The brick and tile works was founded by the Stitch Brothers, Jacob and Otis.  It filed for incorporation March 30, 1901, under the name of  "Livermore Brick and Tile Works."  Incorporators were C. Karslund, H. S. Buell, E. E. Conner, D. Zigrang, B. F. Reilly and Otis Stitch.  the amount of capital stock was $10,000 to be divided into shares of $100 each.

For a long time it was the only business of its kind in the county.  It manufactured 200,000 to 300,000 soft brick per year, of fair quality due to many small limestone pebbles in the clay.  It was more successful with tile, turning out 300,000 to 400,000 per year.  The demand constantly exceeded the capacity of the plant.  The plant used Fort Dodge brand of coal for fuel.  It enjoyed a remarkable success within a short while.

The brick in the Livermore State Bank came from the towns' own brick and tile factory. 

The tile factory was located on the southwest corner of Livermore on the small farm now owned by LeRoy Gronbach.

Please bear in mind when viewing the following pictures that they were scanned from an  old newspaper.  I tried to clean them up as best I could, and almost did not include them.  Perhaps someone has better photos and will contribute them.   

The Brick and Tile Works was destroyed by a tornado.