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How South Jersey became America’s capital of ‘patterned brick’ architecture

The colorful geometric arrangements on the side of 18th-century houses “are really beautiful,” said one historian who has written a book based on his research.

Robert and Pat Thompson with his book "Patterned Brick Architecture of West New Jersey." They are outside the patterned brick wall on Hancock House in Salem County, N.J.
Robert and Pat Thompson with his book "Patterned Brick Architecture of West New Jersey." They are outside the patterned brick wall on Hancock House in Salem County, N.J.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer