Anne,
Thank you for the call out.  Our home base is central Connecticut and we do
not get to the big city or any big city much.  The masons that are working
on the building want to know more about the masons that originally built the
building.  Additionally we are all curious about the pink pointing mortar.
The question is whether the pink was added at the time of the addition in
1892 (Grovesnor Atterbury) or was part of the original design spec. by
Richard Morris Hunt, the original Architect.  There are many letters in the
archives, from both architects and members of the building committee, but
never any mention of color. We have even found the original specifications
books for the carpenters and heating contractors, but curiously no masonry
book.
Best,
Leland
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From: Anne Sullivan <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, December 10, 1998 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: building stone rEsearch


>OK, here's a call out to all Colubmia students -- help these folks out with
>the quarry information for  the following request:
>
>Do any of you New York based experts have any knowledge or leads on a
Jaques
>
>J. Mooney or perhaps Jaques and Mooney?  They or he were stone suppliers
and
>
>masons from New York in the 1860's.  Their business address was 349 West
>
>45th street in 1868.
>
>
>Here's what to do -- go directly to the Geology Library, go to the state
>geological surveys of NY state for 1870, and for 1860, and the information
>will be there, clear as day (with a little perusing).  Check the
>advertisements, check the quarries, check the rEgion -- theRe is a wealth
of
>information (this egghead did a thesis on building stone, and has never
>regretted the hours spent in the dusty geology library stacks)
>
>Good luck!
>Anne Sullivan