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Collection
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Title
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Object ID
MG0364
Date Range
1919-1982
, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Bricks Business records Financial statements Letters Liquidation Manufactures Stockholders Search Terms: Barley, Snyder, Cooper & Barber Bricks Business records Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Correspondence Financial
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Collection
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Title
Lancaster Brick Company Records
Description
The Lancaster Brick Company Records contain items from the Lancaster Brick Company, including meeting minutes, names of shareholders, financial information, and documentation on incorporation and dissolution.
Admin/Biographical History
Robert Horning's great-uncle, Roy A. Horning, worked in the ceramics department at the Armstrong Cork Company plant in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and came to Lancaster to show the plant here how to make quality brick. Roy became the general manager, a position he held until he left in 1926. Robert's grandfather, Clarence Horning, came to Lancaster from Paris, Illinois and became a superintendent and then general manager and vice president until his death in 1953. At that time, his son, Roy A. Horning II was offered and accepted the position of general manager. He held that position until the plant closed in 1979. Robert Horning was also employed at the company as a teenager and for one year after graduating from high school.
The Lancaster Brick Company was founded in 1919 to provide quality brick for the new Armstrong Cork Company buildings in Lancaster. The company was successful for more than half a century before environmental concerns and the excessive cost of fuel and raw materials forced the manufactory to close in 1979.
For more information: Horning, Roy A. 1992. "The Lancaster Brick Company, 1919-1979." Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society 94 (Winter): 2-29. https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo328
Date Range
1919-1982
Year Range From
1919
Year Range To
1982
Date of Accumulation
1919-1982
Creator
Horning, Roy A., 1919-2008
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 09
People
Deyll, Edward H.
Baker, Charles G.
Bevis, Harry A.
Flinchbaugh, Robert E. S.
Horning, Clarence B.
Horning, Roy A.
Kemp, Clinton W.
Martin, Hedwig S.
Martin, James K.
Martini, H. A.
Mueller, John C.
Mueller, Paul A.
Posey, Walter William
Rengier, John B.
Seitz, A. W.
Slaugh, Dorothy M.
Stauffer, John H.
Todd, Mary Ellen
Wagner, Isabella Fiona
Wagner, Richard S.
Wohlsen, Albert Bollinger
Wohlsen, Herman Amandus
Subjects
Bricks
Business records
Financial statements
Letters
Liquidation
Manufactures
Stockholders
Search Terms
Barley, Snyder, Cooper and Barber
Bricks
Business records
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company
Correspondence
Financial statements
Finding aids
Franklin and Marshall College
Kuntz, Lesher, Siegrist, Martini and Associates
Lancaster Brick Company
Lancaster Malleable Castings Company
Letters
Liquidations
Manheim Township School District
Manuscript groups
Minutes
Posey Iron Works
Slaugh-Blumenstock and Company
Stockholders
Extent
2 boxes, 4 volumes and 5 folders, .75 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0364
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Photographs:
Lancaster Brick Company (2-08-04-18)
Lancaster Brick Company interior (2-08-04-19)
Lancaster Brick Company, showing heavy machinery (2-08-04-20)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Lancaster Brick Company Records (MG0364), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Folder 5 contains restricted material and may not be used.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2005.MG0364
Other Numbers
MG-364
Classification
MG0364
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Added to database 30 December 2021.
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Finding Aid

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Bricks - Information file

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21453
Call Number
Information file - Bricks
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Information files are created for specific subjects that are associated with Lancaster County, e.g. "Rebman's scrap pile", "Ten-hour house". The files contain newspaper and magazine articles about the subject.
Subjects
Bricks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Information File
Call Number
Information file - Bricks
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The Lancaster Brick Company 1919-1979

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo328
Author
Horning, Roy A.
Date of Publication
1992.
was the material mostly used in Lancaster County, and several fine old stone buildings that were erected more than one hundred and fifty years ago are still standing. The brickyards in the vicinity of Lancaster City were yielding annually about 15,000,000 bricks three or four decades ago. There were
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Responsibility
by Roy A. Horning II.
Author
Horning, Roy A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
[2]-32 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 94, no. 1
Subjects
Armstrong Cork Company.
Lancaster Brick Company.
Bricks - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Masonry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 1 (1992), p. 2-32Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94
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Negative, Glass Plate

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/81b2e64f-6819-4339-840b-120626200800
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Object ID
D-11-03-53
Date Range
1927/07/18
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Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Collection
Darmstaetter Collection
Description
Construction site with bricks piled in front of a house. Customer: Lancaster Concrete Tile Company.
Date Range
1927/07/18
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Studio
Darmstaetter's
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Construction
Bricks
Lancaster Concrete Tile Company
Object Name
Negative, Glass Plate
Film Size
11 x 7 inches
Print Size
11 x 7 inches
Object ID
D-11-03-53
Negative Number
yes
Other Number
555 #2
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d52ccc10-8f73-4811-8e9a-260751272530
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-10-03-55
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Posey Iron Works - guys stacking bricks.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Barb Breneman.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Posey Iron Works
Bricks
Employees
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Condition
Good
Object ID
2-10-03-55
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Were imported bricks used in Colonial America?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo723
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Date of Publication
1946
P LATE I. WILLIAM KAHL’S BRICKYARD. Numerous Colonial Brickmakers—Excellent Clay at Many Points— Extent of the Brickmaking Industry in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY The making of bricks was one of the earliest industries of mankind. Throughout the Old Testament mention is made of this art — both
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Responsibility
by M. Luther Heisey.
Author
Heisey, M. Luther,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1946
Physical Description
[81]-93 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 50, no. 3
Subjects
Bricks.
Clay industries.
Brickmakers - Pennsylvania.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 50, number 3 (1946), p. 81-93Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.50
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