Thin-Stone-Veneer Showcase
Arnold Stone Inc.
Celine, Texas
For more than 30 years, Arnold Stone has been providing natural-stone
products from four quarry/fabrication sites. Today, thin veneer is
produced by a separate division within Arnold Stone. The company offers
more than 30 thin-veneer products in thicknesses from 3/4”- 1 1/4”. The
addition of new materials, such as Rattlesnake, allows clients to
achieve the distinctive designs they desire.
Arnold Stone Inc., P.O. Box 118, Celine, TX 75009; 972-382-8558, 877-587-5410, FAX 972-382-8559; www.arnoldstone.com
Buechel Stone Corp.
Fond du Lac, Wis.
Buechel Stone has been quarrying natural stone in east-central Wisconsin for more than 40 years, and today extracts more than 100 different types of products from five quarries on 700 acres of land. Its latest thin veneer, Chilton Woodlake Blend, is a blend of irregular and rectangular-shaped pieces, and features a natural color palette of gray, blue, brown, lavender and mauve for an elegant look. Buechel Stone also is available nationwide through an extensive dealer network.
Buechel Stone Corp., N7355 Michigan St., Fond du Lac, WI 54937; 920-922-4790, 800-236-4473, FAX 920-922-7312; www.buechelstone.com
Cedar Creek Stone
St. Johns, Ariz.
Cedar Creek Stone, founded in 2005, offers the varying sandstones of Arizona in 20 different thin-veneer looks, from ledge stones to cobbles to rock walls. All Cedar Creek thin veneers are 3/4” – 1 1/2” thick and are available in both flats and corners. Flats currently ship in crates containing 120 ft², while corners come in 100 linear feet. The company expects to offer 10 ft² handipacks shortly. Other thin-veneer accessories include sills and hearthstones.
Cedar Creek Stone, P.O. Box 730, St Johns, AZ 85936; 928-337-3888, fax 928-563-0177; www.cedarcreekstone.com, sales@cedarcreekstone.com
Champlain Stone Ltd.®
Warrensburg, N.Y.
Champlain Stone offers a range of granite, quartzitic sandstone and limestone products, such as the thin-veneer Corinthian Granite® quarried and fabricated in upstate New York. Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007, the company provides wall stones, step slabs, boulders, ledge stones and more to its dealer network.
Champlain Stone Ltd., P.O. Box 650, Warrensburg, NY 12885; 518-623-2902, FAX 518-623-3088; www.champlainstone.com; info@champlainstone.com
Delta Stone Products Inc.
Heber City, Utah
Delta Stone was founded by masons to handle their own cut-stone needs. With its large fabrication facility, inventory and comprehensive distribution network, the company prides itself on its quality and customer service. Along with its line of natural thin-veneer stones, such as Hillside Blend, Delta also offers full-thickness veneers, caps, fireplaces, mantels, hearths, profiled window surrounds, door surrounds, lintels, keystones, columns, balusters and more.
Delta Stone Products Inc., 2776 S. Daniels Rd., Heber City, UT 84032; 435-654-3336; www.deltastoneproducts.com
Door County Custom Stone Inc.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Door County Custom started operation in 2006 and added thin veneer to its line of full veneers and landscape stone this past spring. The company offers a unique, rustic-looking light brown or buff limestone from the Niagara Escarpment that’s been naturally weathered by water seeping into the top 10’-15’ of the deposit. The company operates two quarries and currently offers 10 different looks of thin veneer in thicknesses of 3/4”-1 1/4” through its network of distributors.
Door County Custom Stone Inc., 2670 Stone Rd., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; 920-825-7557, 920-213-7792, FAX 920-825-7515; www.doorcountycustomstone.com, doorcountycustomstone@wilblue.net
East West Stone
Carlsbad, Calif.
East West offers imported pre-cut and assembled ready-to-install thin veneer components that measure approximately 6” X 24” X 1/2”-3/4” and weigh 10 lbs. The company’s pre-assembled panels come in three distinct looks: Classic Ledge, a refined, stacked-stone look; Natural Ledge, a rustic, stacked appearance; and Contemporary, with a precise beveled edge. Available colors include honey gold, autumn rose, bayside waters, arctic ice, sea glass and midnight sky.
