Baltimore S White Marble Steps

Petrucci estimates that in the early 1900 s at least 80 of baltimore s stoops were made of white marble.

Baltimore s white marble steps.

The marble steps of baltimore rowhomes only a few cities in the northeast part of the country boast these marble steps philadelphia also has them both of my grandmothers homes had marble steps and i remember them scrubbing them to keep them white. Marble steps became status symbols for baltimorean s in the early 1900 s. While the rowhomes erected were kept affordable for the working class the marble steps offered that touch of class to the otherwise modest home. Countless stone steps in baltimore city md.

Upon their installation in the 1900 s white marble steps were felt to add an instant element of class and swankiness to otherwise working class homes. Because of their stylish charm and accessibility mr. More than most cities this is a city of distinct close knit neighborhoods 237 by one count and few are more distinct than those of southeast baltimore. Baltimore is known far and wide as the city of white steps the sun reported in 1947.

In the 19th century most marble for steps and buildings was quarried in baltimore county at sites near texas and cockeysville. Beaver dam is estimated to have supplied 60 of the city s marble steps but local builders also purchased stone from georgia alabama vermont and pennsylvania. White marble steps a trademark of baltimore architecture are a common element among baltimore s rowhouses. Such prominent buildings that exhibit this fancy mineral are.

A 1913 story proclaimed no other city in the country perhaps the world has the universal white marble. Despite the challenge of keeping them white they ornament the face of many rowhomes and city buildings. Clustered around the green hills of. And they paint scenes on the door screens too in baltimore md.