Built in 1665, Bacon’s Castle is the nation’s oldest brick dwelling, historians say. Preservation Virginia acquired the castle at auction in the 1970s “and meticulously researched, restored and ...

“Twenty percent of our work is restoration,” said Art Burkhart ... focal walls. Old Carolina is also using bricks as part of interior design features and outdoors including brick chips ...

Old brick buildings are one of the deadliest structures in an earthquake. Saif Hussain, a structural engineer who has helped write retrofit guidelines for Los Angeles and the American Society of ...