page_title: Bedford, Indiana
section_title: Limestone
hierarchical_section_title: Bedford, Indiana / Limestone
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of the former Indiana Limestone Company Building, located at 405 I Street in Bedford, Indiana, United States. Built in 1927 and now the location of a branch of Oakland City University, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,413 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County. Bedford is the principal city of the Bedford, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises all of Lawrence County.
context_section_description: Bedford is known as the limestone capital of the world, and is surrounded by limestone quarries.
  A common name for the light gray Indiana limestone quarried in south central Indiana is "Bedford limestone", or "Bedford Oolitic limestone".
  Much of the limestone used in the construction of various Washington, D.C., monuments was quarried in the Bedford area.
  Limestone from a nearby quarry, called the "Empire Quarry", was used to build the Empire State Building in New York City.
  Bedford area limestone was also used in the construction of the Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church located in Merrillville, Indiana.
  Bedford received $500,000 in grants from the federal government to build a ten-story replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza out of local limestone; however, the work was never completed, despite a further $125,000 being allocated to finish it. An 800-foot limestone replica of the Great Wall of China was also built. Construction took place in 1981 and cost $200,000. Construction on the main pyramid ceased in 1982.
caption: The historic Indiana Limestone Company Building, in Bedford.
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