Tuckahoe marble

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Tuckahoe marble is a high-quality white to gray dolomitic marble historically quarried in Westchester County, New York, widely used in prominent 19th-century American buildings and monuments.

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Surface form Occurrences
Inwood Marble formation 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone
dimension stone
dolomitic marble
marble
color gray
white
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundInGeologicalProvince Appalachia
surface form: Appalachian region
geologicAge Tuckahoe marble self-linksurface differs
surface form: Inwood Marble formation
hasLuster subvitreous
hasQuality high quality
load-bearing capability
ornamental
hasTexture fine-grained
historicalPeriodOfIntensiveUse 19th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York
surface form: New York (state)

Westchester County, New York
materialComposition dolomite
namedAfter Tuckahoe, New York
notableFor durability
fine grain
uniform color
workability
partOf Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
surface form: Hudson River Valley building stone tradition
quarriedIn Eastchester, New York
Tuckahoe, New York
Yonkers, New York
replacedBy Indiana limestone
other imported marbles
typicalUsePeriodEnd late 19th century
typicalUsePeriodStart early 19th century
usedAs architectural stone
facade cladding
interior decoration material
monument material
sculptural stone
usedBy 19th-century American architects
sculptors
stone carvers
usedFor classical revival architecture in the United States
usedIn Brooklyn Borough Hall
Federal Hall National Memorial
surface form: Federal Hall National Memorial, New York City

General Post Office, New York City (19th-century structures)
New York City Hall
surface form: New York City Hall (repairs and alterations)

United States Custom House
surface form: New York Customs House (former) at Bowling Green

New York University early buildings on Washington Square
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
surface form: St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

Washington Square Park
surface form: Washington Square Arch, New York City

various 19th-century American civic buildings
various 19th-century American monuments

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Tuckahoe marble geologicAge Tuckahoe marble self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Inwood Marble formation
St. Patrick’s Cathedral material Tuckahoe marble