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| subject_name = Lucius Screven Brown| image_name =LSBrown.png| image_size =180px| image_caption =Brown c. 1908| date_of_birth = [[1874]]| place_of_birth =Louisville, Kentucky| date_of_death = [[1963]]| place_of_death =| occupation = Realtor, banker, insurance, city councilman, assistant postmaster| religion =| spouse =| parents =| children =
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[[Lucius Screven Brown]] ([[1874]]-[[1963]]) was a prominent Pensacolian who had a long career in real estate, banking and insurance. Along with his brother [[Hunter Brown]], he is part of the "Brown" half of [[Fisher-Brown Insurance]]. ==Insurance & real estate career==A native of Kentucky, Brown moved to Pensacola in [[1904]] and joined the [[Southern Insurance Agency]] as a manager. In [[1905]] he left the firm to start his own insurance company, [[Lucius S. Brown & Company]], setting up a small office in the [[Thiesen Building]]. His brother [[Hunter Brown|Hunter]] moved to the city a few years later and began working at the firm. Brown began talks with the [[Fisher Real Estate Agency]] to merge the two companies. On [[January 2]], [[1909]], the Fisher stockholders held a meeting to decide which assets they would dedicate to the new venture. The [[Fisher-Brown Insurance Agency]] was officially formed on [[December 28]], [[1911]], at which point Lucius retired from insurance to focus on real estate. ==Civil service==In [[1908]] Brown stood for election as [[Escambia County Clerk of the Circuit Court]], but lost. He served the city on the [[Pensacola City Council]] and as assistant postmaster. A bond issue held in Escambia County in [[1912 ]] resulted in the paving of [[Cervantes Street]] and [[Mobile Highway]], and the extension of public water lines. This in turn intensified the residential building boom in [[Brownsville]], the residential area he initially developed and which carries his name. ==References=={{refbegin}}*John Appleyard. ''The Fisher-Brown Story: 1911-2003''. Bodree Printing Company: October 2003.*http://www.flgenhistonline.com/counties/escambia/people/businessmen1905.htm{{refend}}
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[[Category:Insurance executives|Brown, Lucius]] [[Category: Pensacola City Council members|Brown, Lucius]] [[Category:Real estate agents|Brown, Lucius]]