Harriet May Brown was born May 22, 1875 in Vancouver, Washington to Charles and Rebecca Slocum Brown. She married Edward Laramie Carpenter and together they had two children, E.L. II born in 1900 and Elizabeth Frances born in 1905. Harriet passed away on January 25, 1964 in Seattle, Washington. According to her granddaughters Nancy Brunquist and Deborah Reis, Harriet loved to wear elaborate clothing and hats up until her death. Harriet also belonged to the DAR or Daughters of the American Revolution and the Women's Century Club of Seattle, the latter organized for the intellectual and cultural development of its members and for social service.

Our Charles Brown House is featured on the Home Sweet Home, Residential Architecture in Washington State poster celebrating National Historic Preservation Month-May 2006. Our Charles Brown House is the oldest house featured on the poster and the only addition from the Vancouver area. The picture of the house is on the far right-hand side five photographs down from the top and highlights the house's Second Empire style architecture.

Stahancyk, Kent, Johnson & Hook, P.C., the current owners of Charles Brown House, just finished phase one of the restoration of the Charles Brown House, carefully restoring the original paint color and restoring the first section of the house down to every last detail with period light fixtures, wallpaper, and furniture.

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