by Lisa Van Liefde | Jun 24, 2015 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
USA Today Travel Experience America rated Portland, Maine’s Wharf Street one of the ten prettiest, cobblestone streets in America. Just take a glimpse of the street and you can see why. Monarch Stone International believes that walking or driving down a cobblestone...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Jun 17, 2015 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
Cobblestone Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey are being preserved through the efforts of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy. Monarch Stone International learned that JCLC advocates at both the state and local levels for the preservation of landmarks in Jersey City...
by Lisa Van Liefde | May 28, 2015 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
Let’s take a leisurely stroll down some of the historic walkways of Philadelphia! In the heart of the city of brotherly love lays the Old City District where the remains of the city’s cobblestone can still be seen. Only seven streets remain paved with the same...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Apr 3, 2015 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
New York City is famous for many things, and one of our favorites; the cobblestone streets! According to author Kate Ascher, the concept of using small round stones as street paving goes back 350 years, but the rectangular shaped cobblestones in New York City are a...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Feb 4, 2015 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
Let’s visit historical Nantucket Island, Massachusetts where cobblestone streets are plentiful! According to the Nantucket Historical Association, before cobblestone was used, Nantucket was a very muddy mess. When it rained, the waste parts of butchered animals...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Jan 15, 2015 | Historical Places, Cobblestone
Cobblestone streets are everywhere here in the U.S.A., and Monarch Stone International found some very quaint ones in Charleston, South Carolina. A quick search led me to “Explore Charleston”, a helpful website for visitors, along with a blog and photos...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Dec 16, 2014 | Architectural Stone, Historical Places
A great example of Chateau Architecture can be found at the Biltmore mansion. Commissioned by an heir of the Vanderbilt family around 1889, the astonishing 178,000-square-foot house with 250 rooms, situated near Asheville, North Carolina, is the largest private...
by Lisa Van Liefde | Mar 18, 2011 | Cobblestone, Historical Places
Perhaps you were always wondering about the word, Cobblestone? Perhaps not, but here is some “Cobblestone Trivia” for you! The word cobblestone originates from the 14th century and is a combination of the words cobble and stone , but in Old English was...