, Missouri, where the famous writer began his career as a printer’s apprentice. The group will rest on a Red Missouri Granite Pedestal.”
Harrisonville, Missouri – the Bank of Harrisonville - the Front) (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 the front of the building. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint
Harrisonville, Missouri – Deacon, Elder & Deacon Building - the Trimmings (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 the trimmings of the building. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.
Herman, Missouri – the Court House (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 Court House. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.
Independence, Missouri - the Flournoy House - the Frederick M. Smith Study - the Fireplace, presented on the Community of Christ web site.

According to this web site, the Flournoy house is one of the oldest homes in Independence. The fireplace in the Frederick M. Smith study was constructed from Missouri limestone.
Iron County, Missouri - Foundations (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.)

Magnesian Limestone quarried from the Carley and Mann quarries located in township 33 north, range 3 east, section 1, near the center, Iron County, Missouri, was used mostly for foundations. “The color of the stone is blue in some strata, and yellow in others.”
Ironton, Iron County, Missouri - the Foundations in Ironton - Steps (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.)

Porphyry conglomerate that grades into a coarse sandstone which was quarried from the Shepherd Mountain quarry, located on the southern slope of Shepherd Mountain, Iron County, Missouri, was used for foundations. “Some of the steps of the Iron County courthouse are of this stone and these are very deeply worn (circa 1890), compared with those of limestone with which they are associated.”
Ironton, Iron County, Missouri - the Iron County Courthouse - Steps (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.)

Porphyry conglomerate that grades into a coarse sandstone which was quarried from the Shepherd Mountain quarry, located on the southern slope of Shepherd Mountain, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the of some of the steps of the Iron County courthouse. “...This stone and these (steps) are very deeply worn (circa 1890), compared with those of limestone with which they are associated.”
Ironton, Missouri - the Small House in Ironton (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.)

Magnesian Limestone quarried from the Carley and Mann quarries located in township 33 north, range 3 east, section 1, near the center, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of “one small dwelling house” in Ironton. “The color of the stone is blue in some strata, and yellow in others.”
Ironton, Missouri - the Dr. Goulding’s Hospital (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.)

Magnesian Limestone quarried from the Carley and Mann quarries located in township 33 north, range 3 east, section 1, near the center, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of Dr. Goulding’s hospital. “The color of the stone is blue in some strata, and yellow in others.”
Jackson, Missouri - the Cape County Savings Bank (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 Kesterson limestone) quarry is located in sec. 7, T. 31, R. 13 E., one mile east of Jackson. It was opened about ten years ago by Richard Niblet, and during the past two years has been operated by John Kesterson. It is at the bottom of a steep hill and has a face 150 feet long and 30 feet high. The stripping is very light, not exceeding two feet.

“The stone occurs in beds varying in thickness from two inches to two feet. It is a dark blue, fine grained, fossiliferous limestone, containing small geodes of calcite....”

“The stone is used for sidewalks, curbing, sills, steps and foundations. It may be seen in the Cape County Savings Bank, in H. H. Muellers’ store and many other buildings in and about Jackson. It has also been shipped to Saxton, Oran and Charleston, Missouri.”
Jackson, Missouri - H. H. Muellers’ Store & Many Other Jackson Buildings, Sidewalks, Curbing, Sills, Steps, & Foundations (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 Kesterson limestone) quarry is located in sec. 7, T. 31, R. 13 E., one mile east of Jackson. It was opened about ten years ago by Richard Niblet, and during the past two years has been operated by John Kesterson. It is at the bottom of a steep hill and has a face 150 feet long and 30 feet high. The stripping is very light, not exceeding two feet.

“The stone occurs in beds varying in thickness from two inches to two feet. It is a dark blue, fine grained, fossiliferous limestone, containing small geodes of calcite....”

“The stone is used for sidewalks, curbing, sills, steps and foundations. It may be seen in the Cape County Savings Bank, in H. H. Muellers’ store and many other buildings in and about Jackson. It has also been shipped to Saxton, Oran and Charleston, Missouri.”
Jefferson City, Missouri - the Court-house and Many Other Buildings at Jefferson City (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 strata of cotton rock so abundant in the Magnesian limestones are much used. The state-house, court-house, and many other buildings at Jefferson City, show the adaptation of this limestone to such purposes. This is the same as the buff limestone imported into St. Louis from Illinois for houses. This rock is equally good at many localities in our own State. These formations also contain numerous beds of the silicious and the magnesian crystalline varieties, which are much stronger and more durable than the cotton rock.”
Jefferson City, Missouri – the Court House (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 Court House. The color of the Carthage limestone ranges from brown and gray to white. Some of the stone has a faint blue tint.

Jefferson City, Missouri – the First National Bank (Union Marble and Tile Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, September 1928, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 54)

First National Bank, Jefferson City, Missouri. We fabricated and erected the counter, columns, pilasters and ornament decoration around door openings of Tavernelle Clair marble; the floor is of Pink Tennessee marble. Mauran, Russell and Crowell, Architects, St. Louis, Mo., Simon Construction Company, General Contractors, Columbia, Mo.

First National Bank, Jefferson City, Missouri, circa 1928

Union Marble and Tile Co., 1109-27 S. Seventh Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.

William C. Fox, General Manager

Jefferson City, Missouri – the Governor’s Mansion – Retaining Wall (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.)

“Jefferson City.

“All of the stone quarried in this vicinity belongs to what is known as the Jefferson City (Second Magnesian) limestone. This formation consists of two divisions, an upper which is chiefly cotton rock and a lower which is thickly bedded, pitted limestone. The cotton rock occurs in clean cut, well defined beds, which are easily quarried. It is fine grained, impure, light gray to buff colored, dolomitic limestone, which is easy to cut and dress, and looks well when placed in a wall. It has been used very extensively in Jefferson City and can be seen in the wall surrounding the penitentiary, in the retaining walls around the Governor’s mansion and in many of the buildings.”

Jefferson City, Missouri – the Missouri State Capitol (article entitled, “Marble Work in the Missouri Capitol,” in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 7, July 1917. (Click here to read the entire article.)

Marble Work in the Missouri State Capitol. Bridge between the Rotunda and Library, executed entirely in Napoleon Gray marble from Phenix, Mo. Architects: Tracy & Swartout, New York. (pp. 366)

Marble Work in Rotunda of Missouri State Capitol at Jefferson City. Showing the State Stair Well and the East Wall. The detailed carving illustrated elsewhere can be seen over the square doorway. The work is done entirely in Napoleon Gray marble. (pp. 369)

A Carved Panel Over a Doorhead. Detail of Carving on the East Wall of the Rotunda in the Missouri State Capitol at Jefferson City, Mo. Architects: Tracy and Swartout, New York. (pp. 367)

Jefferson City, Missouri – the Missouri State Capitol Exterior of Ozark Marble. (The following information is from an advertisement for the Ozark Quarries Company in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, June 1923, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 52. The same advertisement was also published in the following issues of Throvgh The Ages Magazine: May 1923, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 52; July 1923, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 52; and September 1923, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 52.)

The Missouri State Capitol Building. The Entire Exterior of Ozark Marble.

Missouri State Capitol Building, circa 1923

Ozark Quarries Company - Mills and Quarries, Carthage, Missouri

The superior quarry service of the Ozark Quarries Company is shown by the fact that in the production and fabrication of exterior marble for the Missouri State Capitol, 250,000 cubic feet were produced and delivered in fifteen months.

Exterior Ozark Marble - A high-grade exterior building marble possessing an unusually attractive color. Practically non-absorbent, it is an ideal material for exterior marble work. Interior Ozark Gray Marble - Ozark Gray Veinless Marble has a pleasing warm gray color and from points of soundness, character and pleasing warm gray color and from points of soundness, character and color is one of the most popular marbles for interior use on the market. Ozark Gray Veined Marble is a sound material of fine texture possessing just enough veining and variation of color to make it attractive for interior finish.

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Jefferson City, Missouri - the Missouri State Capitol - Columns & Walls (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, December 1923, Vol. 1, No. 8, pp. 47.)

Napoleon Gray Marble walls and columns in Missouri State Capitol. Tracy & Swartout, Architects.

Missouri State Capitol, marble walls and columns, circa 1923

Phenix Marble Company, Kansas City, Missouri

Napoleon Gray Marble

Here are three predominant qualities that make Napoleon Gray the popular marble that it is:

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Jefferson City, Missouri - the Missouri State Capitol (article entitled, “The Missouri Capitol: The Exterior of the Jefferson City Structure was Built Entirely of Missouri Marble,” in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 12, April 1924, pp. 26-32, used with permission, National Assoc. of Marble Dealers/Marble Institute of America - AMI.) (By clicking on the link placed on the words “Missouri State Capitol” you can read the entire article.)

According to the article entitled, “The Missouri Capitol,” the following stones were used in the construction of the building:

“Carthage and Phenix marbles were used extensively for the interior. (pp. 29)

“The walls of the rotunda and the corridors and vestibules of the first, second and third floors, and of the grand stairway, are lined with Carthage Napoleon Gray marble. The floors of all the corridors, rotundas and all the treads of the stairway are of solid Carthage marble, which makes as attractive an interior as it does an exterior finish....”

“Between the rotundas and the museums described elsewhere are eight large columns from Graniteville, Mo. All the other columns except those in the House and Senate are either Phenix or Carthage Marble. The columns in the Senate chamber are Royal Antique marble, with white Vermont marble bases and caps....”

“This rotunda is on the Legislative floor, two stories above the entrance of the ground level, and is about 140 feet high by some 65 feet across. The walls are lined with Missouri marble and the upper portion is richly decorated with mural paintings.....”

