Today’s historic photo stop:
J. C. Brown General Merchandise
Jesse Charles Brown was a native of Falls Mill, Tenn., near Huntland. In the late 1890s, he came to Huntsville after the deaths of his parents.
He was brought here because someone saw him perched on a fence post – the universal symbol at the time that someone was in need.
For a year or so, he worked for P.F. Dunnavant, the legendary owner of Dunnavant’s Department Store.
In 1898, he opened his general merchandise store in west Huntsville, where business was thriving with the development of the textile mills.
Located near a row of microbreweries…
With an interesting brick building across the street…
This corner has potential for something, but what? The neighbourhood has many Hispanic businesses. Perhaps a Latin music dance hall with a bar that serves Cuban food?
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