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March 16, 2008
Cobblestone Lust
Upstate New York has a lot of Greek Revival, a lot of Gothic Revival, and a fair number of Cobblestone buildings. Here's a New York Times article about cobblestone houses. The article makes it sound almost as though the technique was used only for houses; I've seen cobblestone churches and barns. The technique does indeed make for attractive buildings!
Posted by CrankyProfessor at March 16, 2008 5:16 AM
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Prof! Thanks for the support on my Obama post...I have a question for you...I am moving to Rome in Sept, but I need to spend some time learning Italian. I wanted to go to Florence or Siena (we have OP houses there) but the houses will be closed for renovations during the summer. Is there a good language school near the Angelicum? Oh, and is it true that Rome pretty much shuts down in August? Thanks, Fr. Philip (neripowell(at)yahoo(dot)com
Posted by: PNP, OP at March 16, 2008 5:34 AM
Michael--
Thanks for this post! Growing up in Newark, I was surrounded by cobblestone houses. Have you ever seen the octagonal cobblestone barn in Alloway? I'd love to get some photos of it one of these days.
.....Never seen that! I need pics, too! Tehre's a great octagon house in Geneva,
--MCT
Posted by: Bruce at March 16, 2008 4:30 PM
Sounds like another field trip to plan for this summer!
Posted by: Bruce at March 17, 2008 4:51 PM
Cranky Professor, you are absolutely right. In my "Cobblestone Quest" guidebook, I help people find all sorts of cobblestone buildings including smokehouses, barns, churches, factories, grave markers, cemetery vaults, fences, stagecoach taverns, schools, stores, and more. Cobblestones were used to build all manner of pre-Civil War structures.
.....Thanks, Sue! By the way, I've got Take A Paddle and a couple of your other books! --MCT
Posted by: Sue Freeman at March 18, 2008 7:14 PM