Designed by Houston architect Henry A. Stubee and built in 1938, this house was the home of local civic, church, and business leader Cecil Brown and his wife Frances, both from pioneer Quaker families. Brown was prominent in the Gulf Coast fig industry from the 1920s to the 1950s and is credited with much of Friendswood's development. For many years after its construction, this French eclectic style house was the first and only brick residence in the Friendswood area.