George D. Brown was a 20th-century architect who designed several historically significant bus stations for
Greyhound Lines, including the
Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina) and the
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal station in
Savannah, Georgia
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. Both of these stations are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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for their architecture.
Career
Practicing in
Charleston, West Virginia, he designed stations in the
Streamline Moderne style. He also designed the Greyhound station for state capitols in Charleston, West Virginia and on 412 E. Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia.
Streamline Moderne Buildings Designed by George D. Brown
Image:Greyhound Station Columbia SC LOC 570829cu.jpg, Greyhound Bus Depot (Columbia, South Carolina)
Image:NORTHWEST (FRONT) FACADE, NEON SIGN, EVENING VIEW, LOOKING NORTH - Greyhound Bus Station, 1200 Blanding Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC HABS SC,40-COLUM,16-6.tif, Neon sign detail, Columbia, South Carolina
Image:NORTHWEST (FRONT) FACADE, LOOKING NORTH - Greyhound Bus Station, 1200 Blanding Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC HABS SC,40-COLUM,16-4.tif, Northwest Facade, Columbia Greyhound Station
Image:Atlantic Greyhound Bus Terminal, Savannah, GA, US.jpg, Greyhound Bus Station Atlantic Greyhound Bus Station, Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later t ...
Image:Greyhound_Bus_Station,_Portsmouth_Ohio,_c._1940.png, Greyhound Bus Station, Portsmouth Ohio (demolished)
Image:ELEVATIONS- FRONT AND SIDE, AND PERSPECTIVE - Greyhound Bus Depot, 1129-1135 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH HABS OHIO,73-PORT,8-3.tif, Greyhound Bus Station, Drawings, Portsmouth, Ohio
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,
Additional drawings, Library of Congress
Image:Greyhound_Charleston_WV_1940s_postcard.png, Greyhound station Charleston, West Virginia, c.1940
Image:New Greyhound Bus Station at Charleston, W. Va (83150).jpg, Greyhound Bus Station at Charleston, W. Va, side view
Image:Streamline Moderne-style Greyhound Bus Station in Huntington, West Virginia LCCN2015631799.tif, Greyhound Station Huntington, West Virginia
Interior views
References
Architects from Charleston, West Virginia
Art Deco architects
Streamline Moderne architects
20th-century American architects
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
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