The 1950 brick cape cod I bought has a window above the kitchen sink. The previous owners retro-fitted this window with a smaller window than what was original (same width, just shorter window in length). Instead of laying new brick up to the new window, they attached a piece of plywood and then...
I am not familiar with having a combination of concrete block and brick running pattern for the inside of my exterior walls, but I guess this is how they did it back in 1950?