The reins at Indiana Limestone Co. of Oolitic, IN, have changed hands many times over. The company, which operates both a fabrication facility and numerous quarries, was originally formed in 1926, and in 2010 merged with Victor Ooltic Stone Co. It was eventually purchased in May of 2014 by Wynnchurch Capital, who owns it today. The business is primarily known for supplying Indiana limestone to many high-profile projects in North America, including the Empire State Building in New York, NY; the Pentagon, the National Cathedral and the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC; the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA; and numerous U.S. courthouses. Among the company’s more recent projects are 15 Central Park West in New York, NY; Liberty Mutual Headquarters in Boston, MA; the Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, MS; Yale University in New Haven, CT; and Princeton University in Princeton, NJ.
Indiana Limestone Co. operates 10 quarry sites, which are located on 4,500 acres of quarry reserves in Lawrence and Monroe counties in Indiana, and is actively quarrying on three of those. “We produce Buff, Silver Buff, Rustic Buff, Gray and Full Color Blend Indiana limestone,” explained Duffe Elkins, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. “We produce 56,000 cubic meters each quarry season, with 90% of this shipped within North America. All quarry sites meet ASTM C-568 standards for Class II medium density materials.”