Biography of Frank S. Brown, Miami, Dade County, FL

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Transcribed from:  The History of Florida:  Past & Present, The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. 
II, page 152, 1923.

BROWNE, FRANK S. established his permanent residence in the City of Miami in the autumn of 
1920, and as architect, artist and builder and as a progressive and public-spirited citizen 
he has proved a most popular acquisition to the business and social circles of this idyllic 
southern city.

Mr. BROWNE was born in New York City, in the year 1890, and is a son of FRANK and MARY 
(BLACK) BROWNE, the former of whom is deceased and the latter of whom now resides in the 
home of her son, FRANK S., of this review.  Mrs. BROWNE was born in Virginia, received the 
best of educational advantages, including those of Cooper Institute, New York City, and she 
is a gracious gentlewoman of exceptional literary and artistic talent.  For several years 
she has been well known in the literary field as a contributor to magazines and newspapers.

The early education of FRANK S. BROWNE was acquired in the national metropolis, where he 
attended De La Salle Institute and also Columbia University, in the latter of which he took 
the art course and also a course in architectural drafting.  His artistic talent, developed 
through such training, found exemplification in effective cartoon work and other art work 
for New York newspapers, but it is in his profession as an architect that he has gained special 
prestige and success.

It will be recalled that on the 6th of April, 1917, the nation became formally involved in 
the great World war, and on the 30th of that month Mr. BROWNE made volunteer enlistment in 
the United States Army.  He was placed in charge of all construction at Fort Hamilton, New 
York, and of the coast defense of the southern coastline of the Empire State.  In the spring 
of 1918 he was transferred to Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Florida, and was here commissioned 
commanding officer and instructor of the second company of the Officers Training Corps.  In 
this capacity he continued his effective service until the signing of the historic armistice 
brought the war to a close, and he received his honorable discharge on the 10th of December, 
1918.

Mr. BROWNE is now in the moving picture business, and is designer of sets and art titles for 
the Silver Screen Studio.  His civic loyalty is shown in his earnest efforts in the preservation 
and development of trees and shrubbery as a matter of city adornment, and in this field he 
has authoritative technical and artistic knowledge.  He is an appreciative and popular member 
of the local Post of the American Legion, and in the city and state of their adoption he and 
his gracious and talented young wife have won a host of fiends.  Mrs. BROWNE, whose maiden 
name was MARY LAEMMLE, was born and reared in New York, and during the World war period she 
was active in volunteer war work in the national metropolis.