It first appears in directories in 1904 and the cement, rough rock, egg and dart molding front door, and brick construction all indicate a date of construction between the late 1890s and 1904.  

Some of this data was only recently revealed and not available to the National Register researcher in 2016. This project will provide funding to purchase the Brown and Sons building at 104 E. Front Street in Florence Colorado to expand the operations of the Price Pioneer Museum. This one-story building will accommodate display space now on a second story of the existing facility that are not ADA compliant. The space will be utilized for additional museum interpretive space. This purchase is the first step toward arresting the deterioration of a building that has been boarded up for over 40 years.