The embellishments on this house’s front signal a home that’s full of decorative details, inside as well as out. Starting outside, its traditional exterior takes limestone and uses it in in a ...

"Limestone is a really expensive exterior stone," he said. "To put a value on that, it's definitely north of $1 million just in material and install to do a full limestone house today.

The house at 1822 is one of his standouts – and its use of limestone makes it a rarity. “There are only a few limestone houses in the Monument Avenue Historic District,” Rodriguez said.

A house in Beverly that looks like a small castle has sold to a man who had longed dreamed of being its king. Built in 1930, the house has an outside limestone colonnade dotted with carved ...

Finding exterior materials that matched the house also was a challenge; the Platteville limestone used for the home's exterior is no longer quarried and becomes available only when existing ...