Gargoyle

A true gargoyle is a creature with a rain spout.

Children

All these figures are found on schools in St. Louis.

Built-in features

Brick: arches and windows

The top illustration is in Cape Girardeau; the rest are in St. Louis.

Brick: three dimensions

Adding relief to a flat surface adds interest for the eye to explore.
If you would like to know the location of any of these features, please email me.
Most of these photos are taken at old St. Louis schools.

Brick: two dimensional patterns

            Here are several examples of patterns that were created in brick in two dimensions, of differently colored brick, glazed brick, and varying colors of morter.  Most of these examples are from century-old schools in St. Louis.

Tiles production info

Paydirt: A good soul sent a comment that includes a link to an article about a William Ittner school in Springfield, IL that has tiles.

Here is the link: http://www.shs.springfield.k12.il.us/features/History/pottery/index.html

The article leads to the Moravian Tile Works in Doylestown, PA, historic from the Craftsman era and still operating.