tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post250733816637504141..comments2023-03-31T01:23:12.538-07:00Comments on Larry's Sepia Saturday: Building with Brick in the New Country.....L. D. http://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-49417123383435270562011-10-22T10:29:21.254-07:002011-10-22T10:29:21.254-07:00I was always fascinated by the making of brick fro...I was always fascinated by the making of brick from red Georgia clay when I was a child. Interesting post and pics, Larry.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770750648145547973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-82463255037001144612011-09-29T16:42:17.855-07:002011-09-29T16:42:17.855-07:00I know bricks are less to care for and the structu...I know bricks are less to care for and the structures are probably better, but I love timber best. I read all of the "Little house on the prarie" books and they had timber houses with lean-to's.They also had trouble with chimneys catching on fire. <br />I loved at the end where you wrote, when you find a brick it makes you wonder where it came from. <br />I look out for groups of trees when we are out driving in the country. It usually means that someone has planted them and a house was once there. This makes me wonder about the occupants, who they were, what was their life like?.. The past is so interesting, people come and go and the world revolves on. There is a sadness in that..and yet, thats life.Sr Crystal Mary Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509227559164880311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-2148721959026773112011-09-19T17:34:27.110-07:002011-09-19T17:34:27.110-07:00This was a truly fascinating read about building,...This was a truly fascinating read about building, settling and brick. A few years ago visiting and touring S. Louis we learned how it was a huge brick making force for the country and many of the St. Louis bldgs are brick from back when. I did not know about the Iowa beickyard and mfg. In PA, the wealthier folks in the area always built their homes of brick, or so the stories went. I often wondered if the fondness for brick might have come from the 3rd and surviving homeowner pig in the tale of the 3 Little pigs. <br />I always try to look at dates on bricks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-51173231298877884682011-09-19T07:15:42.480-07:002011-09-19T07:15:42.480-07:00Now you have me wondering about the recycled brick...Now you have me wondering about the recycled brick in my house. Where did it come from? What is it's story?<br /><br />There is also a dry-layed stone retaining wall in the yard. I was told once that there are only a handful of people left who can do the work (or even repairs) on the walls.Liz Strattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355785887810653358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-57837069407480150762011-09-18T17:43:55.467-07:002011-09-18T17:43:55.467-07:00Great photos. This weekend we went over by the li...Great photos. This weekend we went over by the little old town I was born in and went by the house I was born in and raised until I was in my early 20s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-20955098708895750422011-09-18T16:54:38.717-07:002011-09-18T16:54:38.717-07:00Here on the west coast it's redwood. A lot of ...Here on the west coast it's redwood. A lot of construction was done by cutting the ancient redwoods down. Now the trees the ancient ones are mostly protected, but redwood is still used. I have walls in my home that are redwood. <br /><br />I love the brick homes in the midwest and east. Also get them in Oregon and Washington state.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-76131046259618049512011-09-18T15:11:08.701-07:002011-09-18T15:11:08.701-07:00Wow, I'm trying to imagine the work involved i...Wow, I'm trying to imagine the work involved in making circular columns out of bricks. Very interesting post.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-66676880273897739552011-09-18T05:32:36.220-07:002011-09-18T05:32:36.220-07:00I actually rather like that former fire station. I...I actually rather like that former fire station. It’s quite a smart building with the contrast of red brick and white fascias. It’s almost a pity the photo has the truck and tractor in it!Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-84320608771918849882011-09-18T02:44:13.767-07:002011-09-18T02:44:13.767-07:00History is indeed history, Larry - and such fascin...History is indeed history, Larry - and such fascinating history as well. House building materials say such a lot about social and economic history and you have certainly taught me a lot about the background to brick buildings in America.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-49194314798045803862011-09-18T02:44:01.506-07:002011-09-18T02:44:01.506-07:00Very interesting post, the photos are great. It wa...Very interesting post, the photos are great. It was much the same in NZ, all of the early houses were wooden, in fact so many still are. The very early settlers, unless they had money and sometimes even then, had very primitive dwellings with packed mud floors for their first homes.Marilyn & Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851884880790561276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-42071562751508181132011-09-17T10:28:09.374-07:002011-09-17T10:28:09.374-07:00I remember being told, I can't even remember w...I remember being told, I can't even remember where or why, that in some places bricks were prized so much that buildings were built in stone and faced with bricks. The reverse was true in other places and buildings built in brick but faced in stone.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-59793197458311515622011-09-17T05:32:41.917-07:002011-09-17T05:32:41.917-07:00Before we were married my wife worked for a comapa...Before we were married my wife worked for a comapany in the UK making refractory bricks. At a Lincolnshire steelworks we had a brick plant at which we tried to make bricks from iron oxide sludge - but had to give up as it ceased up the brickmaking machines. The humble brick is something we take for granted.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-61039122967765640902011-09-16T20:32:57.611-07:002011-09-16T20:32:57.611-07:00I like bricks with built in identification like th...I like bricks with built in identification like the Purington Paver.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355026355428876717.post-74836743660823302232011-09-16T15:51:36.996-07:002011-09-16T15:51:36.996-07:00Interesting article and great photos, Larry. I to...Interesting article and great photos, Larry. I too share your interest in bricks, I think instilled into me by my father. Many have no markings to indicate where or when or by whom they were made, but many do. If you're interested, read <a href="http://photo-sleuth.blogspot.com/2008/08/story-of-down-to-earth-family-heirloom.html" rel="nofollow">this story</a> (in three parts, so you'll have to have some stamina) of how I acquired my heaviest - also perhaps my most valued - family heirloom!Brett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.com