Kasota limestone

Kasota limestone at night.

Kasota limestone or simply, 'Kasota stone,' is a dolomitic limestone found in southern Minnesota. This sedimentary rock is part of the Oneota Dolostone Formation of southern Minnesota and is approximately 450 million years old (lower Ordovician Period). This particular limestone is rich in dolomite and magnesium, making it resistant to weathering, and it is thus widely used as a building material. Its name is taken from Kasota Township where the stone has been quarried.

Buildings

The entrance signs to Minnesota State University are carved out a single block of Kasota stone.

• Target Field, the home of the Major League Baseball Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• PNC Park, the home of the Major League Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, completed 1928.
• Minnesota State University, Mankato, most of the buildings on the original Wilson campus (Main in 1869) and the Highland campus, including the new campus signs, Preska and Sears Halls.
• Gustavus Adolphus College's original "Old Main" building (St. Peter, MN, USA), completed in 1876.
• Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, DC.
• Liberty Memorial and National World War I Museum, Kansas City, MO.
• University of St. Thomas's Minneapolis campus, Minneapolis, MN.
• Minnesota State Capitol interior walls, St. Paul, MN, completed in 1905.
• Alan I W Frank House external facade; designed by Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer in 1939.
• Scoville Memorial Library (now Scoville Hall) of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, designed by Patton and Fisher of Chicago.

External links

• Minnesota River Virtual Tour