Structures and Monuments in Which Missouri Stone was Used

• Finished Products from Missouri Stone in Missouri (Continued)
  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Gerhard B. Allen Residence (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 Gerhard B. Allen residence prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Ashley Street Bridge Abutments (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 Crystal Springs limestone) quarry, which is owned by James F. and Richard Rothwell, is located one-half mile west of Vigus, at the northern edge of St. Louis county. A side track connects the quarry with the St. Louis, Kansas City and Colorado railroad. It is situated on a bluff along the Missouri river and has a face 400 feet long....”

    “...The quarry produces crushed stone and building stone, most of which is shipped by rail to St. Louis. Stone from this quarry was used in the abutments of the Ashley road bridge over the Endland Electric Railway tracks.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Anheuser-Busch Brewery Buildings (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery buildings.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - Bellefontaine Cemetery - the Adolphus Busch Memorial (A.J. Sheahan Granite Co. advertisement in American Stone Trade, July, 1931, Vol. XXXI, No. 12, pp. 16.)

    Illustration shows the Adolphus Busch Memorial, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Executed and erected by the Pickel Stone Co., Out of Sheahan’s Dark Syenite.

    Missouri Red Granite - Unequaled for Memorials

    The most resplendent red when polished, and when fine axed it is the warm pink most desired for art expressions.

    Known to the trade as Sheahan’s Missouri Red, it is always the best choice for Vaults and Public Monuments, as well as Family Memorials.

    We supply rough stock only. any size - any quantity.

    A.J. Sheahan Granite Co., Quarriers, Graniteville, Mo.

    Illustration shows the Adolphus Busch Memorial, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Executed and erected by the Pickel Stone Co., Out of Sheahan’s Dark Syenite.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Bissell Point Waterworks Building (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)

    Quarried granite dimension stone from the Berry Quarry, which was located three miles northwest of Knob Lick, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Bissell Point Water Works building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Boatmen’s Bank Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Boatmen’s Bank building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Boston Monument (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Boston Monument.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Bradford & Martins 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 Bradford & Martins building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Brown Building located at 12 th and Washington Avenue (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.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Buder Grade School (from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, July 1925, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 58) (The same advertisement was published in the following edition of Throvgh The Ages Magazine: December 1925, Vol. 3, No. 8, pp. 57; January 1926, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 57; and April 1926, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 57)

    Carthage Marble and White Lime Co., Carthage, Missouri

    Gray Imperial Marble

    Buder Grade School, St. Louis, Mo., R. M. Milligan, Comm. of School Bldgs., Architect. The treads are of Lake Champlain marble. All of the other marble throughout is Carthage Imperial Gray. Finished and installed by Union Marble and Tile Co.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - Old Quarry in Carondelet Park, presented on the City of St. Louis web site.

    According to the web site: “Picnic sites are in the middle of the park...and the third, the Quarry, is off Holly Hills Drive.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis - the Pope John Paul II Sculpture Base (history) (This information is presented on the St. Louis Front Page web site.)

    According to this web site, the base of the Pope John Paul II sculpture was constructed of red Missouri granite. The sculpture is located outside the cathedral.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Chamber of Commerce Building, located 14th Street between E Street and Constitution Avenue NW (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 Chamber of Commerce building prior to 1904.

    • Commerce Department Building (photograph and history)

      A photograph of the Commerce Department Building is available on the Building Stones of Our Nation’s Capitol web site presented by the U. S. Geological Survey. The entry lists the building stones as: “ Building Stones: Exterior, first and second floors, Stony Creek granite, Connecticut; interior, Georgia and Missouri marble”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust at 13th Street (The following information was obtained from the Mound City on the Mississippi : A St. Louis History web site.)

    “‘The large Gothic Revival church was constructed between 1859 and 1867 of Illinois sandstone, with a tower and porch added in 1910-1912 of Indiana limestone. Attached to the south of the church is a smaller sandstone chapel; attached to the east elevation is the Bishop Tuttle Memorial Building, a six -story structure with limestone facade designed in a late-Gothic Style.’ [From the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places as prepared by Esley Hamilton, March, 1989.]”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – City Club of St. Louis – Arcade & Entrance (Union Marble and Tile Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, October 1927, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 54.)

    Arcade and Entrance to City Club of St. Louis and Missouri Hotel. Alabama, Carthage and York Fossil marbles were used extensively throughout this building, and these materials were fabricated and erected by us.

