Brick by brick, Burnett School of Medicine at TCU’s medical education building nears completion
Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University's Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., discusses the history of TCU’s iconic buff-colored bricks supplied by Acme Brick Company.
FORT WORTH – When you drive down West Rosedale Street in Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District (MID), you will see a new medical education building that has the unmistakable look of Texas Christian University’s main campus.
In episode eight of On Site: Construction of the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University hosted by Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn, M.D., Dean Flynn discusses the rich history behind the buff-colored TCU bricks that make up the outside façade of the new building.
“The TCU campus is very inviting to me and that’s a beautiful thing,” Dean Flynn said. “Bringing these same bricks to this building sends that same wonderful message that the TCU central campus sends.”
In the episode, Dean Flynn is joined by Dennis Knautz ‘75, MBA ’76, former President of Acme Brick Company, to explain how Acme has continued to supply TCU with the bricks for its campus buildings for more than 100 years.
“Not very many places in the U.S. have that buff burning clay,” Knautz said. “We found that in the town of Perla, Arkansas, which has a brick plant there.”
Construction firm Linbeck estimates that there will be 225,000 buff-colored TCU bricks covering the exterior of the new medical education building upon its completion.