About

Kelly Francisco was born into a stone masonry dynasty of the Roanoke Valley. Price Francisco, (Kelly's great grandfather) started his masonry career in Salem, Virginia. His son, Frank started laying stone when he was 17. His first job was laying a stone doorway on Market Street in Salem. Frank later built the columns at Roanoke College as well as the beautiful limestone bridges on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Larry Francisco, (Kelly's father) built many walls around the valley as well as cased many stone buildings. When Kelly's father was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, Kelly gave up going to college to take over the family business. Kelly has grown the family business over the last 30 years to include stone sales, stone restoration as well as new stone masonry. He also works to restore some of the original structures built by his family.