Etowah marble, also called Georgia pink marble, is a marble with a characteristic pink, salmon, or rose color that comes from quarries near Tate, Georgia.[1]
Notable buildings built with Etowah (also Ethowa) marble
edit- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, 1923, architects Walker and Weeks, Cleveland, Ohio
- College Hall (former home of Charles Edward Ringling and wife Edith), 1925, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida
- Allen Memorial Medical Library, 1926, architects Walker and Weeks, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Cook Hall (former home of Charles Edward Ringling's daughter, Hester Ringling Sanford), New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida
- Carillon, Bok Tower Gardens, 1927, Lake Wales, Florida
- Joslyn Art Museum, John and Alan McDonald, architects, 1928, Omaha, Nebraska
- Tate House, 1928, architects Walker and Weeks, Tate, Georgia
- Pink Palace Museum, 1930, Memphis, Tennessee
References
edit- ^ "Material Name: Etowah Marble". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.