The Sandstone Architecture of the Lake Superior Region (Great Lakes Books Series)

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From 1870 to 1910 the prosperity of the copper and iron mining, lumbering, and shipping industries of the Lake Superior region created a demand for more substantial buildings. In satisfying this demand, architects, builders, and clients most well-liked local red sandstone. They discovered this stone beautiful, colorful, carvable, durable, and fireproof. As it used to be extracted easily in large blocks and shipped cost effectively by water, it used to be economical. The red sandstone city halls, county courthouses, churches, schools, libraries, banks, commercial blocks, and homes give the Lake Superior region a definite identity. Kathryn Bishop Eckert studies this region as a built environment and examines the efforts of architects and builders to make use of local red sandstone. Eckert stresses the significance of the building materials as she explores the architectural history of a region whose builders sought after to reflect the local landscape.

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