Comments on: Stone Mark http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark Ramblings of Michael J. DeLuca Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mjd http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark/comment-page-1#comment-55 mjd Thu, 04 May 2006 13:56:35 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=91#comment-55 Cool! Cool!

]]> By: Jeff Howell http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark/comment-page-1#comment-54 Jeff Howell Thu, 04 May 2006 03:13:08 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=91#comment-54 Hi Mike, I came across this book and thought it might interest you: "Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York (Paperback)" by Susan Allport. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039331202X/ref=wl_it_dp/103-9588090-8907015?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=VL393L6GFXZX&coliid=I2QD5KCV4G1KJW&v=glance&n=283155 Hi Mike,

I came across this book and thought it might interest you:

“Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York (Paperback)” by Susan Allport. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039331202X/ref=wl_it_dp/103-9588090-8907015?%5Fencoding=UTF8&colid=VL393L6GFXZX&coliid=I2QD5KCV4G1KJW&v=glance&n=283155

]]> By: Jeff Howell http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark/comment-page-1#comment-53 Jeff Howell Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:34:38 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=91#comment-53 Thanks for the response, I think my imagination was on overload and I thought maybe there was some underground secret history of strange marks, like the colonial equivilant to hobo code. Appreciate the images and updates to your site. Thanks for the response, I think my imagination was on overload and I thought maybe there was some underground secret history of strange marks, like the colonial equivilant to hobo code. Appreciate the images and updates to your site.

]]> By: mjd http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark/comment-page-1#comment-52 mjd Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:15:53 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=91#comment-52 Not a clue. I mean, I suppose it could be a stonecutter's mark--a stamp of identification applied by the quarry involved as a sort of advertising: "If you like this fat block of granite, visit Square-Mark Quarry!" I know that masons themselves sometimes mark stones to indicate their intended place in a structure, so this also might mean "this end up", or something similar. But normally one does that kind of thing with a grease pencil or a piece of chalk, not a heavy chisel. So maybe the most likely explanation is that whoever built the embankment wanted something to remember it by. "Hepzibah Graves Was Here." Not a clue. I mean, I suppose it could be a stonecutter’s mark–a stamp of identification applied by the quarry involved as a sort of advertising: “If you like this fat block of granite, visit Square-Mark Quarry!” I know that masons themselves sometimes mark stones to indicate their intended place in a structure, so this also might mean “this end up”, or something similar. But normally one does that kind of thing with a grease pencil or a piece of chalk, not a heavy chisel. So maybe the most likely explanation is that whoever built the embankment wanted something to remember it by. “Hepzibah Graves Was Here.”

]]> By: Jeff Howell http://mossyskull.com/visions/stone-mark/comment-page-1#comment-51 Jeff Howell Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:22:59 +0000 http://mjd.joskinandlob.com/wordpress/?p=91#comment-51 Cool, and nice photograph. Any idea what the mark means? Cool, and nice photograph. Any idea what the mark means?

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