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Asbury Delaware Methodist Church – 35 viewsQuatrefoil tracery in a round window on a spire of the endangered Asbury Delaware Avenue Methodist Church.
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Detailed column of Medina Sandstone – 35 viewsMedina sandstone masonry and foliated capital ornamentation of Buffalo Psychiatric Center, designed by H.H. Richardson.
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Charlotte, NY – 36 viewsThe Chapel of All Souls, designed by Andrew J. Warner in 1875, is an English Gothic-style chapel constructed of mottled Medina sandstone. In 1886, the crenellated and turreted freestanding tower was added. The tower was planned to house a water system for the cemetery (never installed), as well as a bell, not installed until 2000.
taken from: http://www.landmarksociety.org/
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Cut Sandstone - up close & personal – 43 views
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Connecticut St. Armory Buffalo, NY – 58 viewsConnecticut Street Armory is the second largest armory in New York State and one of the largest in the country. When it opened during the Spanish-American War, it was called the 74th Regiment Armory. Williams B. Lansing was the architect of this immense, castle-like, Medina sandstone building. The Richardsonian Romanesque style of the structure incorporates towers, crenelated roof lines, tall slit windows, and many other fortress features. The armory is entered through a deeply recessed archway formed by especially large, wedge-shaped stones called voussoirs.
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Medina Armory housing Lake Plains YMCA – 90 viewsThe Medina Armory was built between 1901-1903 and converted to the Lake Plains YMCA in the 1980s.
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72 foot Pierced spire - St. Louis RC Church, Buffalo, NY – 57 viewshttp://stlouisrc.bfn.org/
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St. Louis RC Church – 50 views http://stlouisrc.bfn.org/
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St. Louis RC Church – 44 views http://stlouisrc.bfn.org/
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Buffalo, NY – 43 viewsNote theflying buttress of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral on Church Street
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Upper West Arts Center, Buffalo, NY – 44 viewsSt. Louis RC Church, 780 Main St. at Edward Buffalo, NY Most distinctive feature: An octagonal 245-foot Medina sandstone steeple, including a 72-foot-tall, pierced spire -- the tallest open-work spire ever built completely of stone without reinforcement in the U.S. It is reputed to be the only remaining pierced spire in the U.S. Its counterpart is in J.W. Schikel's native Germany in the Cologne Cathedral
taken from : http://stlouisrc.bfn.org/
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