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Midwest Cast Stone of Kansas, Inc. manufactures custom architectural cast stone at 1610 State Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas — the moulded, vapour-cured stone used for window surrounds, sills, balustrades, quoins and other trim on buildings that want the look of carved limestone. Sarah Dotson Mathews is CEO and president. The plant is the only Cast Stone Institute-certified producer member in its part of the central United States, and the company states it is the only CSI-certified manufacturer in its industry code certified as both a Women’s Business Enterprise and a Woman-Owned Small Business. It does estimating, design collaboration, shop drawings, mould fabrication, production, curing and packing in house, and ships to projects in more than thirty states.

Description

Midwest Cast Stone is a manufacturer, not a retailer or an installer. Cast stone is a refined concrete masonry product made in moulds and finished to look like natural cut stone; it is the material behind a great deal of the ornamental limestone-look trim on twentieth-century and contemporary buildings. The company’s plant on State Avenue makes it to order.1

Its distinguishing claim is that everything happens in house: estimates and take-offs, design collaboration, shop drawings, mould fabrication, production, curing and packaging.1 Product is vapour cured in a purpose-commissioned Kraft vapour curing system, which the company says produces a better finish and shortens the delivery wait, and is specified to meet or exceed trade specification 04 72 00 and ASTM C1364.1

The company is a certified Producer Member of the Cast Stone Institute — confirmed independently in the Institute’s own producer membership directory, which lists Midwest Cast Stone of Kansas, Inc. at the State Avenue address with Sarah Matthews as contact.2 Midwest Cast Stone states it holds Excellence status within that certification and that it is the only CSI-certified cast stone manufacturer in NAICS sector 327390 certified as both a WBE and a WOSB.1 The Wyandotte Economic Development Council carries it simultaneously in its Minority Owned Business and Women Owned Business directories, under Manufacturing in both.3

Work is described as delegated-design or design-build, on residential, commercial, institutional and governmental buildings, landscaping and renovation projects, with architects, builders, masons and owners as the customer, across more than 37 states.1

Goods and services

  • Custom architectural cast stone — manufactured to order1
  • Estimating and take-offs1
  • Design collaboration and shop drawings1
  • Mould fabrication1
  • Production, vapour curing and packaging — Kraft vapour curing system, to specification 04 72 00 and ASTM C13641
  • Colour sample and bid submittal packages for architects and specifiers1
  • Technical support material — technical bulletins, specifications, a warranty and a glossary published on the company site1

History

“ — The founding history of this business is not established. The company’s own About page is empty of narrative content, and no press coverage, anniversary notice or founding account was found in this pass. The two datable claims available conflict directly (see source conflict below) and neither could be resolved against a filing, because the Kansas Secretary of State entity search refuses automated requests.

What can be said with sources: the company is currently led by Sarah Dotson Mathews as CEO and president;3 it appears in the Cast Stone Institute’s producer membership directory;2 and its own site references certifications obtained recently enough to be described as making its bids “more competitive,” which implies the WBE/WOSB status postdates the plant itself.1

Sources

Footnotes

  1. Midwest Cast Stone — official site and contact page midwestcaststone.com — asserts: manufactures and supplies custom architectural cast stone; performs estimates, take-offs, design collaboration, shop drawings, mould fabrication, production, curing and packaging in house; certified by the Cast Stone Institute as a Producing Member with Excellence status; “the ONLY CSI-certified cast stone manufacturer in NAICS sector 327390 to be certified both WBE and WOSB”; product vapour cured in a custom-commissioned Kraft Vapor Curing System meeting or exceeding specification 04 72 00 and ASTM C1364; works with architects, builders, masons and owners on delegated design or design-build residential, commercial, institutional and governmental projects in over 37 states; address 1610 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66102; phone 913-371-3300; fax 913-371-0544; “Sarah Mathews – President, sarah@midwestcaststone.com, 913-232-5254”; careers page (midwestcaststone.com) states no open positions; team page states the company hired experienced staff during the recession while competitors downsized. (Fetched via curl 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13

  2. Cast Stone Institute — Producer Membership Directory — asserts: “Midwest Cast Stone of Kansas, Inc.” is a listed producer member; contact Sarah Matthews, sarah@midwestcaststone.com; phone (913) 371-3300; address 1610 State Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66102. This is the independent third-party confirmation of both the trade certification and the legal entity name. (Fetched via curl 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2

  3. Wyandotte Economic Development Council — business directory entry, Midwest Cast Stone of Kansas — asserts: address 1610 State Ave., Kansas City, KS 66102; phone 913-371-3300; named contact “Sarah Dotson Matthews, CEO & President”; categories “Minority Owned Business, MOB Manufact, WOB Manufact, Women Owned Business”; description as the only Cast Stone Institute-certified Member Producer of custom cast stone in its central U.S. location. Category index pages: wyedc.org and…/women-owned-business/manufacturing/ (Fetched via curl 2026-08-14.) ↩ ↩2

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