William J. Brown (architect)

William J. Brown (died 1970) was an American architect based in Cedar Rapids in the U.S. state of Iowa. He is also known by his full name, William Jay Brown.[1]

William J. Brown studied architecture at the University of Illinois. He worked for prominent architects in Chicago and New York including Holabird & Roche, Kenneth M. Murchison, and John Russell Pope.[2] He and his older brother Frederick G. Brown established the Brown Brothers architectural firm.[2] One of their first projects, in 1910, was the Knights of Pythias Hall, but in 1911 Frederick died. William J. Brown stayed and supervised the completion of the Knights of Pythias Building in 1912.[1]

He later was partner, along with Edward H. Healey, in the firm Brown and Healy / Brown and Healey, which was active in the 1950s.[2]

The firm was later Brown, Healey, and Bock. Yet later it was Brown, Healey, Stone and Sauer.[2]

Grant Vocational High School

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References
  1. Diana Langton (July 18, 2016). "Time Machine: Longtime architect left his imprint on Cedar Rapids: W.J. Brown came from New York, stayed to design dozens of buildings". Cedar Rapids Gazette The Gazette.
  2. Eric Barr (March 31, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: St. James United Methodist Church" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  3. "New B Avenue Historic District First in Years for Cedar Rapids". January 2014.


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