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Lawrence Brown House
A monument on S Lb Brown Ave, in the middle of things: 46 places within a five-minute walk. One of 22 history & landmarks in Bartow.
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On the National Register since 2001
Lawrence Brown House
Lawrence Brown House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Jan 4, 2001. It is significant for its town planning, architecture and black history at the local level. Its architecture is described as Frame Vernacular. It was listed as part of Bartow MPS.
The Lawrence Brown House, better known as the L.B. Brown House, is the home built by Lawrence Bernard Brown a self-made businessman, community leader, and master carpenter in Bartow, Florida. It may be the only home built by a former enslaved person left in Florida. The house "stands as a living testimony to one person's triumph over adversity." Until 1989, was known as the "Thomas House." It wasn't until the death…
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46 places within a five-minute walk of Lawrence Brown House.
🎭See some artLB Brown House Museum c. 18921 min walk🍽️EatTom's Chicken Shack3 min walk🎁BrowseThe Krazy Kricket5 min walk🕰️Hunt for antiquesThis N That8 min walk
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McDonald Exterminators IncPest control service
1 min walk🧰30 South Surveying & MappingLand surveying
1 min walk🧰Pickett & AssociatesLand surveying
1 min walk💼Orange Blossom ApparelScreen printing t shirt printing
1 min walk🧰PGE Land DevelopmentDemolition service
1 min walk⛪Burkett Chapple Primitive Baptist ChurchBaptist church
1 min walkWhere it is
Directions →470 S Lb Brown Ave
The nearest neighbor is LB Brown House Museum c. 1892, 1 min walk away.
Address470 S Lb Brown Ave · 33830
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Phone(863) 534-0100
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Address
470 S Lb Brown Ave
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Phone
(863) 534-0100
Website
https://www.eventseeker.com/venue/816151-lawrence-brown-house-tampa-st-petersburg
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.