George D. Brown
George Dewey Brown (April 6, 1898 – July 27, 1968) was a 20th-century American architect who designed several historically significant bus stations for Greyhound Lines, including the Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina) and the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal station in Savannah, Georgia. Both of these stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
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George D. Brown
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- 1898
- Died
- 1968
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George Dewey Brown (April 6, 1898 – July 27, 1968) was a 20th-century American architect who designed several historically significant bus stations for Greyhound Lines, including the Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina) and the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal station in Savannah, Georgia. Both of these stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
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Brown was born in 1898 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrant James Brown, a blacksmith, and Mary Kemerer Brown. Practicing in Charleston, West Virginia, he designed stations in the Streamline Moderne style. He also designed the Greyhound station for state capitols in Charleston, West Virginia and on 412 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. He died in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1968.
Streamline Moderne buildings designed by George D. Brown
Streamline Moderne buildings designed by George D. Brown
• Illustration — Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina) • Illustration — Neon sign detail, Columbia, South Carolina • Illustration — Northwest Facade, Columbia Greyhound Station • Illustration — Greyhound Bus Station Atlantic Greyhound Bus Station, Savannah, Georgia • Illustration — Greyhound Bus Station, Portsmouth Ohio (demolished) • Illustration — Greyhound Bus Station, Drawings, Portsmouth, Ohio, Additional drawings, Library of Congress • Illustration — Greyhound station Charleston, West Virginia, c.1940 • Illustration — Greyhound Bus Station at Charleston, W. Va, side view • Illustration — Greyhound Station Huntington, West Virginia Interior views
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- 1.U.S. Government, National Park Service. Asset Detail: Greyhound Bus Depot, Columbia South Carolina. NPGallery Digital Asset Management System.
- 2.Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal. www.nps.gov.
- 3.U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
- 4.1900 United States Federal Census
- 5.Wrenick, Frank E. The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals: The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith. McFarland. 2007. 9780786425501.
- 6.Longstreth, Richard W. The Buildings of Main Street: A Guide to American Commercial Architecture. Rowman & Littlefield. 50. 2000. 9780742502796.
- 7.A Guide to the Richmond (Va.), Bureau of Permits and Inspections, Building permit architectural blueprints and specifications, 1907-1976Richmond (Va.), Bureau of Permits and Inspections, Building permit architectural blueprints and specifications, 1907-194930150, 30745, 38536. ead.lib.virginia.edu.
- 8.West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
- 9.West Virginia Greyhound Bus Stations RoadsideArchitecture.com. www.roadarch.com.
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