Medina sandstone is a geographic subset of the Medina Group stratigraphic formation in New York State and beyond. The name refers specifically to sandstone first quarried in Medina, New York, and later quarried in other locations in Orleans County and adjacent quarries in Monroe County to the east and Niagara County to the west. Medina sandstone was widely used to pave the streets of early U.S. cities because it was sufficiently hard to stand long and severe service, and in wearing, it maintained a flat, even surface where granite would wear round and acquire a smooth slippery polish. The Medina stone was also a highly desirable building stone that could be obtained in colors from light gray to pink, red and brown. It was used in the construction of hundreds of homes, churches, public buildings, monuments and other structures from the 1830s to the mid-1900s.
Medinasandstone is a geographic subset of the Medina Group stratigraphic formation in New York State and beyond. The name refers specifically to sandstone...
Guyandotte sandstone: in West Virginia Jacobsville sandstone: in northern Michigan Jordan Formation in the upper Midwest Medinasandstone extensive quarries...
The Medina Group or Cataract Group is a geologic group in New York. It dates to Silurian period. The group includes the Whirlpool Sandstone, Power Glen...
Trenton reservoirs range from 5 to 16 percent. Clinton sandstone, Medinasandstone, and Tuscarora Sandstone reservoirs are compositionally mature quartz arenites...
nine bay wide Romanesque Revival style mansion is constructed of Medinasandstone. It has a slate gable roof, one-story solarium, and four rectangular...
Columbus Park. It is a massive castle-like structure built in 1899 of Medinasandstone. It was designed by architect Isaac G. Perry. It consists of a 3+1⁄2-story...
physically moved. Church is Gothic Revival in style and built of brick and Medinasandstone; interior contains stained glass windows crafted in Innsbruck as well...
terrain is level. The building itself is a two-story structure of Medinasandstone laid in a random ashlar pattern with a raised foundation. It consists...
Albion to look like sandstone, red ("Medina") sandstone and granite. On its south side is a domed cement block (made to look like sandstone) spring house with...
Formation at the bottom. This formation has been called the "White MedinaSandstone" in West Virginia. Very few fossils exist in the Tuscarora, and most...
US. Other tight sandstone wells in the US made economically viable by massive hydraulic fracturing were in the Clinton-MedinaSandstone (Ohio, Pennsylvania...
from 1849 until the present day. It features entrance ways flanked by Medinasandstone columns and wrought-iron gates built in 1925. Located in the cemetery...
massive 2+1⁄2-story mansion constructed of rock faced, random course Medinasandstone which was hand-cut on site. The footprint is 5,628 square feet (522...
built between 1912 and 1918, and is an "I"-plan building built of Medinasandstone in the Late Gothic Revival style. The two-story front section houses...
the first appearance of Richardsonian Romanesque style. A massive Medinasandstone complex, it is a National Historic Landmark and, as of 2009, was being...
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