Exterior of Missouri State Capitol, at Jefferson City. It is now surrounded with gardens, driveways and boulevard electric lights.

View of the House of Representatives, Missouri State Capitol. It is 70 by 78 feet and provides for 150 members.

Columns and capitals of the Main Rotunda. Carthage and Phenix marbles were used extensively for the interior.

Stone carving on Grand Stairway.

Grand Stairway, Missouri State Capitol.

The Missouri State Capitol Building - Carved Panel in one of the Walls (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1926, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 13.)

Carved panel in the wall of the Missouri State capitol. The architects, Tracy Swartwout, selected Napoleon Gray marble for this work.

Carved panel in wall of the Missouri State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, Missouri, circa 1926

The Missouri State Capitol Building - the Marble Columns (from article entitled, “Why Some Marbles Lose Popularity Through Misuse By Admirers,” (Reprinted from Stone) in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, February 1927, Vol. 4, No. 10, pp. 31-32.)

Napoleon Gray Marble columns in the Missouri capitol. Tracy and Swartwout, New York, architects. (pp. 32)

Marble columns in the Missouri State Capitol Building, Jefferson City, Missouri, circa 1927

The Missouri State Capitol 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.)

Marble quarried from the Phenix Marble Company’s “Old West Quarry” at Phenix, Greene County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Missouri State Capitol building prior to 1942. (pp. 26)

“The production of marble (at the west quarry of the Carthage Marble Corporation) is said to have been started in about 1910, though earlier reports of the results of polishing of Carthage stone are known. In 1913, a quarry was opened by John Gill and Son at the site of the present marble quarry to supply exterior and interior stone for the Missouri State Capitol.” (pp. 33)
The Missouri State Capitol (photograph and history)

The Missouri State Capitol was designed in the Renaissance style of architecture, and it overlooks the Missouri River. It is the third capitol building constructed in Jefferson City. Burlington limestone quarried in Carthage, Missouri, was used for the exterior and interior of the building except for the third floor for which stone from the Phenix Quarry in Green County, Missouri was used.
The Missouri State Capitol Under Construction (photograph and history), presented on the Missouri Secretary of State web site.
Jefferson City, Missouri - the Missouri State Highway 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.)

“Marble quarried from the Shoal Creek Quarry in Newton County, Missouri, operated by the Joplin Marble Quarries Company was used in the construction of the exterior of the Missouri State Highway building. The color of the stone was described as ‘medium dark gray color, stylolitic, coarsely crinoidal to rather fine-grained, with appreciable variations in texture.’”
Jefferson City, Missouri – the old Missouri State Penitentiary Wall (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.)

Plate XIII. - Fig. 1. Cotton rock, penitentiary wall, Jefferson City, Mo.

Plate XII - Fig. 2. Portion of a cotton rock quarry, Jefferson City, Mo.

“Jefferson City.

“All of the stone quarried in this vicinity belongs to what is known as the Jefferson City (Second Magnesian) limestone. This formation consists of two divisions, an upper which is chiefly cotton rock and a lower which is thickly bedded, pitted limestone. The cotton rock occurs in clean cut, well defined beds, which are easily quarried. It is fine grained, impure, light gray to buff colored, dolomitic limestone, which is easy to cut and dress, and looks well when placed in a wall. It has been used very extensively in Jefferson City and can be seen in the wall surrounding the penitentiary, in the retaining walls around the Governor’s mansion and in many of the buildings.”
- “Inside the Missouri State Penitentiary (photographs and history), presented on the Route 50 web site.
- Jefferson City, Missouri - the State-house & many Other Buildings at Jefferson City (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 strata of cotton rock so abundant in the Magnesian limestones are much used. The state-house, court-house, and many other buildings at Jefferson City, show the adaptation of this limestone to such purposes. This is the same as the buff limestone imported into St. Louis from Illinois for houses. This rock is equally good at many localities in our own State. These formations also contain numerous beds of the silicious and the magnesian crystalline varieties, which are much stronger and more durable than the cotton rock.”
Jefferson City, Missouri - State of Missouri Buildings in Jefferson City (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 third quarry operated by the State, known as the ‘State Quarry,’ is located about one mile east of the city. It is situated upon a hill and has south and west faces aggregating 300 feet in length and 17 feet in height.

“The stone is typical cotton rock, having a blue color at the bottom and a gray or buff tint near the surface. The beds are from four to twenty inches in thickness.

“The stone has been used in and about the State buildings at Jefferson City. At present the quarry is not operating.”
Jefferson City, Missouri - the State Office 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.)

Ste. Genevieve Rose Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the State Office building.

Carthage Marble (a limestone) quarried at Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the exterior of the State office building.
Jefferson City, Missouri - the U. S. Post Office Building in Jefferson City (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.)

Carthage Marble (a limestone) quarried at Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the exterior of the U. S. Post Office building.

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