East West Stone, P.O. Box 130340, Carlsbad, CA 92013-0340; 760-603-9898, fax 760-603-9867; www.eastweststone.com, info@eastweststone.com
Evans Landscaping & Supplies
Cincinnati
Evans offers a wide range of landscape stones from company-owned quarries in southern Ohio, as well as from quarries in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. All of the company’s thin-veneer products are cut at its own facility; along with its standard selection of products, Evans is willing to cut special orders on request. Flats are sold in 8 ft² pallets and corners in boxes of 6 linear feet. Evans also offers full veneers, bulk wall stone, flagstones, stepping stones, boulders, waterfall stones, gravel and decorative gravel.
Evans Landscaping & Supplies, 3700 Roundbottom Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45244; 800-634-1119, 513-271-1119; www.evanslandscaping.com, saleshelp@evanslandscaping.com
Fond du Lac Stone
Fond du Lac, Wis.
Fond du Lac Stone has been providing veneer stones to its customers for six decades, with the last 10 years as part of Michels Corp. Today, the company offers stone from five Wisconsin quarries; the company’s thin veneer is produced in thicknesses from 3/4”-1 1/2”, with random lengths and corners, with approximately 80-100 ft.² per ton, such as Hand Rocked Fond Du Lac Buff Sawn Bedface. The company also offers a wide range of full-veneer stones, as well as stones for retaining walls, patios and walkways, and other special orders available in both company-produced stone and in Indiana limestone.
Fond Du Lac Stone, N4224 Highway 175 South, Fond du Lac, WI 54937; 920-921-8280, 877-297-8663, FAX 920-921-4405; www.fdlstone.com
Halquist Stone Co.
Sussex, Wis.
Halquist Stone began selling stone since 1929 with a single curbing quarry; today, the company has quarries in Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona, and offers its products, including its Thinstone™ thin veneer, including its Ideal Blend, through a nationwide channel of distributors. Available in heights of 2 1/4”, 5” and 7 3/4” (larger available on request) in lengths from 8”-48”, Ideal Blend is also available as a full veneer.
Halquist Stone Company, P.O. Box 308, Sussex, WI 53089; 800-255-8811, 262-246-9000, FAX 262-246-5735; www.halquiststone.com; info@halquiststone.com
Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Supplies
Plymouth, Minn.
Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Supplies offers Norstone Rock Panels, handmade from selected pieces of cut natural stone. Each panel is 6” tall and 24” wide and is suitable for both interior and exterior applications. The dry-stack design comes in four color blends: Ochre, Charcoal, White Quartz and Ivory. Hedberg also features cut stone for hearths and mantles, wall- and pillar-caps and special projects.
Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Suppliers, 1205 Nathan Lane N., Plymouth, MN 55441; 763-545-4400, fax 763-545-7121; www.hedbergrocks.com, info@hedbergaggregates.com
The Kettle Valley Stone Co.
Kelowna, B.C.
Kettle Valley Stone offers four different natural-stone veneers, available in both full and chopped stone. Walnut Creek, Country Cottage, Shadow Ridge and Kettle Valley Granite are available with a number of different options, including cut corners, field stones, ledge stones, custom coping and as landscape stones. The company’s thin veneers are from 1/2”-2” in thickness and weigh 8-15 lbs per ft².
The Kettle Valley Stone Co., 204 Cambro Rd., Kelowna, BC V1X 7T3; 250-491-0405, 877-670-7625,FAX 250-491-4959; www.kettlevalleystone.com, info@kettlevalleystone.com
Krukowski Stone Company Inc.
Mosinee, Wis.
Krukowski Stone offers architectural, landscape and cut stone, as well as a full line of natural-stone thin veneers. All of the company’s full veneers are also available as thin veneers, with a choice of more than 60 different stones and blends, 20 of them limestone. Pallets ship with a mix of flats and corners, and accessory stones, including hearthstones, sills, trim stones and keystones, are also available. The company also offers display boards and racks to interested retailers.
Krukowski Stone Company Inc., 3781 County Road C, Mosinee, WI 54455; 800-628-0314, 715-693-6300, FAX 715-693-7223; www.krukowskistone.com; joaniew@krukowskistone.com
Krystal Gardens
Moorpark, Calif.
Krystal Gardens is a distributor of several lines of natural building stone, and offers a number of different lines of thin-veneer products, including Texas limestone and Pennsylvania bluestone. The company’s newest offering is Nature’s Craft Stone Systems by Keystone Quarries. Keystone’s Nature’s Craft Natural Thin Veneer offers a free-form natural veneer in several different stones.
Krystal Gardens, 6501 Chagall Dr., Moorpark, CA 93021; 805-529-3013, FAX 805-523-0652; www.krystalgardens.com, info@krystalgardens.com
L&W Stone Corp.
