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2. Indiana Limestone - Wikipedia

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   Indiana limestone (also known as Bedford limestone) is a form of limestone used as a building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Some 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the United States are made of Indiana limestone, [ 1 ] as are the Empire State Building , Biltmore Estate , the Pentagon and National Cathedral in ...

3. Indiana Limestone Company Building - Wikipedia

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   It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Classical Revival style limestone building on a raised basement. It was built to house the offices and showroom of the Indiana Limestone Company, supplier of Indiana Limestone, founded in 1926. [2] The building presently houses the Bedford branch of Oakland City University. [3]

4. Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse

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   Completed in 1905, the building is an example of Beaux-Arts architecture, a popular style of its time.. Resting on a gray granite foundation, the Neo-Classic [3] building is a steel-framed, flat-roofed structure clad with Indiana limestone. [4]

5. Ford reopened quarry to get exact limestone match for ... - AOL

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   The Michigan Central Station restoration used limestone on the façade and interior obtained from the Lawrence County, Indiana, quarry that provided the original limestone for the building that ...

6. Tensioned stone - Wikipedia

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   Tensioned stone is a high-performance composite construction material: stone held in compression with tension elements. The tension elements can be connected to the outside of the stone, but more typically tendons are threaded internally through a drilled duct.

7. Robert A. Grant Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse

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   The exterior walls are constructed with brick masonry faced with Indiana limestone and Vermont granite veneer, except for the third floor interior lightwells which have brick cladding. The primary elevations feature decorative elements of cast bronze. The original doors and windows have been replaced with new aluminum units.

8. Lincoln Bank Tower - Wikipedia

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   The building is constructed of 1,774 tons of structural steel, faced with 21,250 cubic feet of cut Indiana limestone and granite with gold highlights. It features lead spandrel panels, a 58-ton terra-cotta crown, and 500 tons of marble. At the top of the building is a slender observation tower topped by a flagpole.

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