 Many were built with bricks manufactured between the years of 1875 to 1899 at Henry Ames and Sons’ Brickyard Farm northeast of town.The first building, made from Ames’ bricks in Litchfield, was barber Michael Robert “Mike” Weiss’ residence on Sibley Avenue South in about 1877.I would say the years of 1885 and 1886 pretty much defined the look of downtown Litchfield.