Production, Location, and Known dates of operation.
AMERICAN HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK CO.
3 plants: Collinsville Illinois; Thomas Landing, Illinois; and Grand Avenue & Broadway
Dry press common, stock & ornamental brick, fire brick, fireproofing & wall coping
1890—
BARNETT BRICK WORKS
Newstead Avenue & Wabash Railroad
Dry press
BELLVILLE PRESS AND ORNAMENTAL BRICK CO.
Works on Louisville & Nashville R.R.
Dry press face & ornamental
BERGSICKER, & BRO.
Florissant & Glasgow Avenues
Handmade commons
1870—
BOLLMANN, AUGUST
18th Street between Cass Avenue & O’Fallon Street
Handmade commons
1870—
BRANAHL, CHARLES
St. Louis Avenue & Kingshighway
Handmade commons
1870—
BUCKWINKLE, FRANK
Prairie Avenue just east of 20th Street
Handmade commons
1882—
BUSHKAMPER, HENRY
12th Street between Montgomery and Spring
Stock & paving brick
CHELTENHAM FIRE BRICK WORKS
Howard Station on the Mo. Pac. & Frisco railroads
Handmade fire brick, machine made retorts, furnace blocks, sewer pipe & wall coping
1837—
CHRISTY FIRE CLAY CO.
Morganford & Gravois Rds. At Christy on the St Louis, Oak Hill & Carondelet railway
Semi-dry process firebrick, handmade furnace blocks
1862—
COFFIN, THOMAS & CO.
3 plants: Near Gratiot on the Watson Rd., Wabash railway at the Douglas St. crossing, Foot of Ferry St. on the Wabash railroad
Glass-house pots, fire brick and kindred refractory material
1884–1890 (Continued as Mississippi Glass Co.)
COLLEGE HILL PRESS BRICK WORKS
Broadway at College Avenue
Dry press common, stock & ornamental. Manufacturers of brick machinery.
1884—
COMPTON AVENUE BRICK WORKS
Northeast corner of Atlantic & Compton Avenues
Semi-dry process, common, stock & ornamental
1886—
ENTERPRISE BRICK CO.
Kingshighway at Oak Hill branch of Mo. Pac. R.R.
Dry press
EUREKA PRESS BRICK CO.
4251 N. 11th Street
Dry press common, face & ornamental
1884—
EVANS & HOWARD FIRE BRICK CO.
(See Cheltenham Fire Brick Works)
EXCELSIOR BRICK CO.
Corner of Elliot Avenue & N. Market Street
Dry press & machine made stiff mud process
1883—
GROTE & HILKERBAUME
Corner of 20th & Ferry Streets
Handmade commons
1882— (yard worked since 1875)
HUMANN, FRANK
Union Avenue between Cote Brilliante & Spalding Streets
Handmade commons
1884—
HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK CO.
Six yards in 1890
Grand & Chouteau Avenues
Kingshighway & R.R. crossing
Cheltenham
Crossing of Wabash R.R. & Manchester Rd.
Crossing of Kingshighway & the Frisco R.R.
Corner of Gravois Rd. & Chippewa Avenue
Dry press Common, stock & ornamental
1868—
ITTNER BROTHERS BRICK CO. (Anthony and Conrad)
18th Street between Gratiot & Papin Streets
1859–1870
ITTNER BROTHERS BRICK CO. (Anthony and Conrad + other bros.)
Park & Ewing Aves.
1870–1876
ITTNER BROTHERS BRICK CO. (Anthony and Conrad + other bros.)
Corner of California Ave & Sidney St.
Dry press common, face & ornamental
1876—
ITTNER, ANTHONY, BRICK CO.
Bellville Il. (Swansea)
Dry press common, stock & ornamental
1885—
JEFFERSON BRICK CO.
Chippewa & Carondelet Avenue
Dry pressed, stock & common brick
JOHNSON, WILLIAM L.
Southeast corner Jefferson & Ann Avenues
Sewer pipe, fire brick, fire clay, chimney tops, & chimney pipe
1895—
KOENIG, H.C., THE KAISER HILL BRICK MANUFACTORY
Corner Marine Avenue & Osage Street (four blocks below Marine Hospital)
Hand pressed stock brick
KUEHN, AUGUST
College Ave. & Von Phul St.
Hand made
1882—
KULAGE & MENKE
North side College Ave. and on the west side of Von Phul St.
Handmade
1882—
KUNTZ, CHARLES
Marine Ave. at Chippewa St.
