Washington Brick Company

Washington Brick Company
FormerlyWashington Brick Machine Company
Company typePublic
Industrybrick manufacturing
Founded1874 in Washington, D.C.
Headquarters,
Area served
Washington, D.C.
Productsred clay bricks
Number of employees
23 factory employees (1874)

The Washington Brick Machine Company was a brick manufacturing company which operated in Washington, D.C. starting in 1874.[1] Its bricks were machine made and were used extensively across the city in major buildings still standing including the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Arts and Industries Building and National Building Museum. In 1894, the company becomes the Washington Brick Company.[2]

  1. ^ The Washington Brick Machine Company - The National Republican, November 11, 1874
  2. ^ Evening Star September 15, 1894