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In connection with this topic I'm on another list where there is a
conversation about an old house in this area of CT. The links below show a
survey done by the local historical society, I think. No. 2 or 3 talks
about the builder of the house owning a quarry on the Glastonbury/Portland
town line.
When we go to the airport in winter I notice that the sand used on the road
in that area is very red, not at all like the sand used here. I assume
this is redstone that didn't quite make it to stone and ended up as sand.
Is brownstone like redstone only a different color?
I have heard about James Stanclift, I think in connection to old
gravestones. Ruth
http://www.old-homes.net/pix/yellowhouse2/survey1.jpg
http://www.old-homes.net/pix/yellowhouse2/survey2.jpg
http://www.old-homes.net/pix/yellowhouse2/survey3.jpg
At 6:33 AM -0400 5/7/04, Leland Torrence wrote:
>Ken,
>
>Paul Marlowe and I recently attended four lectures presented by the
>Antiquarian Society of CT on Stone in Connecticut. One lecture on stone
>walls, two on gravestones and monuments and a third on the Portland
>Quarries. Although I have been up to Mike's set up many times and
>walked the trails on the Portland side I had no idea the fun history.
>James Stanclift came from England at the age of fifty in the 1680's and
>became our first known Brownstone sculptor. He and his son's styles are
>recognizable to the briefly initiated. Anyway, there were actually four
>quarries, one accessible only by the townspeople. Although shipping was
>always the main supply method, a lot of money was spent to set up rail
>lines by the turn of the century. It never worked and the demand for
>brownstone fell off for want of something new, different and a little
>brighter!
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Ruth Barton
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Dummerston, VT
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