Five Minute Histories: Formstone

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Formstone: Love it or hate it? One thing we know for sure is that people are passionate about it. Please enjoy our video on the history of Formstone, created here in Baltimore!
This is our series called "Five Minute Histories." Twice a week, we’ll record a short video about a different historic place in Baltimore and post it on our Facebook page and website.

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@ThePhotogPhil 2 жыл бұрын

My folks had our house done in Formstone back in the late 50s. I just recently drove through the neighborhood and that old house still looks good in 'Stone! When our house was brick, my Dad spent endless hours repointing the mortar, then with a small brush painting that mortar white. I'm talking two stories in Highlandtown. He was more than thrilled to pop for the Formstone!

@chrismurrmann6182 13 күн бұрын

My great uncle was the owner of the Dixie Stone Company. Robert Ibex was his name. The Baltimore son actually did a write up on him some years ago. It is a good story to go back and read up on.

@ChoochContrino Жыл бұрын

I’ve been a mason for almost 45 years and have worked for a prominent Baltimore commercial masonry company for 35 years so I speak as a masonry craftsman. Form stone is iconic and that’s it. It was a fad. It really destroys the substrate which is mostly beautiful solid brick walls. It traps moisture as well. It’s a cementitious wallpaper.

@calliecooke1817 5 ай бұрын

I'm a tinsmith with 45 years doing tin and copper roofs in DC. Mostly residential. DC has a fair amount of Formstone. I've always wondered why anyone would cover brick and what the affects are on the brickwork. Thanks for your comment. Our climate is so humid that anything trapping moisture is bad news. But often I see this stuff holding up really well after 70-80 years, too. I guess like most things, it's as good as the man doing the work.

@papigrande4378 2 жыл бұрын

'The polyester of brick' 🤣 Perfect John Waters!

@baltimoreheritage1006 2 жыл бұрын

We agree!

@jimm8246 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha John Waters mastermind of weird Baltimore movies.

@ron.v 10 ай бұрын

I grew up in Hueytown, Alabama which is a suburb of Birmingham. My Aunt next door had the bottom half of her frame house covered in Permastone in the early 1950s. We neighborhood kids were fascinated watching the craftsmen apply the stuff. It is definitely permanent and would still be there if the house hadn't burned down sometime in the early 1980s.

@philminion3675 3 жыл бұрын

I love formstone so much back on the 90s i formstoned my car

@kathleenba9639 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the formstome car

@levilam522 2 жыл бұрын

Watched a company do this to a couple houses on Sargent st. In the 60s...

@history775 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting

@Bwill-hn2pc 3 жыл бұрын

How about marble stairs next?

@jd3497 Жыл бұрын

Similar to Garden State Brickface in NJ. Many lawsuits resulted from lawsuits due to damage to the underlying structure, rot, mold and mildew all being prevelant.

@Music777111 3 жыл бұрын

Charmingly tacky, like pink flamingos.

@christiangerard1 3 жыл бұрын

I would unfortunately proceed to rip it out and bury it deep somewhere all while quietly freaking out about the historical implications. It is the worst thing to happen to brick houses since siding. yuck! (i do admit though that nicely painted formstone can look really nice)

@jimm8246 2 жыл бұрын

There are Formstone covered houses all over my neighborhood. The next street over also has brick cobblestone sidewalks.

@Slideyslide 2 жыл бұрын

I would buy a regular brick home over a formstone any day!

@katherinedavid2973 4 ай бұрын

How can you remove it?

@Christopher-lb1oc 2 жыл бұрын

as a child my neighbor had formstone and I asked my mom why our house wasn’t like that and she simply said “because it’s ugly.” I didn’t understand why she thought it was ugly but now as an adult, I realize, formstone is ugly.

@Slideyslide 2 жыл бұрын

Lmao 😂

@lamarsmith8723 10 ай бұрын

🤣