J. S. Brown Hardware
2222 Strand

Engraving from 1891 City Directory

..... Occupied by the J.S. Brown Hardware Company in the 1878, this establishment featured the following:

• Builder's Equipment
• Saddlery
• Saddlery hardware
• Farm implements
• Saw mill supplies
• Cotton gin supplies
• Blacksmith's materials
• Wheelwrights materials
• Table and pocket cutlery

.....Western Union opened offices on the second floor in 1874.

.....Today it is occupied by clothiers, souvenir shops and loft apartments. The buildings are also referred to as the Dargan & Tobyn and Frosh Buildings, after the original owners.