Peach Bottom slate was more expensive than the other roof replacement slates available (1800-1900), so it had a tendency to be used on more expensive buildings and homes. It is certainly found on common buildings near the quarry district, but farther away it was sought after by people who had the extra money to spend for the very best material available. Therefore, many ornate homes, churches and government buildings had Peach Bottom slate on them, and today if you have an older, fancy home or building with a hard, black slate on it, it may he Peach Bottom, unless the home is located near the Monson, Maine, or Buckingham, Virginia slate districts (as these slates are also black and hard). For example, some buildings that had Peach Bottom slate on them by 1898 were the Pennsylvania State Capitol (roofed in 1820), Carnegie Library, Johns Hopkins University and Hospital buildings, Notre Dame Academy, the Biltmore Estate of George Vanderbilt, and the residence of William B. Astor on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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