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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 original portion of the building, constructed during 1907 and 1908, is six stories tall, buff-colored Roman brick with steel frame, with concrete floors and roof. Fronting on East Carson street, the main commercial road in the South Side Flats, it is 108 ft wide by 116 ft deep, with terra cotta first-story wall cladding and cornice trim work.
Ancient Roman bricks had a general size of 1½ Roman feet by 1 Roman foot, but common variations up to 15 inches existed. Other brick sizes in Ancient Rome included 24" x 12" x 4", and 15" x 8" x 10". Ancient Roman bricks found in France measured 8" x 8" x 3". The Constantine Basilica in Trier is constructed from Roman bricks 15" square by 1½ ...
Brick manufacturers (1 C, 37 P) Pages in category "Brickmakers" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Brick – Block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction; Brickwork – Masonry made of bricks and mortar; Clay – Fine grained soil; Cob (material) – Building material made of soil and fiber; Imbrex and tegula, also known as Roman roofing tiles – Overlapping roof tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture
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Location of Indiana County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Presser Home was built in 1914 and was expanded in 1931. The building is a three-story, H-shaped structure made of buff Roman brick. Designed in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, it features decorative limestone and terra cotta elements that give it a distinctive architectural character. The complex also includes the Presser Carriage ...