SAMSON STONE “Turning your vision into reality” is the motto at Samson Stone, and
products in the market and seek training for new and better ways to install
owner Silas Lewis has done that for himself and for his clients. After
those products.” Being on the cutting edge of stonework, masonry and
dreaming of owning his own business, Silas finally made that a reality in
building trends has helped grow Lewis’s business, but it is the relationships
2005. Now, he is turning clients’ visions into beautiful homes and outdoor living spaces by providing customers with all types of stonework, stucco, masonry, and more. Born and raised in Greenville, Silas attended Clemson
his company builds that keeps customers coming back.
“We care about our clients and their vision.”
“We build relationships with our clients and strive to understand their needs and execute a plan to meet that need,” he says. At Samson Stone, the client’s vision is the most
University for business management before becoming
important part of planning a job, and the client’s satisfaction
the co-owner of an internet service provider. Desperately
is the most important motivator. “We care about our clients
wanting to get out from behind a desk, Lewis took a job with a stone
and their vision. We want to build a relationship with them to achieve a
company. It didn’t work out, so he found himself working at a gym. “While
common goal, and we want them to be satisfied with the end result.”
working at the gym, I started getting calls from people that I had worked
Silas has even brought his relationships from home to work, as his
with before,” Lewis says. “They needed help and didn’t have a reliable stone
wife, Shelley, helps with administrative duties at Samson Stone and even
contractor, so I filled that need and grew my own business.”
makes occasional deliveries. When he’s not at work, Lewis can be found
And the business has certainly grown. Today, Samson Stone has
fishing or coaching his son’s baseball team. He says the best part of raising
more than sixty highly skilled masons and three knowledgeable
a family and building a business in the Upstate is the people. “Because we
superintendents—Jay Allen, Nathan Beck and Ricky Carroll—as well as an
emphasize relationships, we get to meet a lot of wonderful people. Seeing
operations manager, Andy Joines, and a yard manager, Hunter Kay. “We
their dream turn into a reality is very rewarding.”
have crews that can install projects with great detail and management that has a presence on all of our jobs,” Silas says. Having served thousands of residents and businesses over the years, Samson Stone has developed an efficiency, quality, management, and communication that are unmatched. Never satisfied, Lewis and his staff are always looking to improve the
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building experience for their clients. “We continually search for the best
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