    Union Marble & Tile Company, 1109-27 South Seventh Blvd., St. Louis, MO.

    William C. Fox, General Manager

    T. P. Barnett Co., Architects. Humes-Deal Co., General Contr’s.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the City Hall, 1200 Market Street (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used in part in the construction of the City Hall.

    • St. Louis City Hall (history and photographs), presented on the St. Louis Historic Preservation web site.

      According to this web site, “Construction began on July 19, 1890 and was completed on November 5, 1904....”

      “The exterior of the first story is Missouri pink granite that contrasts with pink-orange Roman brick on the upper floors and buff color sandstone trim located in an irregular pattern around the window openings. The roof is burgundy-red clay tiles.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the City Infirmary 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 City Infirmary building prior to 1942.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Civil Courts 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 Golden Vein Marble, quarried in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Civil Courts building.

    Marble quarried from the Phenix Marble Company’s “Old West Quarry” at Phenix, Greene County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Civil Courts building prior to 1942.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Commercial Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Commercial building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the CommercialBuilding (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Commercial building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Coronado Hotel - Pallido Supper Room (Tompkins-Kiel Marble Co. advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1926, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 63.)

    Supper Room, Coronado Hotel, St. Louis. P. J. Bradshaw, Architect. (pp. 63)

    Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York City

    Chicago - San Francisco - Sylacauga, Ala - Knoxville, Tenn. - Carthage, Mo. - St. Louis, Mo.

    A Gilded Vault on Columns of St. Genevieve Golden Vein

    The Office of P. J. Bradshaw writes ad for us: “Owing to existing conditions, the plan of the Pallido Supper Room of the Coronado took its present form and necessitated the use of columns and pilasters as a decorative treatment, supporting the gilded vault above.“We have learned by experience that any material less durable than marble would not stand the above which corners and projections receive in a room of this character.

    “Imported marbles are expensive and the delay in procuring same a consideration. Finally, after going over sample files, we came across a beautifully veined piece of St. Genevieve Golden Vein, which suited our color scheme and which our contractor informed us was readily obtainable and at a moderate cost. This was chosen, and the component colors of the marble were used in the alternating squares of the terrazzo floor. The walls and ceiling of plaster were tinted and gilded in harmony.” No matter what your problem, we have a marble immediately available to solve it.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Old Courthouse in St. Louis (The following information is presented by Richard Green on his web site “Historic Kimmswick,” an About Cities and Towns web site.

    Kimmswick is a village located about 20 miles south of St. Louis. According to this web site, many stonemasons settled in Kimmswick, and stone quarried surrounding Kimmswick was used to build the Old Courthouse in St. Louis.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Samuel Cupples House

    See: St. Louis, Missouri - the Samuel Cupples House below.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Customhouse at St. Louis (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....”

    • St. Louis Postoffice and Customhouse - “The St. Louis Old Post Office and Custom House,” presented on the Your Missouri Courts web site.

      According to this article, “The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District has its offices in the Old Post Office (OPO). The OPO was originally known as the United States Custom House and Post Office....” Construction of the building started in 1872 and it was completed in 1884.

      “The first floor façade is built of Iron Mountain Red Granite, shipped from Iron Mountain, Missouri by train. The façade of the upper three levels (including the floors housing the Court of Appeals) is built of Grey Hurricane Island Granite from Maine, shipped by boat via the Atlantic Ocean to New Orleans and up the Mississippi River....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Drummond Tobacco Factory (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Drummond Tobacco factory. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri - the Drummond Tobacco Works (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 Drummond Tobacco Works prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Eads Bridge (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.)

    Granite quarried from Ozark Mountain granite quarry located a quarter of a mile south of Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the “famous Eads bridge across the Mississippi...The stone taken out was, however, inferior to what can be obtained, as it was mostly surface rock.”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Eads Bridge Piers (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the piers of the Eads Bridge.

    • The Eads Bridge Abutments (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.)

      “Formerly, a number of quarries were operated in the Aux Vases sandstone, about four miles south of Ste. Genevieve. Large quantities of this stone were used in the abutments of the Eads bridge, at St. Louis; in the Iowa State Capitol, at Des Moines; and in the Equitable and McLean buildings in St. Louis....”

    • The Eads Bridge (from Geology of Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, by Stuart Weller and Stuart St. Clair, Vol. XXII, Second Series, Missouri Bureau of Geology and Mines, Rolla, Missouri, 1928. Used with permission.)

