Research Catalog

Title

Clay City Tile : Frank Brown and the company that built Fairhope / by Alan L. Samry.

Author

Samry, Alan L.

Publication

• Fairhope, Ala. : Stump the Presses, [2020]
• ©2020

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Description

vi, 72 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

"Upon moving to Fairhope in 2005, Alan Samry became curious about the unique orange building block found all over Baldwin County. Coming from Cape Cod, Massachusettes, where construction is mostly wood, he was curious about this unique construction material. This study was completed in 2007, under the direction of Dr. Philippe Oszuscik, an associate professor at the University of South Alabama. It has been updated and includes the history of Clay Products Inc., its founder Frank Brown and his descendants who run the company, a construction history, and images of numerous structions of local significance. From outbuildings, fram buildings, commercial structures, Craftsman cottages and everything in between, Fairhope is made of Clay Products, Inc."--Backcover.

Alternative Title

Frank Brown and the company that built Fairhope

Subject

• Brown, Frank 1861-1940
• Clay Products Inc. > History
• Brick trade > Fairhope > History
• Brickworks > Fairhope > History
• Fairhope (Ala.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-63).

Contents

I. The Source -- II. Structural clay products -- III. Five generations of the Brown family -- IV. Structural clay tile manufacturing -- V. Building construction -- VI. Significant Clay City Tile buildings -- IX. Appendix: Fire destroys Jennings home.

ISBN

9798626538144

OCLC

• on1322135912
• SCSB-14367723

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library