Orland, Calif.
L&W Stone is one of the largest nationwide wholesale producers of high-quality natural stone products from quarry to delivery; product lines include landscape stone, building stone, fabricated stone, and home and garden accents. The company offers three proprietary stones, including Three Rivers Stone®, quarried in Idaho with natural colorings of plum, brown and beige; this fall, L&W is making Three Rivers Stone available as a thin veneer for the first time, with face heights of 2”-3”. Flats are available in 100 ft² pallets (two crates per pallet) and corners in 75-linear-feet per pallet. Thin veneer is also available in Petrified Seashore.
L&W Stone Corp., P.O. Box 1224, Orland, CA 95953; 530-891-6264, FAX 530-230-2884; www.lwstone.com
Luck Stone
Richmond, Va.
In 2008, Luck Stone will observe its 85th anniversary, and over the years the company has added all types of natural stone, from construction aggregates to exotic granites and semi-precious slabs. The company offers its MasterCut™ line of natural stone veneers, precision-cut from natural stone as flats and corners, MasterCut offers the look of natural building stone coupled with ease of installation. Its newest MasterCut offering is Copper Bay™, a blend of earth-tone colors cut from quartzite for a ledgestone look.
Luck Stone, P.O. Box 29682, Richmond, Va. 23242; 800-898-LUCK; www.luckstone.com
Mankato Kasota Stone Inc.
Mankato, Minn.
Mankato Kasota and its dolomitic limestone have been part of the country’s hardscape since the 1880s, when the Coughlin family first began providing the material as building stones for bridges, depots and warehouses. The stone, quarried in southern Minnesota, is similar to the dolomitic limestones from the Carrara region of Italy in terms of appearance, strength and abrasion resistance. The company’s thin-veneer-stone collection, all cut to a 1” thickness, includes mosaic, veneer split face, veneer rustic, and sawn ashlar. The company also sells thin-veneer corners.
Mankato Kasota Stone Inc., 811 N. Willow St., Mankato, MN 56001; 507-625-2746, FAX 507-625-2748; www.mankatokasotastone.com; sales@mankatokasotastone.com
Meshoppen Stone Inc.
Meshoppen, Pa.
Meshoppen Stone Inc. has been a quarrier, producer and distributor of natural-stone products for more than 50 years. Meshoppen’s thin veneer products are designed for non-structural facing, and can be applied on wood or masonry surfaces. Thin veneer is packaged in 10 ft² corrugated plastic boxes and on bulk pallets. The company also offers flagstones, hearths, steps, wall stone, fieldstone and garden steppers, tumble stone, creek stone and boulders.
Meshoppen Stone Inc., Box 127, Meshoppen, PA 18630; 800-836-1269, 570-833-2767, fax 570-833-2180; www.meshoppenstone.com, info@meshoppenstone.com
Montana Rockworks Inc.
Kalispell, Mont.
The company supplies a variety of stones, including flagstones, boulders, capstones and treads for all types of interior and exterior uses. The company also offers several of its stones as thin veneers with bed depths from 3/4” to 1 1/4”. While the McGregor Lake Stacked Stone – and its variant, Tumbled McGregor Lake – are the company’s most-popular thin veneers, its newest is Moose Mountain Ledge Stone, a Rocky Mountain argillite stone. Other popular styles include Castle Rock Ledge and Elk Mountain Tile.
Montana Rockworks Inc., 1107 Rose Crossing, Kalispell, MT 59901; 406-752-7625, fax 406-752-7645; www.montanarockworks.com, info@montanarockworks.com
Natural Stone Veneers International Inc. (NSVI)
Fond du Lac, Wis.
Natural Stone Veneers International specializes in the fabrication, marketing and nationwide distribution of natural thin veneer stone, quarried around the world. With more than 55 precision-cut products in 10 categories, NSVI offers tremendous variety of color and texture in both flats and corners. From the timeless Tuscan collection, to the contemporary Dimensional collection, architects and designers are sure to enhance any project. In addition, NSVI offers complimentary accessories, including sills, keystones, trim stones and hearthstones.
Natural Stone Veneers International Inc., P.O. Box 347 Fond du Lac, WI 54936; 920-923-2800, 877-923-2800, FAX 920-923-3800; www.nsvi.com, info@nsvi.com
QuarryCut Thin Stone
Parker Ford, Penn.