      “Limestone quarries have been opened in a number of localities in the eastern part of the county, much of the stone being used in the manufacture of a high grade white lime, although some blocks have been shipped for building purposes...At a point about four miles south of Ste. Genevieve the Aux Vases sandstone has been quarried and shipped, a large amount of rock from this quarry being used in the construction of the Eads Bridge at St. Louis.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Equitable Building at Sixth and Locust (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Equitable building.

    • The Equitable Building (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.)

      “Formerly, a number of quarries were operated in the Aux Vases sandstone, about four miles south of Ste. Genevieve. Large quantities of this stone were used in the abutments of the Eads bridge, at St. Louis; in the Iowa State Capitol, at Des Moines; and in the Equitable and McLean buildings in St. Louis....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Fagin Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Fagin building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Fagin Building (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Fagin building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Famous & Bar Co. (from article entitled, “Marble Floors For Department Stores,” by Fred Z. Salomon, General Manager, May Department Stores Company, in Throvgh The Ages Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 11, March 1924, pp. 23-26, used with permission, National Assoc. of Marble Dealers/Marble Institute of America - AMI.)

    Famous & Barr Co. of St. Louis, Missouri.

    March 1924, pp. 23, Marble Floors For Department Stores.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – Famous & Barr Company’s Store – the Floors (Bradbury Marble Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, April 1924, Vol. 1, No. 12, pp. 61. This advertisement was found in a of many issues of Throvgh The Ages Magazine at the back of the book.)

    Display in Window in Famous & Barr Co.’s Store in St. Louis. All of the marble floors in the store portion of this huge building were installed by us.

    The Bradbury Marble Company, St. Louis, Missouri - Edwardsville, Illinois

    Display in Window in Famous & Barr Co.’s Store in St. Louis - All of the marble floors in the store portion of this huge building were installed by us.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Federal 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 Federal building.

    • St. Louis, Missouri - the Federal Courts Building (Corridors) (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.)

      Ozark Veined Marble and Ozark Tavernelle Marble (both limestones) quarried at Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the corridors in the interior of the Federal Courts building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the First National Bank – Banking Floor (Union Marble and Tile Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, June 1923, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 49. The same advertisement was published in the following issue of Throvgh The Ages Magazine: May 1923, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 49; August 1923, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 49; and September 1923, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 49.)

    View of Banking Floor, First National Bank, St. Louis, Mo. Mauran, Russell & Crowell, Architects. Westlake Construction Co., Gen. Cont’rs. This particularly attractive bank interior was made possible by the use of nine different marble varieties. It constitutes a beautiful color combination and a tone effect both contrasty, yet harmonious. All of the material for this work was fabricated by Union Marble & Tile Co., Inc.

    Union Marble & Tile Co., Inc., 1109-27 S. 7th St., St. Louis, MO.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Peter L. Foy Residence (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 Peter L. Foy residence prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Gay 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 Gay building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Goldman-Lesser Building, 12th and Washington Avenue (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.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Grand National Bank (Bradbury Marble Company Advertisement from Throvgh The Ages Magazine, January 1932, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 52.)

    Grand National Bank (in the Continental Life Ins. Co. Building in St. Louis) Wm. B. Ittner, Inc., Architects. The floor is Tavernelle tile with Verde Antique dots; the columns, beam facings and counter dies are of Tavernelle Clair, with Vert Antico ledges, bases and floor borders. This marble was installed by The Bradbury Marble Co., St. Louis, Missouri.

    The Bradbury Marble Co., St. Louis , Missouri

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Granite Building at Fourth and Market (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 Granite building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the H. L. Forks Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from the Milne and Gordon quarry located in township 34 north, range 6 east, section 5, near the center, St. Francois County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the H. L. Forks building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Oliver Hart 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 Oliver Hart building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - House at 2904 Geyer Street, St. Louis, presented on the “Meet Me in Compton Heights 2004 House Tour - Virtual Tour.”

