McDonald Stone Quarry

USA / Ohio / Xenia / Stone Road
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McDonald Stone Quarry furnished Ohio's state stone for the Washington Monument. Each state in the union was asked to furnish a piece of native stone. Ohio's was a block of Dayton limestone. The inscription on the block reads: "The State of Ohio / The Memory of Washington / and / The Union of the States / Sunto Perpetus"

Located on the McDonald Farm in Greene County, the quarry operated from 1820 to 1895. Water from a nearby spring eventually flooded the pit.

www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/oh_geol/96_Summer/Mcdon/t...
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Coordinates:   39°38'28"N   83°53'0"W
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