Pictou sandstone
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Description
A medium-grain, grayish sandstone quarried near Pictou Harbor in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Pictou sandstone weathers to a soft beige color. It was widely used for public buildings and churches.
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925