Historically, the Riccobene family has been in the masonry business for generations, going back to the familys roots in Sicily. Many family members are still residing throughout Italy and are continuing work in the masonry field as well as stone carving, construction and building architecture. In 1959 Tom Riccobene Sr. came to New Mexico from Washington D.C. and started doing business as Riccobene Masonry Company. Locally, almost the entire family has worked for the company at some point in time, whether it was in the capacity of a summer job or on a more permanent basis. The current President of the company Tom Riccobene Jr., and his brother Sal, the Vice President, started learning the trade as ten-year-old boys by assisting and observing their father, grandfather, uncles and fellow masons at work.  A few years later they started doing some of the smaller aspects of the job like stacking brick and spreading mortar. By fifteen they were out working on the line laying brick and by seventeen running their own crews. Quite literally, they learned the business and all its accompanying aspects from the ground up. They laid stone, brick and block and other such work and in 1975 the company moved to its current location, incorporated and started the transition to making brick and other concrete products instead of just installing them. By 1979 the Company completed its transition to a manufacturing company.

riccobene masonry history

A family of sculptors, masons, designers and architects, the Riccobene family originated from Delia, Sicily

Xeristone popularity continues as the market expands Internationally

Patented XeriStone Canyon Model market expands to include Southwest and National markets

XeriStone Canyon Model made available in the marketplace

First Prize Garden Edger and Premier Scallop products go National

Premier Scallop available in the marketplace

First Prize Garden Edger made available in the marketplace

Tom Riccobene Sr. retires. His sons Tom Jr. and Sal Riccobene continue as partners

Began Statuary Business Standard items plus original sculptures made available

Began interstate sales of landscape products

Manufacturing Business formed focus turns to do-it-yourself market with the development of innovative products as masonry installation business phased out

Tom Riccobene Sr. moved to Albuquerque, NM and founds DC Masonry AKA Riccobene Masonry. Contracted with premier ABQ homebuilders throughout 60s and 70s, while Tom Jr. and brother Sal learn the masonry trade

Salvatore Riccobene (Tom Srs father) immigrated to US. Decorated war hero lived in Camden, NJ, then Washington DC