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Example of Formstone style masonry from Richmond District in San Francisco. Formstone is a type of stucco [1] commonly applied to brick rowhouses in many East Coast urban areas in the United States, although it is most strongly associated with Baltimore. As a form of simulated masonry, Formstone is commonly colored and shaped on the building to ...
Aquia Creek sandstone is a brown to light-gray freestone used extensively in building construction in Washington, D.C. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Quarried at Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, the stone was valuable for its ease of shaping and the quarry's proximity to the tidewater portion of the Potomac River, 45 miles ...
Fieldstone. Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction material. [1][2][3] Strictly speaking, it is stone collected from the surface of fields where ...
Cobblestone architecture. The Cobblestone Schoolhouse is part of the Cobblestone Historic District, in the hamlet of Childs, New York. Cobblestone architecture refers to the use of cobblestones embedded in mortar as method for erecting walls on houses and commercial buildings. It was frequently used in the northeastern United States and upper ...
Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade. Natural stone is also used in custom stone engraving. The engraved stone can be either decorative or functional. Natural memorial stones are used as natural burial markers.
An architectural niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment. Loggia A gallery formed by a colonnade open on one or more sides. The space is often located on an upper floor of a building overlooking an open court or garden. Lunette A half-moon shaped space, either masonry or void.