Thurber Bricks & Brickmaking Showcase

Check out historical photographs and artifacts from the Thurber brick plant through Friday, December 23, at Tarleton State University's W.K. Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas. Thurber Brick Roads of Texas explores the process of brickmaking and roads paved with the brick. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, workers at Thurber produced 80,000 bricks daily.
 
The Texas Almanac records use of Thurber paving brick in Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, Galveston, and Beaumont. In addition, the Dallas Opera House, the Texas and Pacific Railway Station, and First National Bank in Fort Worth were built with Thurber brick.