{"id":5827,"date":"2019-07-31T15:32:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T19:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2019-07-31T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T19:40:50","slug":"back-in-time-with-brett-the-brown-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/mandarin\/back-in-time-with-brett-the-brown-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in Time with Brett: The Brown Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By Brett Nolan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWell, come on inside and getcha\u2019 self something cool to drink,\u201d would have probably been an all too common phrase bellowed off the top of John C. Brown\u2019s two-tiered veranda facing Mandarin Road; it was a warm southern invite to combat the oppressive heat of Florida, as Mandarinites played croquet under the shade of the stately, moss draped, oak trees on their riverfront lawns.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This house was constructed in 1880 on the site of his family\u2019s former home which his father, John P. Brown, had built when he was just 16 years old \u2014 two years after moving to Mandarin from New York in 1828. After marrying Nancy Bowden, age 17, in 1835 (Bowden is another notable Mandarin name), John P. and his wife had six children. All of the children were born in the same house between 1835 and 1850 when their youngest son, Thomas, was born. This earned the Brown family the great distinction of being one of the \u201cFirst Families\u201d in the town of Mandarin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John C., the oldest of his siblings, was a citrus grower and from 1875 to 1879, he was postmaster. This was during the time when the St. Johns River was the Interstate 95 for Northeast Florida. All mail and other consumer goods were delivered by steamship, making a stop at water\u2019s edge in front of the village store and post office, at the end of Store Lane. John C. Brown was the curator of all store operations. A single road marker still stands at the corner of Mandarin Road and Store Lane as a faint memory of the Mandarin store\u2019s original location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 1911 Store and Post Office across the street reminds us that Mandarin was a growing rural community advancing to life on the roads, no longer the river. It was after John C. retired as postmaster that he built his grand estate. A century later, the John C. Brown house was deemed dangerously close to an increasingly busy Mandarin Road. The then-occupants can remember finding blood one morning where paramedics had treated a victim from a car accident on their front porch. The owners moved the house farther back on the property behind the tree line, keeping the historical integrity of the home well intact.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After 140 years the Brown house still retains some of the original jigsaw trim. The architecturally significant structure stands as a reminder of one of the area\u2019s most prominent families. Famed Mandarin potter and artist Charles M. \u201cCharlie\u201d Brown was a grandson of John C. Brown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Information for this article was taken from \u201cJacksonville\u2019s Architectural Heritage\u201d by Wayne Wood, \u201cMandarin on the St. Johns\u201d by Mary B. Graff, an article by Beverly Fleming from the April 15, 1993 \u201cMandarin News,\u201d and Ancestry.com.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brett Nolan is a volunteer with the Mandarin Museum &amp; Historical Society. Visit www.mandarinmuseum.net for more information on Mandarin\u2019s history and museum schedules.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo courtesy Brett Nolan<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Brown Residence<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brett Nolan mail@floridanewsline.com \u201cWell, come on inside and getcha\u2019 self something cool to drink,\u201d would have probably been an all too common phrase bellowed off the top of John C. 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