Show adobe brick sun dried introduced by spaniards adobe or dobe as it is commonly called is a sun dried brick the bricks are made from a mixture ot of certain clay loams coams straw and water the bricks are used in most any type of structure such as houses farm buildings boundary walls or warehouses the use of adobe was introduced to america by the spaniards in the sixteenth century according to a correspondent in the rural new yorker they taught the indians of peru mexico and arizona how to make and use it in building most of the spanish missions built in california from 1770 to 1823 were built of adobe adobe is used quite extensively in in the arid and southwest for all types of building this is due to the fact that it is cheaper for building because the cash outlay for materials is not large and as the ordinary workman is skilled in this type of construction the labor cost is low another great advantage is that adobe is a very poor conductor of heat therefore an adobe house is much cooler in summer and warmer in winter than an ordinary house adobe is also fire resistant and durable old spanish missions built of adobe that has been covered with plaster for protection have stood for or centuries |