Description

Cincinnati Reclaimed Fieldstone is a fossilized dolomitic limestone originally sporting a rich sky blue color with some golden brown bedface skin, which overtime turns to a patina “touched by time” even grey color. Salvaging two chapels, a grand church, and two mansions, all crafted from this distinctive Cincinnati indigenous fieldstone, has been part of our endeavor.

Our recent project involved supplying over 50 semi-loads of this material to a magnificent Irish manor house and carriage house in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The construction utilized antique reclaimed corners and water table pieces alongside freshly quarried stone for the infill.

The stone boasts a style known as handressed snecked rubble, showcasing expertly crafted rectangles and squares with a striking three-dimensional pillow-cut face. Its precise cuts allow for a seamless installation with incredibly tight joints, ensuring a perfectly square and plumb finish.

Presently, I’m wrapping up restoration work on the remarkable “Edgewood,” an 1886 Gilded Age Castle designed by Samuel Hannaford. This grand residence boasted six chimneys and a Vermont red slate roof, alluding to a Roman theme evident in the discovery of a plaster of a Roman soldier on the third floor and the recurring motif of the Roman clam shell intricately carved into sandstone throughout the design.