Aquia Creek sandstone

Aquia Creek sandstone is a type of brown to light-gray freestone used extensively in building construction in Washington, D.C. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Quarried at Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, the stone was valuable for its ease of shaping and the quarry's proximity to the tidewater portion of the Potomac River, 45 miles south of Washington.

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    Of Cretaceous age, Aquia Creek sandstone is composed of rounded, coarse- to fine-grains of quartz, cemented with silica and containing scattered pellets of clay as large as an inch in diameter. This sandstone is typically gray or tan, ...
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    It was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style. Public tours of the White House are available but need to submit Requests through one's Member of Congress and are accepted up to six months ...
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  • The Sandstone Quarries at Aquia Creek

    The White House was built using Aquia sandstone but the stone was painted white. After the War of 1812, when the White House was burned, the structure was washed and cleaned but more of the Aquia freestone was brought in to restore the ...
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    Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC, the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical style. It has been the residence of every US ...
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  • Why is the White House white? | whyld

    The white house was built out of white painted aquia sandstone between 1792 and 1800. It is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States, and all presidents have lived there since John Adams. ...
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  • The White House for Sale | WorthPoint

    For example, the cornerstones for the Ford Orientation Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center are composed of the Virginia Aquia sandstone salvaged from the White House reconstruction. Most of the brick and some ...
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  • Old Capitol Columns

    The original building was clad in the local Aquia sandstone (the oldest part of the old Patent Office Building -- now the Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art building -- is made of Aquia). When they decided to re-do the capitol ...
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  • Aquia Episcopal Church E-90 at Fredericksburg, Stafford ...

    It contains brick on the outside while the doors are accented with sandstone from the local Aquia quarry. The interior has a three-tier pulpit and traditionally designed pews. Excluding the marble added to the steps, ...
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