Henry Sheldon Museum

Category: Marble

This 1829 home was built by Eben Judd and his son-in-law Lebbeus Harris with the profits and some of the marble products from their marble works operation in nearby Frog Hollow. Note the porch's ionic marble columns and rectangular lintels. The five black marble fireplace mantels were made of the rare Shoreham black marble. It has almost no veining and contains some fossils. Many tried to imitate this black marble at the time by painting their white marble (as well as other stone materials) black.