Candoro Marble Works

Candoro Marble Works is a marble cutting facility founded in Knoxville in 1914. Candoro was founded by four individuals. They each took the first couple letters of their last names and combined them to come up with the name "Candoro." The facility closed in 1982, however independent marble fabricators continued to use the facility until it was purchased by South Knox Heritage when it became an official "historic place." As well as cutting marble, Candoro would polish it too. Marble from Candoro was used to create many monumental buildings across the United States in the first half of the 20th century.