Rhodewalt’s Quarry

Location: West Nottingham, Nottingham County Park. This may be also known as the Dunlap Quarry

Feldspar in Pennsylvania, by R.W. Stone and H.H. Hughes, Pennsylvania Geological Survey Bulletin M13 (1931).

This old pit lies just north of a log house known as the Cooper place. Here a vertical vein ranging in width from 2 to 12 feet or more was developed for 225 feet. The vein and pit make a sharp bend from a N. 70° W. course to N. 20° W.

Building Stones of Pennsylvania, by R.W. Stone, Pennsylvania Geological Survey Bulletin M15 (1932).

A small but old serpentine quarry in “the barrens” 2 miles southwest of Nottingham, owned by Harry Rhodewalt, probably was the source of the stone in Nottingham Presbyterian Church (1878). The walls ae gray and green rubble, some sandy, some glassy texture. The corners and door frame are dressed serpentine and the window sills are gneiss. Some blocks show slight spalling but this masonry is good for centuries. Rhodewalt furnished stone from this quarry in 1927 for the William Galbreath house, Mt. Vernon Street, Oxford. This quarry runs into the hill about 60 feet and has a face 20 feet high. The serpentine is so closely and irregularly jointed that irregular blocks are barred out and all shaping is done by the mason.

Photograph from Stone and Hughes