Our Story
A family of stoneworkers, since 1962.
The Beginning
From a single bridge saw to a full fabrication studio.
Salvatore Marino opened a small stone shop in Stoneham in 1962, cutting headstones and lintels by hand. His son expanded into architectural stone in the eighties; his grandchildren carry the workshop forward today.
The tools have changed — CNC routers, digital templating, waterjet cutting — but the standard has not. Every slab is still chosen by eye, every edge still finished by hand.
Sixty years, in chapters.
The shop opens
Salvatore Marino founds Marble Works in Stoneham, cutting memorials and building stone by hand.
Into the home
The second generation shifts the studio toward countertops, vanities, and architectural interiors.
Digital templating
Among the first in New England to adopt laser-precise digital measurement for flawless fits.
The slab yard
We open a two-hundred-slab yard, letting clients walk the stone before it's cut.
The third generation
Salvatore's grandchildren lead the workshop, blending old-world craft with modern precision.
What We Believe
Three principles, unchanged for sixty years.
Stone first
We never push a slab that isn't right for the job. The material decides the design, not the other way around.
Honest seams
If a seam can't be made to disappear, we say so before we cut. No surprises, no excuses, no shortcuts.
Built to outlast us
We install for the next fifty years, not the next photo. Durability is the quiet luxury.
“We don't manufacture stone. We listen to what it already wants to be — and then we get out of its way.”
Elena Marino — Third Generation, Creative Director