QuarryCut Thin Stone is one of the first factories east of the Mississippi to start sawing thin-veneer stone; all products are cut to be 1”-1 1/2” in thickness. Stones are available in a range of colors and blends, including brown, gray and plum, in both irregular fieldstones and sawn shapes. QuarryCut saws both 90° and 135° corners, and has display racks available for stone retailers.
QuarryCut Thin Stone, 77 Wells Rd., Parker Ford, PA 19457; 610-495-5088, FAX 610-495-5018; www.quarrycut.com, quarrycut@yahoo.com
Plymouth Quarries Inc.
Hingham, Mass.
After more than nine decades of quarrying and selling natural stone, Plymouth Quarries Inc. added thin-veneer natural stone to its product line four years ago, including 15 thin-veneer stones from its own quarries. The company generally stocks close to 30 different thin veneer stones at any one time, including products from Rolling Rock and Connecticut Stone. The company also offers full veneers, landscape stone and interior stone, with an emphasis on fireplaces.
Plymouth Quarries Inc., 410 Whiting St., Hingham, MA 02043; 781-335-3686, FAX 781-340-0313; www.plymouthquarries.com, info@plymouthquarries.com
Robinson Brick Co.
Denver
Robinson Brick started making bricks in Denver in 1880; recently, it began producing both thin-veneer natural stone and thin-veneer brick. Today, Robinson Rock™’s Natural Thinrock™ is distributed around the country; all Thinrock is cut from natural stone, and Robinson states that it’s the only company nationwide to produce its thin-veneer stone to ISO 9001 standards. The company currently offers Thinrock in 29 different colors, including one of its newest, Kiamichi.
Robinson Brick Co., 1845 W. Dartmouth Ave., Denver, CO 80110; 303-783-3000, 800-477-9002, FAX 303-781-1818; www.robinsonbrick.com, sales@robinsonbrick.com
Rolling Rock Building Stone Inc.
Boyertown, Penn.
Rolling Rock is now offering its RealStone Veneer™ brand nationally. Quarried in New York and Pennsylvania, the stones are particularly popular within a 500-mile radius of the company’s headquarters, making it an excellent green product. The Core Series incorporates 15 different types of stone sorted by thickness with natural self corners; the Platinum Series includes 10 different types of stone sawn to thickness, with cut corner pieces. Both have a thickness of no more than 1 1/2” and are shippable.
Rolling Rock Building Stone Inc., 40 Rolling Rock Rd., Boyertown, PA 19512; 610-987-6226, FAX 610-987-9779; www.rollrock.com
Scott Stone Inc.
Mebane, N.C.
Over the past 22 years, Scott Stone Inc. has grown to be one of the largest suppliers of natural stone in the Southeast, including a line of more than a dozen different selections of natural-stone thin veneer in sizes from 1”-2 1/2” suitable for interior or exterior use. Also at its 15-acre distribution center, Scott features a range of stone tile, flagging and stone coping, river rock, boulders and concrete products. Earlier this year, Scott Stone opened a showroom in Greensboro, N.C.
Scott Stone Inc., 3285 Jones Dr., Mebane, NC 27302; 919-563-3496, 800-649-8782, FAX 919-563-6335; www.scottstone.com
Siloam Stone Inc.
Canon City, Colo.
Siloam Stone Inc. is a family-run operation celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2007. The firm offers products from a 640-acre quarry of Dakota Formation sandstone in southeastern Colorado, marketed under the name Sienna Buff. Both field stone and moss rock are also available as wall stones that range in color from buff to gray, and as canyon stones in boulders or slabs. Siloam Stone’s Sienna Buff is also marketed as a thin veneer through Robinson Brick under the name Old Mill.
Siloam Stone Inc., 317 N. 7th St. Canon City, CO 81212; 719-275-4275, FAX 719-275-9050; www.siloamstone.com, info@siloamstone.com
Specified Products Inc.
Dallas
Specified Products thinks thin, with an emphasis on green-friendly products. The company offers two lines of natural-stone thin veneer, distributing Texas-based quarriers/fabricators Cooperstone and Alamo Thin Stone.The company also carries stone installation systems.
Specified Products Inc., 8181 East Point Dr., Ste. 300, Dallas, TX 75227; 214-388-1228, FAX 214-388-1236; www.specifiedproductsinc.com; brent@specifiedproductsinc.com
Stonecleft LLC
Westchester, N.Y.
Stonecleft LLC offers a new twist to thin stone veneer with its flagship Earthrox product line, combining materials into a lightweight, modularized thin-stone-panel format designed for easy installation and to save production time and costs. Panels are made from ASTM-compliant materials and assembled insure consistency in aesthetics and performance, and can be installed over a number of construction substrates. The company is releasing several new lines next month, including a rustic stone panel series, a rustic fieldstone series and a limestone series.
