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Medina Armory built of Medina Sandstone in 1903 currently houses the Orleans County YMCA. Excerpt taken from the publication, “Medina—The Stone Everlasting”, circa 1900, reproduced in 2007.
Medina sandstone, formed by nature 400 million years ago, has been the “cornerstone” of the culture of Medina, New York which gave it its name. Discovered around the time of the digging of the Erie Canal in the 1820s and accepted as a superlative building material, it was quarried for over a century in Orleans County and shipped world-wide for architectural masterpieces. Find it in scores of churches and other magnificent buildings, Brooklyn Bridge, the NYS Capitol, thousands of homes, earlier in cobbleston
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Medina Sandstone Society – Dedicated to Historic Preservation & Community Service
Medina Sandstone Society – Dedicated to Historic Preservation & Community Service