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'''Brown Brothers & Company''' was a prominent real estate firm, founded in [[1898]] by [[Wilson R. Brown]] and [[Eugene L. Brown]]. By [[1910]] the company was the largest real estate company in the city and helped raise capital for the development of the [[Frank Nelson Building|First National Bank Building]], the [[Woodward Building]], and the [[Brown Marx Building]], for which they also acted as rental agents. | '''Brown Brothers & Company''' was a prominent real estate firm, founded in [[1898]] by [[Wilson R. Brown]] and [[Eugene L. Brown]]. By [[1910]] the company was the largest real estate company in the city and helped raise capital for the development of the [[Frank Nelson Building|First National Bank Building]], the [[Woodward Building]], and the [[Brown Marx Building]], for which they also acted as rental agents. | ||
Brown Brothers kept offices in the ground floor of the Brown Marx Building, which was named for Eugene and [[Otto Marx]] of [[Marx & Company]]. | Brown Brothers kept offices in the ground floor of the Brown Marx Building, which was named for Eugene Brown and [[Otto Marx]] of [[Marx & Company]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:56, 7 April 2007
Brown Brothers & Company was a prominent real estate firm, founded in 1898 by Wilson R. Brown and Eugene L. Brown. By 1910 the company was the largest real estate company in the city and helped raise capital for the development of the First National Bank Building, the Woodward Building, and the Brown Marx Building, for which they also acted as rental agents.
Brown Brothers kept offices in the ground floor of the Brown Marx Building, which was named for Eugene Brown and Otto Marx of Marx & Company.
References
- American Illustrating Company (c. 1911) Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Greater Birmingham. Birmingham. p. 156