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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Credit Valley sandstone canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
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sandstone ⓘ |
| color |
pale brown
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reddish ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| durability | high ⓘ |
| geologicalAge |
Mississauga Group (regional context)
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Paleozoic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | Credit Valley Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicStatus | traditional building material of southern Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ontario ⓘ |
| material | sandstone ⓘ |
| notableUse |
churches in Ontario
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institutional buildings in Ontario ⓘ public buildings in Ontario ⓘ |
| property |
easily workable when freshly quarried
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frost resistant ⓘ hardens on exposure ⓘ weather resistant ⓘ |
| quarriedIn |
Credit River valley
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Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionallySignificant | yes ⓘ |
| texture | fine- to medium-grained ⓘ |
| usedFor |
architectural detailing
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building construction ⓘ masonry ⓘ |
| usedIn | historic masonry restoration in Ontario ⓘ |
| usedInArchitecture |
Romanesque Revival architecture
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Victorian architecture ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.