If a masonry structure has a shock, like an earthquake, the whole thing collapses.

The dam was later converted into a stone masonry structure in the 17th century.

The three-story masonry structure was built in 1850 and then remodeled several times over the next century.

The western end had a masonry structure designed to look like the clock case.

Frame courthouses were especially vulnerable to fire, and county leaders began looking for a community that would subsidize the construction of a masonry structure.