Freestone (Mesozoic sandstone), commonly styled "brownstone," from East Longmeadow and Springfield, Mass., but chiefly from Portland, Conn., in dark shades of reddish-brown, inclining to chocolate. This is the most common stone used in the fronts of private residences, many churches, Academy of Design in Brooklyn, etc.
Freestone (Mesozoic sandstone), "brownstone," from Middletown, Conn., Trinity Church, Brooklyn, etc.
Red sandstone (Potsdam sandstone), Potsdam, N. Y. Several residences, buildings of Columbia College, etc.
Freestone (Potsdam sandstone), "brownstone," Oswego, N. Y. Part of Masonic Temple in 23d Street.
Freestone (Mesozoic sandstone), "brownstone," in several shades of light reddish-brown, orange-brown, etc., and generally fine-grained, from Belleville, N. J. Very many of the best residences and churches, e. g., cor. 60th and 64th Streets, and Madison Avenue, etc.
Also, varieties of the same "brownstone" from Little Falls, N. J. (Trinity Church, New York), from the base of the Palisades (part of the wall around Central Park), etc.
Freestone (Lower Carboniferous sandstone), commonly styled "Ohio stone," from Amherst, East Cleveland, Independence, Berea, Portsmouth, Waverly, etc., Ohio, in various shades of buff, white, drab, dove-colored, etc. Many private residences and stores, the Boreel building, Williamsburgh Savings Bank, Rossmore Hotel, etc.
Freestone (Mesozoic sandstone), often styled "Carlisle stone," from the English shipping port, or "Scotch stone," from Corsehill, Ballochmile and Gatelaw Bridge, Scotland; in shades of dark red to bright pink. Fronts of several residences, trimmings of Murray Hill Hotel, the "Berkshire" building, etc.
Also, varieties from Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, etc.
Blue sandstone (Devonian sandstone), commonly styled "bluestone," from many quarries in Albany, Greene, Ulster, and Delaware counties, N. Y., and Pike county, Penn. The trimmings of many private residences and business buildings, walls and bridges in the parks, part of Academy of Design in 23d Street, Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, house at 72d Street and Madison Avenue, etc.