Stony Creek granite

Commerce Department Building

Description

Newark Penn Station

1) A pinkish-red, coarse-grain granite quarried near Stony Creek, Connecticut. Stony Creek granite has large dark pink feldspar grains in a gray background. It has been used for monuments and buildings. In Washington DC, it was used for the exterior of the Freer Gallery and the Commerce Department building.

2) A coarse-grain, red-and-black granite quarried in Massachusetts.

Resources and Citations

• 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