    According to this web site, this house was built between 1897 and 1898 by Edmund Wachter, an immigrant from Germany. The current home owner has added to the house, and some of the stone was purchased from the original Phoenix Quarry in Carthage, Missouri.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Colonel Hunter Residence (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 Col. Hunter residence building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Inlet Tower, St. Louis Water Works (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the St. Louis Water Works Inlet.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the J. R. Lionberger Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from the Milne and Gordon quarry located in township 34 north, range 6 east, section 5, near the center, St. Francois County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the J. R. Lionberger building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Jesuit College (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 Jesuit College prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Jewish Hospital (from“New Missouri Marble Mill,”in Stone Magazine, November 1925, Vol. XLVI, No. 11, pp. 674-676)

    Colonial Grey Marble quarried by F. W. Steadley & Co., Inc., of Carthage, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Jewish Hospital building prior to 1926.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Kennett 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 Kennett building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Leidner Chapel (from Stone Magazine, February 1924, Vol. XLV, No. 2, pp. 159)

    “...The Ste. Genevieve marble has been used in the Leidner Chapel in St. Louis, Mo., the new Bowery Savings Bank in New York City, and in other structures of recent construction.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Leighton 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 Leighton building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the LempBuilding (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of Phil. Schneider’s granite quarries located in township 34 north, range 3 east, section 10, west half, Iron County, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Lemp building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Ligget & Meyer Building (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Ligget and Meyer building. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Liggett & Meyer’s Building (one base stone of 30 tons was used in the Liggett & Meyer’s building) (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used in the construction of the Liggett & Meyer’s building in the stone base.

  • St. Louis, Missouri – the Lindell Building at Fourteenth and Washington (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

    Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Lindell building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Lindell Hotel (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 Lindell Hotel building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Lucas Avenue Presbyterian Church (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 Lucas Avenue Presbyterian Church building prior to 1904.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the General Nathan Lyon Monument in Lyon Park located at South Broadway and Arsenal (history) (This information is provided on the City of St. Louis Parks Division.)

    The General Nathan Lyon Monument is an obelisk made of Missouri granite. The monument was dedicated on September 13, 1874. The monument includes a two bronze medallions.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Manchester Bank 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.)

    Eldorado or Ste. Genevieve Istrian Marble quarried from the Inkley Marble Quarries Company quarry located southwest of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Manchester Bank building.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Mercantile Library (The following information is from the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, January 10, 1888, pp. 27, which is included in the book entitled, Forty-Third Annual Report of the Board of Directors, St. Louis Mercantile Library Association, St. Louis, 1889. This book is available for reading or downloading to your computer on Google Book Search - Full View Books.

    The building constructed in 1889 replaced the previous library building. The new building included six stories and a basement. The frontage was located on Broadway and Locust street.

    The following description was included in the 1888 report:

    New Buildings

    “...The building is constructed of granite, brick, terra-cotta and iron and is thoroughly fire-proof throughout.

    “The five stories above the granite are of brick and terracotta, the interior columns, floor-beams and girders of iron all protected by burnt claytiles and the floors throughout.....”

    According to the report, the Syenite Granite Company provided the granite for the building.

    • St. Louis, Missouri - the Mercantile Library (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...” Granite quarried at Graniteville, Missouri, was used in the construction of the Mercantile Library.

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the McLean Building (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.)

    “Formerly, a number of quarries were operated in the Aux Vases sandstone, about four miles south of Ste. Genevieve. Large quantities of this stone were used in the abutments of the Eads bridge, at St. Louis; in the Iowa State Capitol, at Des Moines ; and in the Equitable and McLean buildings in St. Louis....”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - McPherson’s Marble Block on Fourth Street (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)

    “There are several beds of excellent marble in the State....”

    “McPherson’s marble, a bed of the Trenton limestone, situated in the vicinity of Rattlesnake creek, is a hard, light-colored, compact limestone, intersected with variegated surface. When well polished, it appears to be strong and durable. McPherson’s marble block, on Fourth street, St. Louis, is constructed of it.”

  • St. Louis, Missouri - the Mercantile Library (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.)

    Granite quarried from one of the quarries at Graniteville, Iron County, Missouri, operated by the Syenite Granite Company, was used in the construction of the Mercantile Library. “The color of this stone is red or dark pink, mottled with gray and black, the red shades being due to feldspar, the others to a more or less smoky quartz. The rock takes a high, lustrous and handsome polish....”

    • St. Louis, Missouri – the Mercantile Library Building - two carved Lintels, 24 tons each in the Mercantile Library) (from The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, by Ernest Robertson Buckley and H. A. Buehler, 1904, page 74)

      Deep red colored granite quarried in the Graniteville, Missouri, quarries was used with wholly or in part in the construction of the Mercantile Library building.

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