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About|the building material and the dwelling|the American R& B group|Brownstone (group)|the 1979 musical|Brownstone (musical) Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic Citation needed|date=June 2011 sandstone which was once a popular building material . The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house (rowhouse) clad in this material.
Types
Apostle Island brownstone
In the 19th century, Basswood Island , Wisconsin , was the site of a quarry run by the Bass Island Brownstone Company which operated from 1868 into the 1890s. The brownstone from this and other Apostle Islands quarries was in great demand, and brownstone from Basswood Island was used in the construction of the first Milwaukee County Courthouse in the 1860s. http://www.nps.gov/apis/quarries.htm NPS.gov: Stone Quarries of the Apostle Islands
Hummelstown brownstone
Hummelstown brownstone is extremely popular along the East Coast of the United States of America , with numerous government buildings from West Virginia , Pennsylvania , New York , Maryland , and Delaware being faced entirely with the stone. The stone comes from the Hummelstown Quarry in Hummelstown, Pennsylvania , a small town outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . The Hummelstown Quarry is the largest provider of brownstone on the east coast. Typically the stone was transported out of Hummelstown through the Brownstone and Middletown Railroad or taken by truck up to the Erie Canal .
Portland brownstone
Portland Brownstone Quarries|Portland brownstone is also very popular. The stone from quarries located in Portland, Connecticut and other nearby localities was used in a number of landmark buildings in Chicago , Boston , New York City , Philadelphia , New Haven, Connecticut , and Hartford, Connecticut .
Use in urban private residences
unreferencedsect|date=November 2011There are many brownstones throughout numerous New York City neighborhoods, especially in the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Park Slope , Fort Greene , Cobble Hill, Brooklyn|Cobble Hill , Prospect Heights, Brooklyn|Prospect Heights , Brooklyn Heights , and Bedford Stuyvesant , which are collectively referred to as the Brownstone Belt . The Manhattan neighborhood of the Upper West Side , too, retains many brownstones. New York City brownstones are highly desired, and usually cost several million dollars to purchase.
In Chicago , a brownstone typically refers to a free-standing house, originally built for a single family, clad in brownstone. While many Chicago brownstones have subsequently been split into multiple rental or condominium units, many others remain single-family homes. These houses attract the young and newlyweds. Due to varieties in stone color, some Chicago dwellings are called "graystones".
Due to urban renewal , brownstones are developing in Detroit, Michigan|Detroit as well.
See also
Dimension stone
Railroad apartment
Sandstone
Hummelstown Brownstone Company
References
Reflist
External links
Website devoted to the http://web.archive.org/web/20060813181044/ http://www.nps.gov/apis/quarries.htm Apostle Island brownstone quarries in Wisconsin.
Website devoted to the http://www.brownstone.us Weser brownstone quarries from Germany being imported into the US.
Link to Brownstone Supplier http://brownstone.us Natural Brownstone US and Canada
" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/nyregion/01brownstone.htm After Fight, a Brooklyn Brownstone's Costly Rescue," The New York Times (March 31, 2010)
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