Phenix Marble Quarry
Laid as a pavement in front of the high school engraved slabs of fleuri cut phenix marble record decades of senior grads teachers and sponsors.
Phenix marble quarry. Today all that is left of phenix is a silent quarry empty buildings and memories. From quarry to countertop phenix stone in springfield s top restaurants and bars january 15 2020 mary neely exceptionally durable easy to maintain with lasting beauty and local origins it s no wonder that so many of springfield s restaurants and bars selected phenix as their stone of choice. Phenix marble company springfield missouri. The new york stock exchange the missouri capitol building and city halls and churches.
Resurrecting a product first mined in the late 1800s phenix marble company is once again offering marble veneer dimensional stone and hardscape materials providing our customers with a uniquely durable and low maintenance stone with timeless aesthetic appeal. In 1904 the missouri bureau of geology identified the phenix quarry as the largest and best equipped quarry in the state manned by an equally strong community of over 500 residents. This public bench outside a walnut grove gas station is a solid block of napoleon cut stone from the phenix quarry and a reminder of the impact the quarry had on the community. I think he did a really good job flores is currently working on pieces that will be used in a restoration of the webb city library dig into the quarry s past and you ll find a long list of prominent projects that bear its napoleon gray marble.