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Catalogue and price list, 1885: Perth Amboy Terra-Cotta Co.
at the Internet Archive Perth Amboy, New Jersey Companies established in 1846 1846 establishments in New Jersey Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey Defunct companies based in New Jersey Building materials companies of the United States Terracotta Ceramics manufacturers of the United States {{US-manufacturing-company-stub
Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 55,436. Perth Amboy has a Hispanic majority population. In the 2010 census, th ...
, was a late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century brickworks, known for the manufacture of many prominent and unique architectural terracotta
Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the exterior or interior of a building. Terracotta pottery, as earthenware is called when not use ...
elements.
The company was famous for the initial manufacture of Tiffany bricks
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, a speckled light-colored long thin Roman brick
Roman brick can refer either to a type of brick used in Ancient Roman architecture and spread by the Romans to the lands they conquered; or to a modern type inspired by the ancient prototypes. In both cases, it characteristically has longer and f ...
. Largely designed by architect Stanford White, they were popularly known as “Tiffany bricks” for their prominent use at Tiffany House (Manhattan)
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(built 1882–1885, demolished after 1936), on the northwest corner of E72nd Street and Madison Avenue. Perth Amboy was a town familiar with White's partner, Charles Follen McKim
Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the part ...
, who had gone to school there. White used the manufactured bricks of the firm throughout the 1880s. The popularity of this and other bricks led to other architects commissioning specialized bricks for projects here and in other New Jersey brickworks.Mosette Broderick, ''Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White: Art, Architecture, Scandal, and Class in America's Gilded Age'' (New York City: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010), p.191-192
See also
*Atlantic Terra Cotta Company
The Atlantic Terra Cotta Company, established in 1846 as A. Hall and Sons Terra Cotta, was founded in Perth Amboy, New Jersey due to Perth Amboy's rich supplies of clay. It was one of the first successful terra cotta companies in the United Stat ...
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Catalogue and price list, 1885: Perth Amboy Terra-Cotta Co.
at the Internet Archive Perth Amboy, New Jersey Companies established in 1846 1846 establishments in New Jersey Companies based in Middlesex County, New Jersey Defunct companies based in New Jersey Building materials companies of the United States Terracotta Ceramics manufacturers of the United States {{US-manufacturing-company-stub