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"brick" concrete pavers, gray, herringbone pattern

Posted on July 2, 2010October 13, 2020 by mgerwing

concrete pavers, brick shaped, gray

herringbone pattern, sand joints

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brick, red, english bond, darker headers

Posted on July 2, 2010December 29, 2010 by mgerwing

brick, red, english bond

darker headers than stretchers

as seen in Berkeley Plantation, on the James River in Virginia

circa 1750

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brick, red, english bond, Monticello

Posted on July 2, 2010 by mgerwing

brick, red, english bond

as found at Monticello, by Thomas Jefferson,

outside of Richmond, Virginia, circa 1800

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stone, sandstone, buff, cut, rough

Posted on May 24, 2010 by mgerwing

buff sandstone, cut, natural cleft face, roughly parged and tuckpointed

as found in barn/shed in rural Boulder, Colorado

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stone, sandstone random rubble

Posted on May 24, 2010 by mgerwing

sandstone, rubble laid, with rough parging and tuckpointing, laid predominantly horizontal

as found on a agricultural building in rural Boulder, Colorado

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stone, mixed types, dry stacked

Posted on March 29, 2010October 13, 2020 by mgerwing

stone, sandstone and granite mix

dry stacked, rubble style

as seen in Central City, Colorado

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brick, red, alternating courses, dark grout

Posted on March 29, 2010October 13, 2020 by mgerwing

brick red, dark grout

three projecting courses alternating with one recessed course

as seen in Central City, City Hall

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concrete block, sand/beige, Denver, Colorado

Posted on September 9, 2009 by mgerwing

concrete block, sand

concrete block, standard 8″ units, with 3/8″ tooled joints, color: sand/beige

as seen at the condos at 30th and Glenarm, Five Points, Denver, Colorado

architect: Mark Gerwing

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brick, Robinson Brick ballpark, standard

Posted on September 9, 2009December 29, 2010 by mgerwing

brick, ballpark, standard size, standard joint

brick, standard, modular size units

brick type:  Robinson Brick “ballpark” mix, as used in Coors Field

standard size and tooled joints, standard gray mortar

as seen on the condos at 30th and Glenarm, Denver

architect: Mark Gerwing

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brick, red, standard coursing, standard size

Posted on September 3, 2009October 13, 2020 by mgerwing

brick, red, coursed, modular

brick, red, standard size, standard coursing, standard joint size – 3/8″

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