Canada Life Building
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The Canada Life Building is a historic office building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fifteen-floor Beaux Arts building was built by Sproatt & Rolph and stands at 285 feet, 321 feet including its we
Canada Life Building
Model of the weather beacon in the lobby of the building
"Raising the last stone": The Canada Life building under construction in 1930
Indiana limestone
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Indiana limestone is a form of limestone used as a building material, particularly for monumental public structures. Some 35 of the 50 state capitol buildings in the United States are made of Indiana
Canada Life Building
…in Toronto. It remains one of the largest office buildings in Toronto with windows that can be opened by its occupants. The facade is cladded with Indiana Limestone. The building also houses the majority of the Civil operations of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for the Toronto region…
Indiana limestone being quarried in the early 20th century.
Postcard of Bedford Quarries Co. in Bedford, Indiana
Indiana limestone loaded on freight trains in Bedford, Indiana.
Exhibit at the Indiana State House touting Bedford, Indiana, as the "Limestone Capital of the World".