Background
Brown was born in Takio, Missouri, and studied at Ohio State University, graduating in 1927.
Brown was born in Takio, Missouri, and studied at Ohio State University, graduating in 1927.
Ohio State University.
He worked at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago in 1932 and 1933. Both a fine art painter and trained architect, Brown arrived in Tucson in 1936 and opened his own architectural firm by 1941. He is recognized as a "pioneer" in the development of passive solar heating and passive cooling.
His buildings have only recently gained recognition.
His residential projects are scattered throughout Tucson’s post World World War II mid-century expansion district. Delectables Restaurant on North 4th Avenue is also Brown"son
lieutenant was built in the late 1940s for the Harley-Davidson dealership. The changes made were primarily interior.
1946: Rosenberg House (Tucson)
1947: Clifford Goldsmith House (Tucson)
1948: Rose Elementary School (Tucson)
1949: Hirsch house (Tucson)
1950: Ball-Paylore House (Tucson)
1952: Tucson Chamber of Commerce building
1953: G.C. Trego house
1956: 4535 North. Osage Drive, Edmonson house (Tucson)
1959: 2928 North Orlando Avenue (Tucson)
1963-1970: Tucson General Hospital (later destroyed)
1966: 4315 North. Louisiana Linda Rama (Tucson)
American Institute of Architects College of Fellows ( Fellow of the American Institute of Architects), 1961
Design Foreign A House (United States Patent 135609, filed 1943, granted 1943)
Lightweight Building Construction (United States Patent 2440843, filed 1943, granted 1948)
Method Of Producing A Shell Roof Structure (United States Patent 3200026, filed 1960, granted 1965)
Method Of Producing Shell Roof Structure (United States Patent 3263322, filed 1959, granted 1966)
Conduit System Foreign Structures Having Masonry Walls And Door Frames (United States Patent 3303616, filed 1963, granted 1967).
He was a member of the exclusive Tucson Palette and Brush Club and the Tucson Fine Arts Association.