Northeast Gardening: Rock Wall Construction, 1 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
A NATURAL BLUE LIMESTONE HOUSE

This is the house my dad and his men built following the great depression of 1939. They worked together to build a home for each of the men and their families using materials they mostly found on the property they owned. My father was a contractor out of work as were his men. This is one example of how they beat that so called horrible depression.

This home had the first application of radient heating East of the Mississippi. It is working to this day burried in the ceiling plaster.

My dad told me often that when the times get tough the tough get going or something like that.

Note that these are quarry stone not faced or cut to shape. That is because blue limestone is extremely hard and can hardly be cut. They blasted them out of the quarry sidewalls and built all of the homes by fitting the pieces not cutting them.