Baltimore Marble Stoops

At local gift shop hometown girl you can buy your own marble step cleaning kit the kit includes a pumice stone bag of bon ami powder cleanser and instructions although you can easily assemble your own at any well stocked hardware store.

Baltimore marble stoops. In addition to the steps the windows and doorframes are also accented with marble trim on this strip. The marble found there is of such quality that it was preferred over the products of the much closer potomac marble quarries for many public structures in washington d c including the. Lingering in the heat sweaty concrete. These stoops are affordable choices to replace marble steps that have not weathered the.

The story behind baltimore s marble stoops i have always heard about the tradition of baltimoreans scrubbing their marble steps but never understood it. The use of marble for steps is due to the presence of high quality white marble in cockeysville a town 17 miles north of baltimore s inner harbor by highway. Stoops drivin around baltimore with peter we cruise into some downpressed neighborhoods sandtown winchester. These steps are made from brick or prefabricated concrete.

Of course you have probably seen non marble steps in and around baltimore. In this blog i will explore how and why marble stoops developed in and around baltimore. Above pictured left is a closeup of marble steps before restoration pictured center the traditional steps rowhouse after marble step restoration pictured on right is a closeup of marble steps after restoration. Request quote or consultation.

Maryland route 372 more widely known as wilkens avenue is a very noteworthy neighborhood in my study of marble steps because it houses baltimore s longest series of row homes each originally adorned with marble stoops. Places where people weren t doin much i guess i only say downpressed because they didn t look too happy about it. Tuesday december 15 2009. Family and family and friends.

Petrucci s building supply company was the first to manufacture and introduce prefab steps to the baltimore in 1952. The front marble steps or stoops as they are known are part of the tradition and culture of baltimore. We ve got just about every shape and size you can imagine.