To be fair, building with quarried stone is monstrously expensive compared to glass and steel so its hard to say if the builders would have bothered if they had

To be fair, building with quarried stone is monstrously expensive compared to glass and steel so its hard to say if the builders would have bothered if they had the option. Like my home inspector said when I wanted to convert a gas fireplace in my 1930s house back to wood: "if they had gas when this house was built no one would have chosen wood-burning fireplaces"