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Granite & Marble History
Granite & Marble History
| Granite and Marble Have Quite A Story |
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Six thousand years ago. It sounds like a long time because it is. But the simple fact is mankind has been building structures with stone, particularly granite and marble, for millenia, and many of those monuments and structures still stand today. Talk about durability, not to mention beauty, and stone has no equal in the annals of construction history. In more modern times, the Early 20th century saw an increased use of marble and limestone in both commerical and public spaces. Following World War II, granite, marble, brownstone and limestone were used for exterior applications in single family homes and townhouses, primarily in the established Eastern Cities, like Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York; hence, the name "brownstone" for coveted properties on Manhattan's Upper East Side and beyond. Following a period of glass and steel in the 1960s and 70s, the 1980s saw granite use experience a heavy resurgence in both commercial and public projects once again. And since the early 1990’s, stone use has steadily increased in residential applications, especially in kitchen countertop & vanity top use. Since 1992, imports of granite & marble slabs have increased over 150%. Granite, by far, is the leader. It's now industry standard to see granite countertops in production homes (tract homes), where once seen almost exclusively in custom homes. |
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