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) [1] and the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal station in Savannah, Georgia. [2] Both of these stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
Brown was born in 1898 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, [3] the son of Irish immigrant James Brown, a blacksmith, and Mary Kemerer Brown. [4] Practicing in Charleston, West Virginia, he designed stations in the Streamline Moderne style. [5] He also designed the Greyhound station for state capitols in Charleston, West Virginia [6] and on 412 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. [7]
He died in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1968. [8]
1941 Transportation - Permit Number: 22083A, Bus Terminal Building for Greyhound Lines, Address: 412 E. Broad St., 1935 Drawn by: George D. Brown, Architect, Charlestown, W. Va.; Contractor: N/A; Commissioned by: Richmond Land Corp. (Greyhound Bus Lines); Notes: Control Number 2072 Transportation - Permit Number: 23115A, Bus Terminal, 9th and Broad St. [Alterations], Address: 816 - 822 E. Broad St., 1936 Drawn by: Allen J. Saville, Inc., Engineers; Contractor: N/A; Commissioned by: Broad - Wall Corp.; Notes:
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) [1] and the Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal station in Savannah, Georgia. [2] Both of these stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places for their architecture.
Brown was born in 1898 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, [3] the son of Irish immigrant James Brown, a blacksmith, and Mary Kemerer Brown. [4] Practicing in Charleston, West Virginia, he designed stations in the Streamline Moderne style. [5] He also designed the Greyhound station for state capitols in Charleston, West Virginia [6] and on 412 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia. [7]
He died in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1968. [8]
1941 Transportation - Permit Number: 22083A, Bus Terminal Building for Greyhound Lines, Address: 412 E. Broad St., 1935 Drawn by: George D. Brown, Architect, Charlestown, W. Va.; Contractor: N/A; Commissioned by: Richmond Land Corp. (Greyhound Bus Lines); Notes: Control Number 2072 Transportation - Permit Number: 23115A, Bus Terminal, 9th and Broad St. [Alterations], Address: 816 - 822 E. Broad St., 1936 Drawn by: Allen J. Saville, Inc., Engineers; Contractor: N/A; Commissioned by: Broad - Wall Corp.; Notes: