Brownley Building
- Year
- 1932
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Washington, DC
- Collection
- d.c. deco
The Brownley Building at 1309 F Street NW was completed in 1932 for Brownley's, Inc., a candy and confectionery company founded in 1904, and is one of the last Art Deco commercial buildings left in downtown Washington. Designed by the firm Porter & Lockie, the limestone-faced building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and is also a DC Historic Landmark.
the building
Limestone and aluminum facade. The facade is faced in limestone with aluminum spandrel panels, and the ground floor originally held an air-conditioned retail space with its own kitchen and bakery for Brownley's candy business.
the style
The building is one of the last Art Deco commercial structures surviving in downtown Washington, its limestone facade and aluminum spandrels typical of 1930s confectionery and retail storefronts.
More on Art Decosignificance
The Brownley Building is a DC Historic Landmark (#L_0147) and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
nearby
- Federal-American National Bank
- Church of the Epiphany
- Westory Building
- Second National Bank
- Warner Theatre Building (and Interior)
- Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building