Thousands of bricks are being put to the fire in Colonial Williamsburg this week, as an annual November tradition heats up the old-fashioned way. Each November, typically the week before Thanksgiving, ...

Even after 10 years, the process of making bricks doesn’t get old for Colonial Williamsburg’s Josh Graml. Graml, who has been a journeyman in the masonry department for the past 10 years, said in his ...

In a special spring firing, the Colonial Williamsburg brickyard crew set up about 9,000 salmon bricks to bake. The under-baked and porous bricks were fired to strengthen them so they can better endure ...

They’re stately reminders of a bygone era — when houses were rock-solid, weather-proof and built to last. No wonder brick and stone houses are still around — a legacy of the 19th century when “brick ...