Gene Johnson founded Arlington Marble in 1972, after spending several years traveling across the United States and internationally, helping start-up cultured marble shops as an emerging technology for vanities, tubs, showers, and countertops. The advancement of cultured marble brought new options for color, style, and selection to kitchen countertops, vanities, bathtubs, and showers and Gene Johnson was one of the early pioneers in the industry. In fact, Gene and his father, Fred Johnson, designed and built the first monolithic-pour cultured marble bathtub and began to market the product in the late 70’s. The original tub mold still exists today.