Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1901 — Some of Our First Bricks. [ARTICLE]

Some of Our First Bricks.

The first bricks made on North American soil were manufactured by the colonists of Virginia in 1612. They were used in building the church at Jamestown and the residences of the governor and the more important citizens. A portion of Jamestown church is still standing, and the bricks of which it was built arc iu good preservation and nppeur to have been very well made.