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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.
A pallet of "8-inch" concrete blocks An interior wall of painted concrete blocks Concrete masonry blocks A building constructed with concrete masonry blocks. A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.
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.
The entire house has original 5-inch-wide (130 mm) heart pine floors. [3] Built-in bookcases in the library. The ground floor features a 26-foot-long (7.9 m) by 13-foot-wide (4.0 m) entrance hall that is joined to form a T-shape with a cross hall at the back measuring 13 feet wide and 27 feet long. The cross hall is centered on the main oak ...
The hollow glass blocks measure 5-by-5-inch (130 mm × 130 mm) across and 2.5 inches (64 mm) thick. [22] [23] The glass block wall on the third floor lit the living room, but had no movable windows, as the top floor had air conditioning. [24] The living room's glass wall is the largest in the house, with 680 glass blocks. [25]
The grains of Jacobsville Sandstone range from .25 to .5 mm (0.0098 to 0.0197 in) in size. [14] Based on an average from samples taken in Marquette and Alger counties, Jacobsville Sandstone is composed of: 27.4% nonundulatory quartz, 27.0% undulatory quartz, 23.0% potassium feldspar , and 12.3% silicic volcanic clasts.
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.
Typically in a battered wall, the taper provides a wide base to carry the weight of the wall above, with the top gradually resulting in the thinnest part as to ease the weight of wall below. [4] The batter angle is typically described as a ratio of the offset and height or a degree angle that is dependent on the building materials and application.