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MARSTELLER MARBLE WORKS

This business was established in Roanoke in 1887, the
plant at that time being located at No. 503 South Jefferson
Street.

After conducting
a successful business
for a period
of ten years, Mr. J.
H. Marsteller, the
proprietor, erected
in 1897, a three-story
structure at
No. 21 East Campbell
Avenue, in
order to meet the
growing requirements
of his
trade.

This building
covers an area of
fifty by two hundred
feet and in the
front portion are
handsome show
rooms, the plant
being located in the
rear.

This is the largest
and most important
house of the
kind in the State of Virginia, and is the largest purchaser
of monumental work in the country.

About two years ago the old established plant operated
by J. I. Van Ness, Church Street, Lynchburg,
Virginia, was purchased and added to the business of
the Marsteller Marble Works.

This addition places the works in a position to give
prompt service to its rapidly growing trade in the
section tributary to Lynchburg, and this branch has
become an important factor in the business.

The trade of the Marsteller Marble Works extends
throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
and North Carolina, and the house bears a high
reputation for the artistic design and excellent quality
of its products.