Stonecleft LLC, Westchester, NY 10890; 888-STONE-58, 914-301-5435, FAX 866-205-0482; www.stonecleft.com, www.earthrox.net, sleepystone7@optonline.net
Stoneyard.com
Littleton, Mass.
Stoneyard.com’s thin veneer products are cut into square and rectangular pieces that give the look of stone without the weight. Thicknesses range from 1/2”-1 3/4”, with face areas up to .5 ft². The company’s ledgestone thin veneer is made up of thinly split and stacked stone in heights up to 4” for a true New England look. Stoneyard.com also offers mosaic thin veneer, which is made up of stone pieces of varying shapes and sizes to create a “broken-ice” pattern.
Stoneyard.com, 2 Spectacle Pond Rd., Littleton, MA 01460; 800-221-2200, 978-742-9800, fax 978-742-9898; www.stoneyard.com
Sturgis Materials Inc.
Kansas City, Kan.
Sturgis Materials Inc, founded in 1942, is one of the Midwest’s largest suppliers of natural stone. Its newest thin-veneer offering is Crystal Ridge Quartzite. With a hardness of 6-7 on the Mohs scale, Crystal Ridge is non-porous and highly resistant to staining, color fading and flaking caused by frost and freezing, making it virtually maintenance-free and ideal for exterior jobs.
Sturgis Materials Inc., 550 S. Packard, Kansas City, KS 66105; 913-371-7757; www.sturgismaterials.com
Texas Quarries
Cedar Park, Texas
Texas Quarries began quarrying and fabricating Texas limestone in 1929 and currently operates two quarries. Today, the company operates two quarries, one near Liberty Hill, Texas, and the other near Lueders, Texas. Available colors include Cordoba Cream, Fossil Mix, Antique Mix and Tuscany. All are sold in flat and “L” corners. Face sizes are available in heights of 2 1/4”- 8”, with lengths from 8”-24”. All are cut 1”-1 1/4” thick to meet industry standards, and may be applied directly to masonry back-up systems or to non-masonry back-ups using 18-gauge metal lathes.
Texas Quarries, 1800 W. Whitestone Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 78613; 512-258-1474; www.texasquarries.com
Tri-State Stone® & Building Supply Inc.
Bethesda, Md.
Tri-State Stone® & Building Supply Inc. offers a full line of natural stones, including Carderock®, which has been quarried onsite since the 1920s. The mica-schist quartzite that shows colors of brown, blue, gray and green and has unique vertical and horizontal cleavages; the thin-veneer version is available in both flats and corners, and sold by the box or pallet.
Tri-State Stone & Building Supply Inc., 8200 Seven Locks Rd., Bethesda, MD 20827; 301-365-2100, FAX 301-365-5524; www.carderock.com
U.S. Stone Industries LLC
Prairie Village, Kan.
U.S. Stone Industries introduced a natural-stone thin veneer in 2005. With 40 different offerings, such as Cottonwood, and the capability to produce up to 8,000 ft² of stone per day, emphasis is on producing thin stone in a full range of colors, sizes and textures. All U.S. Stone thin-veneer stone is produced to a thickness of +/-1”, and is available in both boxes and crates. The company also offers an array of custom stone accessories, including sills, headers, coping, banding, keystones, column caps and tile.
U.S. Stone Industries LLC, 3515 W. 75th St., Ste. 105, Prairie Village, KS 66208; 913-529-4154, FAX 913-529-4158; www.usstoneindustries.com, sales@usstoneindustries.com
World Wide Stone Corp.™
Scottsdale, Ariz.
World Wide Stone Corp. is the exclusive quarrier and fabricator of Durango Stone™ travertine; Durango Ledger Stone™ is a thin-veneer travertine reminiscent of the classic architectural stone elements of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s that is now enjoying a revival in today’s building veneers. Suitable for both interior and exterior applications, Durango Ledger Stone is available with a cleft field-dressed finish in five different colors and shipped in random lengths in 2cm, 3cm and 4cm heights. World Wide Stone also offers travertine in a variety of other products including slabs, tiles, thresholds, steps and columns in a variety of finishes.
World Wide Stone Corp., 15275 N. 83rd Place, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; 602-438-1001, fax 602-438-6888; www.durangostone.com, info@durangostone.com
This article first appeared in the September 2007 print edition of Stone Business. ©2007 Western Business Media Inc.