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Acme Brick Company is an American manufacturer and distributor of brick and masonry-related construction products and materials.Founder George E. Bennett (October 6, 1852 – July 3, 1907), chartered the company as the Acme Pressed Brick Company on April 17 1891, in Alton, Illinois, [1] although the company's physical location has always been in Texas.
In 1912 the firm acquired the Austin Brick Company, and in 1965 it acquired its chief competitor, Elgin Standard Brick Company. The Elgin Butler company supplied bricks for the Texas State Capitol , 80 percent of the brick structures at the University of Texas at Austin , face brick and fire brick for fireplaces in many Austin residences, and ...
Built c. 1906. Two-story brick building with recessed entry; paired second-story windows capped with arched radiating voussoirs 60 Fair Store Annex C 57 Subway Alley Built 1915. Two-story brick building on a polygonal plan to fit irregular lot} Street facade features cornice with brackets joined by garlands 61 Warner Hotel C 57H Subway Alley
Henry’s paving brick was the first known use of paving brick in the city of Canton. [1] In 1885, Henry S. Belden established the Diebold Fire Brick Company near Canton in Stark County, OH. [1] The Diebold Fire Brick Company incorporated the Canton Pressed Brick Company as its successor company in 1895. The first annual meeting of the Canton ...
The Harbison-Walker Refractories Company is a national historic district and historic refractory brick manufacturing complex which is located in Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It originated as the Star Firebrick Company on March 7, 1865, with Articles of Association by a group of Pittsburgh and Allegheny residents.
The Remillard brothers and members of their family were successful owners of brick manufacturing plants in Oakland and San Francisco, California from the 1860s to the mid-1900s. The three brothers who founded the brick making company, and started the Remillard fortune, immigrated from St. Valentin (near Napierville ), Quebec to California ...
Wienerberger AG is an Austrian brick maker which is Europe's leading manufacturer of roof tiles and the world’s largest producer of bricks. [4] In addition to clay products, the company is one of the leading suppliers of plastic pipe in Europe. With its over 200 production sites, the Wienerberger Group generated revenues of €4,224 million ...
Ferris thrived during the early post-war years. Four brick plants operated during the 1950s, and the community was known locally as the "Brick Capital of the Nation". [6] Ferris also has a second nickname – "The City that Bricked the World" – which is still commonly used to date. In 1952, the population had risen to 1,734 and 1,807 by 1964.