The cathedral was built from yellow limestone blocks quarried near the present site of Lamy.

The building is constructed of local yellow limestone in the Italianate style.

It is constructed of yellow limestone, a common construction material in north central Illinois.

However this area of Illinois has large deposits of yellow limestone, in some cases just below the surface.

Use of yellow limestone may have started a trend.

The matrix is a yellow limestone common in the European Jurassic.

The entire building is in the classical style, with Corinthian columns, and was built of white and yellow limestone.

The area is characterised by attractive small towns and villages built of Cotswold stone (a yellow limestone).

The exterior is of pale yellow limestone, in the Sicilian Baroque style.

Marble swags and lintels set off the soft yellow limestone of the walls.