Lawrence Brown House
Posted by: 
sfwife
N 27° 53.627 W 081° 50.054
17R E 417894 N 3085715
Historical House in Bartow, FL
Waymark Code: WM2E81
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2007
Views: 23
The L.B. Brown House was designed and constructed in the late 1800s by a self-taught master carpenter, Lawrence B. Brown. It contains nine rooms and is approximately 1700 sq.ft. It is an impressive structure adorned with heavy Victorian ornamentation. The house may be the only one of its kind in Florida, still in existence, that was built and owned by a former slave.
The house is in the process of being restored and is a museum. Tours can be taken by contacting Clifton Lewis at clewis1942@Yahoo.com.
You can also get a tour by stopping to take pictures and having Mr. Lewis come out and ask if you'd like a tour--which is what happened to me.
Most of the rooms in the house have been restored and have artifacts from the Browns' life. Lawrence Brown also built other houses and rented them. One of these houses was acquired and brought to the grounds of this house. It is also in the process of being restored.
Street address:
470 Second Ave.
Bartow, FL USA
33830
County / Borough / Parish: Polk
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Museum
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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