The problems there include the failure to install many of the ties holding the brick facade to the inner structural wall.

By insulating the structural wall externally the following benefits are achieved:

Oddly, in an age that shuns decorum, common courtesy has replaced structural walls.

This is typically done by the addition of cross braces or new structural walls.

A fire on August 3, 2011 destroyed most of the interior, but the structural walls remained in good condition.

The forms lock together somewhat like Lego bricks and serve to create a form for the structural walls or floors of a building.

Ruined structural walls and rock corrals survive at the site.

Sections of structural walls between openings (bays) can function as piers.

There is typically an air gap between the brick veneer and the structural wall.

The structural wall is put up first, and thin, flat stones are mortared onto the face of the wall.