In 1908 a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives asking for a $100,000 appropriation for the land and a new post office. It was built in two years; the gray granite came from Spruce Head, in South Thomaston, Maine. Inside, the ornate inlaid marble floors and oak finishing were done by a Boston firm. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places. Mount Desert Island was a world-renowned source for pink granite for buildings (such as the Philadelphia Mint and the capitol building in Austin, Texas), curbstones, paving blocks and sculptures. The stones bordering the road in Acadia National Park, fondly referred to as “Rockefeller teeth,” are also pink granite. Some, originally cut for the bridges in the park, were discarded due to the way the rock would break.