The C.J. Howe building is at the center of Brownsville, Oregon. Built in 1908 as a grocery/mercantile and used for that purpose for over 25 years. It is a brick commercial structure with little ornamentation, typical of such structures built in small towns at the turn of the century. It was probably not designed by an architect but instead built by local and itinerant brick masons. The C.J. Howe building brick came from the Brownsville Brick and Tile Yard. It is in good condition today, occupied in part by the Brownsville Teen Center and Roots Antiques and Healthy Goods downstairs and a loft living space upstairs. (MORE)