Brown & Hawkins Store

Brown & Hawkins
Location 205, 207, 209 4th Avenue
Seward, Alaska
Coordinates 60°6′5″N 149°26′25″W / 60.10139°N 149.44028°W / 60.10139; -149.44028Coordinates: 60°6′5″N 149°26′25″W / 60.10139°N 149.44028°W / 60.10139; -149.44028
Built 1904
NRHP Reference # 88000710
Added to NRHP June 23, 1988[1]

Brown & Hawkins is a general store in Seward, Alaska. It was founded in 1904 to serve the town and those constructing of the Alaska Central Railroad, and is the oldest continuously operating business in Seward.[2] It announced in 2013 that the owners were retiring without finding anyone to buy their business.[3]

Brown & Hawkins was a business venture between partners Charles E. Brown of Montreal, Quebec, Canada and T.W. Hawkins of Roanoke, Virginia. The two men met in Nome during the Gold Rush.[2] They first started business together in Valdez in 1900 before moving to Seward in 1903. Their business in Seward included a store and bank.[2]

Brown & Hawkins is still owned by the Hawkins family, making it the oldest store in Alaska under the same ownership. The original Mosler safe and brass cash register are displayed in the store.[2]

Brown (left) and Hawkins (right), 1911.

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References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Brown and Hawkins Store". Seward Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Zemach, Heidi. "Brown & Hawkins Closing". August 12, 2013. Seward City News. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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