{"id":46,"date":"2013-04-26T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T19:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectstone.com\/journal\/?p=46"},"modified":"2013-07-10T10:04:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T16:04:20","slug":"homestead-fieldstone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.selectstone.com\/journal\/featured\/2013\/homestead-fieldstone\/","title":{"rendered":"Montana’s Homestead-Era Stone Buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scattered across the plains of central Montana are the remnants of countless homestead-era stone buildings built in the late-19th and early-20th centuries by long-forgotten European immigrants<\/a>. Some are mostly standing while others are little more than the rectangular-shaped ruins of a stone foundation from some long forgotten homesteader\u2019s house or barn.<\/p>\n

\"Old-barns\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These buildings were typically built from fieldstone that homesteaders cleared from their fields and mixed with low-grade lime mortar made on site. Although most of the original homesteaders gave up and moved on, the ruins of their stone buildings still remain as reminders of a difficult life.<\/p>\n

\"Homestead-Fieldstone-5525\"<\/a>Modern Reproductions<\/h3>\n

We are frequently asked to re-create the appearance of these homestead-era buildings, but with stone that works in modern construction. Our favorite stone for this looks is Homestead Fieldstone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Homestead-Fieldstone-123931\"<\/a>We collect Homestead Fieldstone from piles of stone that generations of homesteaders cleared from their fields. These same piles were the stone source for the old homestead-era stone buildings. The difference is we now sort and chop the fieldstone to fit into a modern 6\u2033 thick masonry wall.<\/p>\n

We also cut Homestead Fieldstone into 1\u2033 to 1 1\/2\u2033 thin veneer<\/a> as show below. This can be applied to walls that lack the bearing capacity for full thickness stone.<\/p>\n

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