Specialties:
Buyer's Agent, Listing Agent, Relocation
Work:
Asheville Bungalows LLC
54 Merrimon Ave, Asheville 28801
Description:
Born: Franklin Dewey Brown, Jr. to a young, married couple living in a second floor apartment of a Craftsman Bungalow in Blacksburg, VA during his father's senior year at Virginia Polytechnis Institute & State University (VA Tech). Frank, Jr. was raised in a two story Craftsman Bungalow constructed in 1929 and purchased in 1957 by his parents on Stonewall Heights in the historic town ofAbingdon, VA. As a boy he lived in this neighborhood with its mix of classic Arts & Crafts Era bungalow styles: Tudor, Craftsman, Colonial and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. Years later as a new real estate broker, he began to realize how as a 10 year old boy, his passion for studying wooden ship construction details, like white oak ship's knees used in deck supports, building models and eventually a full size 22 foot sailboat naturally complemented his new found love of the arts & crafts era homes. Frank was now attracted to the medieval half-timbers, wrought iron details, quarter-sawn white oak mill-work, strong yet simple furnature, clinker brick and the wonderful windows found in bungalows. He discovered the Arts & Crafts Movement and it's connection with the natural world. He did not find it unusual for a chimney to appear to grow out of the ground as it's tapered shape matched the shape of a tree's trunk. The foundations were formed with large native stones, then became mixed with smaller stones and brick until only brick supported the wooden frame. Again the home appeared to grow out of the ground and when native plants are added, the bungalow appears to be a natural part of the landscape.