Credit Valley sandstone

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Credit Valley sandstone is a durable, pale-brown to reddish Canadian building stone historically quarried in Ontario and widely used in prominent 19th-century architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone
sandstone
color pale brown
reddish
countryOfOrigin Canada
durability high
geologicalAge Mississauga Group (regional context) NERFINISHED
Paleozoic NERFINISHED
geologicalFormation Credit Valley Formation NERFINISHED
historicStatus traditional building material of southern Ontario
locatedIn Ontario
material sandstone
notableUse churches in Ontario
institutional buildings in Ontario
public buildings in Ontario
property easily workable when freshly quarried
frost resistant
hardens on exposure
weather resistant
quarriedIn Credit River valley NERFINISHED
Ontario NERFINISHED
regionallySignificant yes
texture fine- to medium-grained
usedFor architectural detailing
building construction
masonry
usedIn historic masonry restoration in Ontario
usedInArchitecture Romanesque Revival architecture NERFINISHED
Victorian architecture
usedInPeriod 19th century

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Ontario Legislative Building materialUsed Credit Valley sandstone