sunset red granite

The Lost History of Texas Granite that Never Made it to the Capitol

July 20, 2022 | By Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano

The Texas Capitol is famous for the sunset red granite that gives the building its pinkish exterior, but few know that stray capitol building blocks can still be found scattered along the old railway that brought the rock to Austin.

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