Baltimore Marble Stoops

The story behind baltimore s marble stoops i have always heard about the tradition of baltimoreans scrubbing their marble steps but never understood it.

Baltimore marble stoops.

West baltimore is a huge section of the city notorious for violent and other drug related crime but also for its unique culture endless streets of old baltimore rowhouses with their marble stoops and sprawling parklands. Stoops drivin around baltimore with peter we cruise into some downpressed neighborhoods sandtown winchester. Family and family and friends. Tuesday december 15 2009.

The front marble steps or stoops as they are known are part of the tradition and culture of baltimore. These stoops are affordable choices to replace marble steps that have not weathered the. Petrucci s building supply company was the first to manufacture and introduce prefab steps to the baltimore in 1952. Of course you have probably seen non marble steps 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. We ve got just about every shape and size you can imagine. Lingering in the heat sweaty concrete. Request quote or consultation.

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. 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. 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. Baltimore s marble stoops are iconic and we re damn lucky to get our hands on these insanely heavy pieces of history.

In this blog i will explore how and why marble stoops developed in and around baltimore. In addition to the steps the windows and doorframes are also accented with marble trim on this strip. 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.