Brick by brick: The burning of the annual kiln at Colonial Williamsburg

The annual brickmaking process covers many months, culminating in October and November with the building of a kiln — a new one each year — and its ultimate firing.
Chillicothe Gazette

Let's Grow: Building with brick in Colonial Williamsburg

On our recent visit to Colonial Williamsburg, we saw lots of brick. Bricks were the paver of choice throughout the historic area, not to mention the surrounding neighborhoods and the Visitor’s Center.
The Virginian-Pilot

Colonial Williamsburg brickyard fires up kiln for several days of old-fashioned brick making

Thousands of bricks are being put to the fire in Colonial Williamsburg this week, as an annual November tradition heats up the old-fashioned way. Each November, typically the week before Thanksgiving, ...
CNN

Brick foundation of one of America’s oldest Black churches has been found, buried under a parking lot

The First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, is as old as America, having been founded by free and enslaved Blacks in 1776. At that time, it was illegal for African Americans to gather, so the ...