Cleaning Marble Stoops

The stoops were scrubbed with hard bristled brushes and really did shine.

Cleaning marble stoops.

Thank you starr for this wonderful article. The block looked so clean and beautiful when they were done. 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. 1930 photograph by a.

While the rowhomes erected were kept affordable for the working class the marble steps offered that tou mar 12 2018 if it s all about making a good first impression what better way to start than with the perfect stoop. People all along the small block we lived on took pride in how clean and shiny their stoops were. Petrucci s building supply company was the first to manufacture and introduce prefab steps to the baltimore in 1952. These stoops are affordable choices to replace marble steps that have not weathered the.

The stoops on the first two houses my parents lived in were marble. Stoop sitting baltimore maryland ca. Aubrey bodine 1906 1970 baltimore city life museum collection maryland historical society b360 2 doing much stoop sitting this summer. The front marble steps or stoops as they are known are part of the tradition and culture of baltimore.