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Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Brown, J. Francis
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Brown, J.F.
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Description area
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History
John Francis (J. Francis) Brown was born in Levis, Quebec in 1866. He attended school in Plymouth, England and returned to Canada in 1882. Brown trained for architecture in various Toronto offices, including Edwards & Webster. In 1888, he was resident architect on the Board of Trade Building for the firm James & James of New York. He was one of five architects chosen for the second stage of the competition for the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria (1891). He established his own practice in 1892 under the name J. Francis Brown (1892-1924). He was later joined by his son, F. Bruce Brown, and the firm became J. Francis Brown & Son (1924-1942). In 1929, he collaborated with William Lyon Somerville on the design for McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He was a member of the Architectural Draughtsmen's Club (1886-1892), a member of the Eighteen Club (1899-1902), and a member of the Ontario Association of Architects (1892). J. Francis Brown died in April 1942.