Longmeadow brownstone

Description

A fine-grain, even-texture, Brownstone quarried near East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Longmeadow sandstone is a reddish-brown and has been used extensively for buildings in New England.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• 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