Indiana limestone

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building stone limestone sedimentary rock

Indiana limestone is a durable, fine-grained sedimentary building stone from Indiana widely used in prominent American architecture and monuments.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Indiana limestone canonical 13
Indiana Limestone 1
Indiana Limestone (in building stone trade) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building stone ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bedford limestone ⓘ
Bedford limestone ⓘ
surface form: Salem limestone
color buff ⓘ
light gray ⓘ
commercialSignificance major U.S. dimension stone ⓘ
commonlyAssociatedWith Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Gothic Revival ⓘ
surface form: Gothic Revival architecture

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
extractionMethod quarrying ⓘ
geologicalAge Carboniferous period ⓘ
Mississippian ⓘ
grainSize fine-grained ⓘ
industryCenter Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ
locatedIn Indiana ⓘ
majorQuarryArea Lawrence County, Indiana ⓘ
Monroe County, Indiana ⓘ
marketRegion North America ⓘ
notableProperty durable ⓘ
easily carved ⓘ
uniform texture ⓘ
weather resistant ⓘ
notableUse national monuments in the United States ⓘ
prominent American architecture ⓘ
porosity relatively low ⓘ
primaryConstituent calcite ⓘ
resistanceTo air pollution (moderate) ⓘ
freeze-thaw cycles ⓘ
rockType oolitic limestone ⓘ
typicalApplication cladding ⓘ
load-bearing masonry ⓘ
ornamental stonework ⓘ
usedFor architectural trim ⓘ
building facades ⓘ
government buildings ⓘ
institutional buildings ⓘ
monuments ⓘ
skyscrapers ⓘ
university buildings ⓘ
usedIn Biltmore Estate ⓘ
Tribune Tower ⓘ
surface form: Chicago Tribune Tower

Empire State Building ⓘ
National Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: National Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)

Pentagon ⓘ
Rockefeller Center ⓘ
U.S. state capitol buildings ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jefferson Memorial → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art → buildingMaterial → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Alaska State Capitol → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Georgia State Capitol → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Tuckahoe marble → replacedBy → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Indiana Statehouse → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Nebraska State Capitol → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Bedford limestone → alsoKnownAs → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Bedford limestone → isMarketedAs → Indiana limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indiana Limestone
Bedford, Indiana → region → Indiana limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence County limestone belt
Bloomington, Indiana → knownFor → Indiana limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indiana limestone industry
Lawrence County, Indiana → partOf → Indiana limestone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indiana limestone district
Cathedral of Learning → material → Indiana limestone ⓘ
The Tower on the Plains → material → Indiana limestone ⓘ
subject surface form: Nebraska State Capitol
Limestone Capital of the World → hasMaterialAssociation → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Kentucky State Capitol → materialUsed → Indiana limestone ⓘ
Salem Limestone formation → alsoKnownAs → Indiana limestone ⓘ
subject surface form: Salem Limestone
this entity surface form: Indiana Limestone (in building stone trade)
Frick Fine Arts Building → material → Indiana limestone ⓘ