Machine made stiff mud process & handmade
1887—
KUNTZ, FRITZ
Corner Nebraska & Utah St.
Handmade commons
1887—
LACLEDE FIRE BRICK WORKS
Cheltenham
Fire brick, gas retorts, blast furnace linings, culvert & sewer pipe, wall coping, flue linings & chimney tops, paving brick, fire proofing, tessellated floor tiles
1855
LYON PRESS BRICK CO.
Between Potomac & Cherokee Aves. Just east of Broadway
Dry pressed stock & common
1889—
MISSISSIPPI GLASS CO.
Foot of Ferry St. on the Wabash railroad
Glass pots & semi-dry press process fire brick
1890—
MISSOURI FIRE BRICK CO.
Corner of Knox & Manchester Aves.
Handmade buff brick, terra cotta lumber, handmade fire brick, dry press fire brick, retorts
1881—
MISSOURI PRESS BRICK CO.
Corner of Osage & Marine Aves.
Dry pressed common, stock & ornamental
1884—
MITCHELL CLAY MANUFACTURING CO.
5625 Manchester Ave.
Dry press roofing tile, handmade & stiff mud process fire brick, blocks & slabs
1869—
NIEMAN, AUGUST H.
Jefferson & Utah Aves.
Handmade common & stock
1885—
OEHLER, PAUL
South Side of President St. near Broadway
Handmade common & stock
1863—
PAHL, HENRY (Superseded by Tower Grove Brick Works)
Kingshighway at Oak Hill branch of Missouri Pacific R.R.
Handmade commons
1889—
PARKER-RUSSEL MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO., OAK HILL FIRE BRICK WORKS
At Oak Hill on the Morganford Rd.
Handmade firebrick, furnace blocks, retorts, fireproofing
1866—
PROGRESS PRESS BRICK & MACHINE CO. (Formerly Tower Grove Brick Works and Henry Pahl)
2 yards: yard no. 1 and no. 2 are on Kingshighway on both sides of the Oak Hill branch of the Missouri Pacific R.R. Stock sheds are on the other side of Kingshighway.
Dry press common, stock, & ornamental, architectural terra cotta, sidewalk & sewer brick
1902—
PROGRESS PRESS BRICK & MACHINE CO.
At Lindenwood (2 miles from yards 1 & 2)
Dry press stock and soft mud machine made commons
1902—
REPPING and SON, J.H.
Between Nebraska & Wyoming
Mostly machine made stiff mud process commons
1885—
ST LOUIS VITRIFIED & FIRE BRICK CO.
Maryland Heights Mo. on the Colorado R.R.
Machine & handmade fire brick
1901—
SATTLER, GEORGE, PAVING BRICK CO.
Meintz farm on the Columbia Bottom Rd.
Paving brick
1876—
SCALES, THOS. H.
East side of Jefferson Ave. between Herbert & Palm
Handmade commons
1859—
SCHLINGMAN, E.
Penrose St. between Blair & 14th Streets
Handmade commons
1886—
SCHLINGMAN, HENRY
Penrose between Blair & 19th Streets
Handmade commons
1887—
SCHWEER and MAES (H.H. SCHWEER BRICK CO)
E. side of Broadway near Osceola
Handmade and dry press common & stock
1849
SPENGEMANN, EDWARD
East side of Michigan Avenue and south of Termination Street
Handmade commons
1884—
SMITH, T.S.
Broadway & Grand Ave.
Dry press & semi-dry hammer common, few stock & ornamental
1872—
STEINKAMPER, F.W.
Ashland Ave. & Kingshighway
Pressed commons by the wet process, ornamental
1873—
STEINKAMPER, F.W.
Elliot Ave. & Wright St.
Handmade commons, ornamental
1873—
STUCKENBURG, JOHN
Jefferson & Utah Avenues
Common with few ornamental
1886—
SUPERIOR BRICK CO.
Kingshighway at Oak Hill branch of Mo. Pac. R.R.
Dry press
TOWER GROVE BRICK WORKS
Kingshighway at Oak Hill branch of Mo. Pac. R.R.
Dry press common, face & ornamental
1889–1902
UNION PRESS BRICK CO.
Natural Bridge Rd. & Kingshighway
Common, face & ornamental, dry press & machine made stiff mud
1872—
WALKENHORST, F.W.
N. side of Clayton Rd. east of Taylor Ave.
Handmade commons
1889—