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Evidence of the use of cobblestones in building has been found in the ruins of Hierakonpolis in Egypt. Houses were built of mud brick set on cobblestone foundations. Cobblestone architecture may have been used on a monumental scale to erect public administrative centers or palaces. Those structures have since collapsed into mounds of stone. [1]
This is a list of cobblestone buildings, mostly houses and mostly but not all in the United States, that are notable and that reflect cobblestone architecture. Cobblestone architecture had some popularity for substantial homes and other buildings for a period, but is limited in scope of employment. St. Alban's Church, Copenhagen
The Cobblestone Historic District is located along state highway NY 104 (Ridge Road) in Childs, New York, United States. It comprises three buildings that exemplify the cobblestone architecture developed to a high degree in the regions of upstate New York near Lake Ontario and exported to other areas with settlers.
Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts , also called Belgian blocks, are often referred to as "cobbles", [ 1 ] although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone by being quarried and shaped into a regular form, while cobblestones are naturally occurring ...
Cobblestone Farmhouse at 1111 Stone Church Road; Cobblestone Farmhouse at 1229 Birdsey Road; Cobblestone Historic District; Cobblestone House (Bath, New York) Cobblestone House (Cazenovia, New York) Cobblestone House (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Cobblestone Inn; Cobblestone Manor; Cobblestone Railroad Pumphouse; Cole Cobblestone Farmhouse; Colorado ...
Orleans County's only National Historic Landmark, and the state's smallest NHL district, consists of three 19th-century cobblestone buildings reflecting style at its highest in different periods. They include the state's oldest known cobblestone church and its parsonage, as well as one of only two buildings with cobblestone veneer over wood ...
The Moore-Ward Cobblestone House, at 505 W. Richardson Ave. in Artesia, New Mexico, was built in 1905. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It has served as the Artesia Historical Museum. It is a one-and-a-half-story gabled house. [2] According to its NRHP nomination,
Cost-cutting measures led the Guard to switch the building to a free and plentiful local resource, cobblestone, leading to the building’s distinctive and famous appearance. Some 3,300 wagonloads weighing 6,600 tons were hauled by Lawrence W. Billis from Clear Creek to this site, and as it rose some locals and experts predicted it would collapse.