In 1891 he paid $25,000 (equivalent to $711,000 in 2019) to the Riggs family for land at 1720 16th Street, NW, in Washington, D.C., hired architect William Henry Miller, and built a five-story, 18-room mansion for $40,000 (equivalent to $1,138,000 in 2019).
He would live in this house, later known as the Toutorsky Mansion, until his death.
Ironically—in light of Brown's racial attitudes—the house is now the embassy of the Republic of the Congo.
Brown's wife Caroline died in 1901.
Three years later, Brown married a close friend of hers, the widow Josephine E. Tyler, who survived him.
In 1891 he paid $25,000 (equivalent to $711,000 in 2019) to the Riggs family for land at 1720 16th Street, NW, in Washington, D.C., hired architect William Henry Miller, and built a five-story, 18-room mansion for $40,000 (equivalent to $1,138,000 in 2019). He would live in this house, later known as the Toutorsky Mansion, until his death. Ironically—in light of Brown's racial attitudes—the house is now the embassy of the Republic of the Congo. Brown's wife Caroline died in 1901. Three years later, Brown married a close friend of hers, the widow Josephine E. Tyler, who survived him.
Henry Billings Brown