The Elliot family has worked with sandstone and limestone since the 1950s in its Ohio River based manufacturing and river frontage land and building restoration. From their quarry, they now produce what the company refers to as “Scot-Stone.” The material has been referred to as Briar Hill sandstone, but to separate its product from a similar product trademarked in 1917 by the Briar Hill Stone Co., the name Scot was designated for the material. “It is appropriate being that the owner’s middle name is Scott and because his entire family descends from Scotland,” explained David Paige, the company’s Marketing and Product Manager.
The company’s production comprises 75% sandstone for building fascia and ornamental carvings, and 25% in different sizes of by-products of the quarried material, typically used for landscape boulders, retaining walls and waterfall features. “Many landscapers love this sandstone because of the unique color of the material with its golden graining,” said Paige. “The sandstone sits geologically in Ohio’s Massillon geological ridge, which ranges from the south of Cleveland down into the center of Ohio.”