BRICKS
In 1872, James Guyer started Hobart's first large industry, a brick and
tile works. Six years later, Joseph Nash bought land on Michigan Avenue
and built a brick works. About one hundred people worked in the brickyards.
By 1890, the Kulage Brick and Tile Works and W.B. Owens Hollow Porous Clay
Tile Works were shipping as many as 60 carloads of products each month to
all parts of the United States. Many large buildings were made fireproof
with products from these plants.The Hobart High School mascot is a BRICKIE!
Old bricks
Brickyard
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