
Brown and Manzanares Commission House - Las Vegas, New Mexico
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BruceS
N 35° 35.714 W 105° 12.775
13S E 480712 N 3939076
Marker for historic commission house in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WMEE5A
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2012
Views: 3
Text of marker:
Browne & Manzanares
Commission House
1889 & 1895
Architects: Issac H. & William M. Rapp
Founded as W.H. Chick & Co. before the Civil War, the firm became Chick, Browne & Co. in 1858 and Browne & Manzarnares in 1878. Commssion houses served as ordering agents, transporters and wholeslers for merchants through the Southwest. The firm was sold to rival Gross, Kelly & Co. in 1915.