Matt Diamond said...
Hi, First want to say thank you for the excellent site. I'm new to brick collecting and have found this site priceless to my new hobby.
I recently was walking through the woods near Fishkill NY and found 2 bricks with W&ECo. Not sure what manufacturer this is? Can anyone identify it?
Hi, First want to say thank you for the excellent site. I'm new to brick collecting and have found this site priceless to my new hobby.
I recently was walking through the woods near Fishkill NY and found 2 bricks with W&ECo. Not sure what manufacturer this is? Can anyone identify it?
Matt. I would tend to put my money on Wilson and Eaton of Amenia, NY, as their main original business operated a mill and building materials business. At some point they got into brick manufacture. The 11th report of the NYS factory Inspector indicates (lists) Eaton and Wilson as Bld'g materials dealers. The inspector's report also lists Amenia Brick co as brick manufactures.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years, ago I tried to track these people down and was told by a local 'historian" that the brick co was called the Amenia Brick Co., and not the Wilson and Eaton Brick Co. I sensed that the brick mfgrg business was run as a separate entity, and that the brick plant was on the site of the present Judge Horse Pullman business. The clay field was to the south, west of the RR tracks. Foundations with W&E brick were in evidence. At that time there was a brick bldg. w/ brick arched windows, south. across the street from the Pullman garage. I wondered if the brick in that building may be W&E s. several years after, the building was freshly razed and land back graded. The back graded earth was full of W&E brick.
Raised letter (no inset) W&E and W&E Co. marked brick tend to be found in a variety of places along the route of the New York Central Harlem Div., including CT. The RR bordered the brick yard property or was within less than a hundred feet of it, from what I could see. In the 1908 August issue of the Brick and Clay Record, there is an entry to the effect that the Harlem Valley Brick Co. had finished making alterations to their plant and was making brick (again ?). Still another name change?
Fred
Matt. I would tend to put my money on Wilson and Eaton in Amenia, NY, as their main original business operated a mill and building materials business. At some point they got into brick manufacture. The 11th report of the NYS factory Inspector indicates (lists) Eaton and Wilson as Bld'g materials dealers. The inspector's report also lists Amenia Brick co as brick manufactures.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years, ago I tried to track these people down and was told by a local "historian" that the brick co was called the Amenia Brick Co., and not the Wilson and Eaton Brick Co. I sensed that the brick mfgrg business was run as a separate entity, and that the brick plant was on the site of the present Judge Horse Pullman business. The clay field was to the south, west of the RR tracks. Foundations with W&E brick were in evidence. At that time there was a brick bldg. w/ brick arched windows, south. across the street from the Pullman garage. I wondered if the brick in that building may be W&E s. several years after, the building was freshly razed and land back graded. The back graded earth was full of W&E brick.
Raised letter (no inset) W&E and W&E Co. marked brick tend to be found in a variety of places along the route of the New York Central Harlem Div., including CT. The RR bordered the brick yard property or was within less than a hundred feet of it, from what I could see. In the 1908 August issue of the Brick and Clay Record, there is an entry to the effect that the Harlem Valley Brick Co. had finished making alterations to their plant and was making brick (again ?). Still another name change?
Fred