The buildings on the place were 150-plus years old and had yard-thick stone walls. The house was stuccoed on ... at all (and the only general masonry contractor who’d talk to me recommended ...

Load-bearing masonry isn’t exactly novel ... Popular consensus claims that stone is prohibitively expensive and, on top of that, there is a dearth of skilled labor with experience working with the age ...

John Wastrom and Tom Ahearn (Stepping Stones Masonry). Wastrom began the project by cleaning, repointing, and repairing the interior stone foundation of the main house and the adjacent Counting ...