FORMER BROWN BUILDING
145 Eagle Street
Headquarters Commandant section of
the 5th Air Force Service Command
 

145 Eagle Street is the low
building in centre of the photo

145 Eagle Street, Brisbane

State Library of Queensland Image No. 16584

F.L. Brown & Co's Warehouses in 1889
later the Thomas Brown & Sons building

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Customs House 1930 with Thomas Brown
& Sons Ltd building in the background

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Ships tied up at the wharves in front of the
Thomas Brown building, Brisbane, ca. 1898

The Headquarters Commandant section of the 5th Air Force Service Command was located in the Brown Building in Brisbane, in October 1943. This was the Thomas Brown & Sons Ltd building which was located at/near the corner of Eagle Street and Queen Street. It had its own private wharf on the Brisbane River.

The first Eagle Street warehouse was built on the site by D. L. Brown & Co, a company owned by David Laughland Brown. This building was totally destroyed by fire in 1888, and new building was designed by architect, F. D. G. Stanley. It was considered most imposing and ornate for its time. It came complete with Italian Renaissance elevations on the Brisbane river side of the building and the Eagle Street side. David  Brown retired in 1898 and the company became a public company called Thomas Brown & Sons and was run by David Brown's nephews.

Day Room, Brown Barracks

Mess Hall, Brown Barracks

Continue down Eagle Street and cross over Eagle Street at the pedestrian traffic lights. Once you have crossed the pedestrian crossing you will be in the vicinity of the former Royal Exchange Building at 74 - 76 Eagle Street. This building was occupied by the Fifth Air Force Laboratory during WWII.   Now close this window, & click on the place mark for the "Site of the former Fifth Air Force Laboratory, 74 - 76 Eagle Street".