William Brown Carpentry Shop
This is a reconstruction of the carpentry shop at London Town that was owned by William Brown. The shop is constructed using 18th century techniques and includes the use of rose head nails and leaded glass windows. The shop is reconstructed on the site identified through archaeological research.
From the Londontown. org site:
William Brown was involved with London Town from at least the late 1740s through his
death in the early 1790s.1
During that time he was called carpenter, cabinet-maker, joiner,
sawyer, undertaker, tavern keeper, and ferry keeper. He was influential enough to have large
amounts of credit extended to him and respected to safeguard the provincial records at the
beginning to the American Revolution. And he was unfortunate enough to eventually go
bankrupt and die in Annapolis a very poor individual.
William Brown Carpentry Shop
This is a reconstruction of the carpentry shop at London Town that was owned by William Brown. The shop is constructed using 18th century techniques and includes the use of rose head nails and leaded glass windows. The shop is reconstructed on the site identified through archaeological research.
From the Londontown. org site:
William Brown was involved with London Town from at least the late 1740s through his
death in the early 1790s.1
During that time he was called carpenter, cabinet-maker, joiner,
sawyer, undertaker, tavern keeper, and ferry keeper. He was influential enough to have large
amounts of credit extended to him and respected to safeguard the provincial records at the
beginning to the American Revolution. And he was unfortunate enough to eventually go
bankrupt and die in Annapolis a very poor individual.