Cream City brick

[1] Although light-colored when first made, Cream City bricks are porous, causing them to absorb dirt and other pollutants; this tends to make structures constructed out of them dark-colored as time passes.

Once Cream City bricks absorb pollutants, they are difficult to clean, a problem which restoration experts in Milwaukee have been facing since the 1970s.

[2] The historic Trimborn Farmhouse in Greendale, Wisconsin is an example of brick that has been cleaned to reveal its original color.

An example of the durability of Cream City brick is Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was built more than 125 years ago.

[1] Grosse Point Light, also made of Cream City brick, had to be encased in concrete.

Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House , located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin , shows the restored color of Cream City brick.
Cottage in Racine, Wisconsin, 1910
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church , located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is an example of a building constructed with Cream City brick, though its cream color has been darkened by the elements.