New Brunswick sandstone
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New Brunswick sandstone is a durable, reddish-brown building stone historically quarried in New Jersey and widely used in 19th-century American architecture and monuments.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ |
| associatedWith | urban masonry architecture ⓘ |
| category |
dimension stone
ⓘ
historic building material ⓘ |
| color | reddish-brown ⓘ |
| colorationCause | iron oxide ⓘ |
| composition |
feldspar
ⓘ
iron oxide cement ⓘ quartz grains ⓘ |
| currentUse |
restoration of historic structures
ⓘ
specialty stonework ⓘ |
| eraOfPeakUse | late 19th century ⓘ |
| foundInGeologicUnit | Newark Basin sandstones ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Mesozoic era
ⓘ
Triassic-Jurassic period ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | sedimentary rock ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
durable
ⓘ
weather-resistant ⓘ workable ⓘ |
| historicallyQuarriedIn | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicUseStatus | largely discontinued commercial quarrying ⓘ |
| maintenanceConsideration |
can experience surface scaling if improperly treated
ⓘ
susceptible to surface soiling in urban environments ⓘ |
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | New Brunswick, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProperty | distinctive warm reddish-brown appearance ⓘ |
| quarryingMethod | dimension stone quarrying ⓘ |
| relatedMaterial |
Connecticut brownstone
ⓘ
brownstone ⓘ |
| texture | fine- to medium-grained ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architectural ornamentation
ⓘ
building construction ⓘ facades ⓘ monuments ⓘ structural masonry ⓘ trim stone ⓘ |
| usedIn |
churches
ⓘ
historic buildings ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential row houses ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | 19th-century American architecture ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Northeastern United States
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bethesda Terrace