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Doesn't the definition of Unreinforced Masonry Construction vary from area to area? I've read of cities in California that classify brick veneers on wood frame strctures as URM. We have an occasional earthquake here in the Northeast. A couple of yeas ago we had a minor ( by comparison) 5.7 quake a few miles from here in the Adirondacks that shook me out of bed. The visible damage, other than road fill collapses, were to brick structures. Ray is correct, brick has been used for millenia. Not only in Mesopotamia, but elsewhere. The Great Wall in China is constructed of brick. Early US colonial buildings were often brick. Independence Hall in Philadelphia was built of brick in the 1750s. As in the story of the Three LIttle Pigs, brick structures indicate strength and permanence. Brick structures on the SpaceMouse layout should follow a logical pattern. An 1860's logging camp likely wouldn't have brick buildings. A mining operation may have some brick buildings if it appeared the operation might last a while & make some money. Perhaps an office or a mill structure susceptible to fire. One-industry towns likely wouldn't have brick structures in the early years but as money flowed into town, industries would begin building in brick for structural or fire safety reasons and merchants might begin building with the material. In the cities, the use of brick would have been widespread by then. West coast cites of the 1860's whose history began later than the East Coast cities would obviously have fewer brick structures during their early years. Wayne
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