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Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic [1] [2] sandstone that was historically a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States and Canada to refer to a townhouse clad in this or any other aesthetically similar material.
In the mid-1860s, brownstone was popular in the eastern United States. [13] The discovery of the Bayfield group, similar to Eastern brownstones, brought immediate exploitation, and the first quarry opened in 1868 on Basswood Island, [13] operated by the Basswood Island Brownstone Company. [14] A few years prior to 1893, the business was booming.
Brownstone Canyon Archaeological District comprises 2,920 acres (1,180 ha) [1] and is located in the La Madre Mountain Wilderness Area which covers 47,180 acres (19,090 ha) in southern Nevada. [1] The area is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management and includes many petroglyphs .
The town was founded in 1884 when Jacobs opened his first quarries in the area. [46] Both the sandstone and the town of Jacobsville are named for him. [20] The two main varieties of Jacobsville Sandstone that were quarried were redstone and brownstone. [47] Redstone came from the Jacobsville area, in both uniform and variegated varieties. [48]
The area around the quarries is now fenced off and overgrown with vegetation The Barbour County Courthouse (1903–05) in Philippi, West Virginia, USA; its exterior is faced entirely in Hummelstown brownstone. Hummelstown brownstone pits were first opened by early German settlers in the late 18th Century. The Berst family were the original ...
A brownstone townhouse is a ... a type of title where the common property (landscaped area, public ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
In 1994, a new operator, Connecticut Brownstone Quarries, began a small-scale quarrying operation to provide stone for restoration of brownstone buildings. [5] The town purchased the historic quarries and 42 acres (170,000 m 2) of adjacent land in 1999 and 2000. [5] A modern-day view of Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park.
Hummelstown brownstone is a medium-grain, dense sandstone quarried near Hummelstown in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a dark brownstone with reddish to purplish hues, and was once widely used as a building stone in the United States.