James Herbert Brownell
Architect | 1916-2005![](/imager/media/1504/Brownell-Portrait2_044af947fa4c5969170fc852aec8a983.jpg 400w, /imager/media/1504/Brownell-Portrait2_b45f862d879ef467c6bd37c391bc335c.jpg 360w)
James Herbert Brownell started his career in architecture in 1934 working for Joe Weston (Eugene Weston III’s uncle) and later for Whitney R. Smith (Smith & Williams) among others. The J. Herbert Brownell Architect and Staff Office of his own design opened in 1955. From here the Pearce & Co. Compact Houses (1963) on Agate Street in Pacific Beach were crafted.