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My kid's just found a brick that was on an old B.B.Q for three yrs+ in our backyard it say's LACLEDE KING I thought it was some sort of memorial brick so I looked up the name does anyone know about this brick.
My kid's just found a brick that was on an old B.B.Q for three yrs+ in our backyard it say's LACLEDE KING I thought it was some sort of memorial brick so I looked up the name does anyone know about this brick.
your brick was made by the Laclede-Christy Clay Products Co. The Company started as the Laclede fire brick co in Cheltenham (St.Louis)MO in 1865. It became the Laclede-Christy company in 1928. It went out of business in the 1970's. There is no way to tell how old your brick is as that brand name was uesd for many years.
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I found mine in a field next to my house but there is a construction site there and I thought it was from them very interesting I'm doing more research
DeleteI also found a LACLEDE KING brick. It was washed up on the beach in Florida. I am trying to find out more info.
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I live in West Palm Beach, Florida in a house that was built in 1923. I found a beige-colored brick stamped LACLEDE KING when digging in my back yard a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteI also have that brick and need info.I think I heard they were laid by slaves in down town st.Louis no.
Deletei found several Laclede King fire bricks on the western shore of Mobile Bay, near Brookley Field (An old Air Force Base built in the 30s or 40s
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I just dug one up in my yard on Lookout Mtn, Tn.
ReplyDeleteI ordered a truck filled with brown rocks. A Laclede King brick was among them. Southern Illinois
ReplyDeleteI just found a Laclede King brick in my yard . I live in Caseyville, Illinois. The house was erected in 1938.
ReplyDeleteChippewa Falls Wisconsin. a few hundred of them dug up during road construction.
ReplyDeletea few hundred of the Laclede King bricks dug up in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin during road construction. 6/20/2015
ReplyDeleteI found a few in an old retaining wall on our property in Chelan, WA
ReplyDeleteI have some in my yard from various different makers. I live on land that used to be an old trading post founded in 1854 by Jeremiah Russell. I live in Sauk Rapids, MN
ReplyDeleteI have a brick from old BBQ pit built in 1920's. It reads - LaClede Christy 84-102. In Indiana.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I purchased a little white church in a small town in Southwest Indiana which was built in 1923. The fireplace box in the 'office" is lined with Laclede fire bricks.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the info on this page, it appears these bricks were made before the company became Laclede-King in 1928.
As trivial as it may seem, it's fun to know a bit of history about the bricks housed within our home!
Found a laclede king brick with #s 108-120 engraved under letters can't find one like it...any idea where its from
ReplyDeletePutnam County Indiana, our home built in the 1920s has one brick set into the basement wall, "Laclede St Louis"
ReplyDeletefound a Lacede King brick in New Port Richey, FL on a recently cleared lot
ReplyDeleteI found a very old "LACLEDE KING" brick in our farm somewhere in the Northern Mindanao island measuring 22 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm . I wonder how it got here. Did the American soldiers used it to build their bunkers during the war?
ReplyDeleteI found one that came out of a chimney in our house built in the 40s by the WCC.
ReplyDeleteFound one along the Mississippi River in St. Paul, MN. It says "Laclede King St Louis".
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ReplyDeleteWe @ our home in Diamond Bar Ca. have a brick walkway & there are several Laclede King & Laclede 1 bricks that came from a furnace @ Kaiser Steel in Fontana Ca. when it was torn down in about 1966.
Ha-i grew up in Diamond Bar. Ive lived on Maui for 23 years now and noticed Front St. lahaina lahaina is paved with many ofon the sidewalks :)
DeleteMy son found a white one in an old fire pit at our lake cabin in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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Found a Laclede King St. Louis brick in the ground in Oregon, and I just happen to be from St. Louis, has a number but can't read it yet as this brick is dirty
ReplyDeleteFound a Laclede King St. Louis brick in the ground in Oregon, and I just happen to be from St. Louis, has a number but can't read it yet as this brick is dirty
ReplyDeleteFound Laclede King brick in Washington Park located in Springfield, IL. Probably from a demolished boathouse (circa 1900)that once stood beside the lagoon.
ReplyDeletePurchased two Laclede King bricks at an estate sale in Norman, OK. They were in the yard, and don't appear to have been used for construction.
ReplyDeleteFound five in an old fire pit or well on an old lot in Chattanooga TN.
ReplyDeleteWe found a Laclede King 1 brick in the Oconomowoc River in Oconomowoc, WI
ReplyDeleteI have some old LACLEDE DP bricks. Anyone have any info on these?
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ReplyDeleteAccording to Jim Graves, in his work Brick Brands of the United States, your brick may have been made by either H. K. Porter - Christy Works. or Lacleede - Christy Clay ProductsCo. both of St. Louis, MO.
... hope this may be helpful F.
We have a brick sidewalk (1940's house outside of Memphis, TN) that is made of these Laclede bricks. Very cool, since I am originally from St. Louis and had stock in the Laclede Gas company.
ReplyDeleteI found a brick along the shore of the Sangamon River just north of Springfield, Illinois. It said LACLEDE ST. LOUIS. It wasn't far from where a dam and Springfield's old waterworks were located until the 1930s. Didn't know how old it might be.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really great. Bricks are special to me. When I met my wife she worked as a secretary for a great brick company near Seattle. Her bosses were sad to see her go but we moved over the mountains to a beautiful lake. That is where I first found antique bricks in our garden and other parts of the property. Part of a retaining wall was mostly bricks from different companies. I enjoyed learning more and hearing from people like you. God bless!
ReplyDeleteBeing raised in Utah most older homes are brick because of the cold climate. Someone or family made a good living because of those red bricks.
My husband just found one buried in our backyard. House built in 1928. Portland Oregon.
ReplyDeleteI have a red brick that what I can see top line EDE
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Just finished building my back patio with Laclede King, Crescent, and a few Flintex bricks. They are all fire bricks, and these particular one came from the chimney of a large gas-fired pottery kiln used during ‘70s-‘80s. Assuming they were all new when installed originally.
ReplyDeleteJust dug one up in my yard in west Michigan, I ran into it and saw writing then I wondered if it was a grave marker... thank goodness for Google, its cool to see other peoples stories
ReplyDeleteI used several Laclede king, and Laclede Spallac bricks that I found in the woods for my fireplace.
ReplyDeleteI found a random Laclede brick while hiking through the woods in Joliet, IL. It is marked LACLEDE IW over DP. I am trying to figure out the date range this marking was used. It has a wedge shape to it so, it was probably used in an arched portion of a fireplace.
ReplyDeleteBACLEDE SPALLAC found a Brick just like that any one know how old is
ReplyDeleteI found four pallets of Laclede King and A.J Green fire bricks in an abandoned warehouse. I also found a huge kiln pot in the same area. I think the bricks were going to be used for an oven of some kind that never happened. I am a huge brick collector and had never heard of either or seen any as most of mine are road pavers.
ReplyDeleteI found a Laclede brick in at the bottom of the McCloud River in Shasta County,
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Just found a LACLEDE KING brick (just one) on the ground in the crawlspace of my home in Nashville, TN. (House was originally built in 1925). Cool to read up on this and see everyone’s stories!
ReplyDeleteI found the light colored Laclede King bricks on my property in Hebron, Indiana. My house was built by one of the town founders in 1897.
ReplyDeleteThere are several, many, LACLEDE KING bricks laying about near Ensenada, Guanica , Puerto Rico.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be the results of demolishing an enormous sugar Mill (largest in the world in the 1920s, they say) nearby and bricks were distributed every where.
Found a laclede king brick after a boiler overhaul, in the basement of a school that was erected in 1924. Located in Kansas City.
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