[Ads-l] "formstone"?

[Stephen Goranson]

Don't know if this helps, but "formed stone siding" is a category in 1911
here:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sweet_s_Architectural_Catalog_File/AqE4AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=formed+stone+siding&pg=PA477&printsec=frontcover

On Thu, Nov 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

> A correspondent wrote to me about _formstone_, in reference to a kind of
> artificial stone used as an exterior siding for buildings (this is
> frequently associated with Baltimore). Such a product was patented in 1937
> and sold under the name "Formstone", but my correspondent claims to have
> earlier evidence.
>
> Does anyone know about this? There seems to have been a surname Formstone,
> which complicates searching. Not in dictionaries.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
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