Granite Quarries of Madera County

Source: The Architect and Engineer of California. San Francisco: 1918.

Source: The Architect and Engineer of California. San Francisco: 1918.

The Federal Courthouse and Post Office, 7th and Mission Street, San Francisco was opened in 1905, and built from Raymond granite after a controversial bidding war. It was one of the few buildings left standing after the great earthquake of 1906. Raymond granite also went into the construction of other notable San Francisco buildings.

Raymond Quarry 1905

There is a full description of the Raymond and Knowles quarries in Stone Quarries of Madera County, a site maintained by Peggy B. and George (Pat) Perazzo.