Brick
Labelled “Smith Residence”, Mancos, Colorado
Smith Residence, also called The William Smith House, is a home located at 412 Oswego Ct. in Aurora, Colorado. William Smith arrived in Aurora, Colorado in 1882. The house was built in 1910. William Smith was the founder of the Aurora Public school system. He once raised sheep on the property and former owner of land donated for Del Mar Park. He served on the school board for over 50 years and Aurora’s first high school was named after him. The house remained in the family until 1983 when his daughter Margaret died. The house remains as a private residence. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_House_(Aurora,_Colorado)
From Lynn (2019):
SRHGH1 is a soft red brick that came from the Hermann-Grimma house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although the age of the house dates the brick to the 1830s. This sample is a regular brick, has sharp edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a wooden striker, which is consistent with the period. The lack of sand in the surface indicates that water was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been hand-made using the soft mud method.
SRHGH1 is a soft red brick that came from the Hermann-Grimma house in the French Quarter of New Orleans. From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick is stamped “BARRE. F,” although documentary research failed to find more about this brickmaker. This sample is a fire brick, has sharp edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was cut with a wire. The lack of sand in the surface indicates that oil was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been produced by extrusion through a type of soft mud machine. However, it is relatively heavier than other bricks in the soft red group and may have been repressed. SRGS1 is also cracked and deformed.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it is likely that the brick dates to the 1820s. This sample is a regular brick, has rough edges, and is struck from stretcher to stretcher across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a wooden striker, which is consistent with the period. The 21 lack of sand in the surface indicates that water was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been hand-moulded using the soft mud method.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it came out of the roof of Pelican Mutual Benevolent Society Tomb. This sample is a regular brick and is struck across the bedding face. It is unclear which direction the brickmaker struck the brick, but it was done with a wire. This brick appears to have been extruded, and the lack of sand in the surface indicates that oil was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been produced by extrusion using the stiff-mud machine and repressed.”
From Lynch (2009): “From initial observation, the red color seems to indicate that the clay came from the Mississippi River. The brick was recovered from a brick stable on the property that was built in 1854. The brick does not have a brickmaker’s stamp, although it is likely that the brick is the same age as the stable. This sample is a regular in shape brick, has sharp-pressed edges, and is struck from header to header across the bedding face. The strike marks on the brick indicate that it was struck with a metal striker, which is consistent with the period. The presence of sand in the surface indicates that sand was used as a molding lubricant. Given these characteristics, the brick appears to have been made through extrusion using a stiff-mud machine.”