I've Not Seen Stonework Quite Like This Before

Stone detail; Flat Rock Presbyterian Church, Mt. Airy, North Carolina. (click to enlarge)

While on my recent road trip, my friends and I stopped to see one of the largest, if not the largest (their claim), granite quarries in the United States.  Unfortunately, the quarry was closed, but on the adjacent property, the Flat Rock Presbyterian Church sat.  Immediately I noticed two interesting things.  First, the church was constructed from blocks of granite from the quarry next door and second, the stone work was not like anything I've ever seen before.  I found it quite remarkable.

I made a few images for the record, nothing artistic.  Here are a few of those to illustrate better what I saw.

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So.  Was this intentional or a mistake?  Is the stone work a product of an inebriated mason (lol), a true artist or maybe constructed out of various sized granite scraps from the quarry next door because they were given to the church free of charge?  I haven't looked into it. If you are curious as to its construction, you may want to further research this very unusual masonry.

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Dennis A. Mook  

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