According to Fred Becker, who has been the company's sole owner since 1985, his father purchased a small cut-stone company in the late 1940s. The shop included a ripsaw, gangsaw and planer, said Becker, adding that the business fabricated housing veneer, landscape and building stone, which they installed themselves.
In 1976, when Becker and his father started Becker & Becker Stone, they purchased another quarry south of Dubuque and built a cut-stone mill with several saws, planers and a polishing mill. "As the demand for cut-stone work grew, Becker & Becker Stone continued to grow and purchase more machinery," said Becker, adding that they purchased another quarry in 1994, and built a new mill at the Dubuque site. "Currently, Becker & Becker Stone's production facility has over 41,000 square feet and 4,000 square feet of office [space] at the Dubuque location." It now employs 13 workers, and its plant produces 50,000 cubic feet of cut-stone per year.