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The Romanesque Revival of the 1880 and 1890s had a major <br />• effect on building materials. These houses often were large, <br />"rambling," structures of brick and sandstone with high pitched <br />gable roofs. in addition, public buildings also adopted the <br />Romanesque style with large, intricate laid stone work. Some of <br />the architects engaging in this style were H. T. E. Wandell and <br />Frederick Sterna (Larson 1988:81). One of the most popular <br />purveyors of this style was H. A. Richardson whose style <br />"Richardsonian" or "Richardsonian Romanesque" was popular in the <br />midwest and west. In addition to the characteristics described <br />above he used heavy walls of stone, arches, French Romanesque and <br />Byzantine motifs (Larson 1988:15). Richardson's popularity in the <br />188os was coincidental with the growth of cities and towns and <br />again coincidental with the stone quarrying operations at Lyons and <br />elsewhere. (See Figure IV). In addition the rural Italian style of <br />the University of Colorado made extensive use of Lyons quarried <br />stone. <br />By the early 190os, cement began to replace atone as a major <br />• building material. Cement was strong and reasonably inexpensive. <br />Cement plants developed in the study area, most notably the ideal <br />Cement Company (later Ideal Basic) purchased Dowe Flats in 1957. <br />In 1969 Martin Marietta established a plant Southeast of Lyons. <br />(Personal Communication, E. E. Drake, former Corporate Secretary, <br />Ideal Cement/Ideal Basic Industries). <br />• 26 <br />