Bricks - Table of Contents ............ Illustrated Architecture Dictionary.................Frank and Jane Clement Brick Museum

Bond

An arrangement of masonry units to provide strength, stability, and in some cases, beauty

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Common bond /American bond: Every fifth or sixth course consists of headers, the other courses being stretchers

Header: A brick laid so that only its short face is visible

Stretcher: A brick laid so that only its long face is visible

• Kensington High School
  
  
• 960 Amherst St

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English bond: Has alternate courses of headers and stretchers in which the headers are centered on stretchers and the joints between stretchers line up vertically in all courses

• Statler Hotel

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Flemish bond: Has alternating headers and stretchers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretchers

• John W. Bush House
  
  
• 96 Soldiers Place
  
  
• 24 Chapin Pkwy
  
  
• 41 Chapin Pkwy
  
  
• Harlow C. Curtiss House
  
  
• Saturn Club

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Stretcher bond / running bond: Has overlapping stretchers

• 20 E. Morris Ave..
  
  
• Williams-Butler House
  
  
• Engine #15 Fire Station

Basket weave: Has checkerboard pattern of bricks, flat or on edge

• Automobile Club of Buffalo

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