Abandon buildings,Peru Kansas, Midland Brick Factory,Kansas History

Midland Brick company

 This gem is East of Peru Kansas 

One  can see a very small portion

of this great plant from hwy 166 

it is private property

with no trespassing

I know the owner and obtained permission 

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Should be of particular interest to Residents of Peru Kansas

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The exhibit is a roofing tile. The descriptive card is inscribed

"The finest Tile in the world.

Made in Peru Kansas.

The factory is nothing but a bunch of old brick structures

 that have fallen into total dis-repair over the years.

There are trees growing taller up thru that are

 taller than the  building themselves 

It all started around 1904 when oil was discovered 

resulting and major oils boom.

according  then postmaster Helena Anderson

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Around 1905 an Eastern developer Started the brick and Tile Plant

There was a time in the early years the streets in town of Peru were

paved in brick, from the plant.

Sometime in the early 1920's, 

Spanish -Mission type architecture became popular.

A company out of Chicago bought the 

plant and made nothing but roofing tile to meet the growing demand.

There were more than 400 people working at the plant at one time 

Today the population is less than 120 people.

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Mrs.Anderson continues"Then tastes began to change. The tile roofed Spanish -Mission architecture went out of style and about  1930 the company closed it's doors turn off the kilns and moved all of the equipment  to another plant in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Ownership changed hands in 1945 

when the Joslin's purchased the property

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  This is a bridge that spans a man made canal 

The old smoke stack

Peru Brick factory

As I walked thru this property and witness the vast 

size of these building made me wish 

That I could turn back the clock

and see this as it was, not as it is.

this is truly a lost piece of South Kansas History.