“Seed and Feed”, that’s what we called it for the last 30+ years. This nice little building on Dexter was built by the Crenshaw family in 1907 –their family crest is built into the frieze. For years it was Brown Printing Co. (see below), and then circa 1960 it turned into the Montgomery Seed & Feed. Now the old building has stepped up in the social order of structures and become a law office. Back in 1992 the RSA took great pains to compliment it with the RSA Activity Center on the opposite end of the block, leaving open space between the two for a fountain and reflecting pool, along with a commanding view of the RSA Tower.

At left, the building circa 1950, when Brown Printing Company was its occupant. A decade later Brown moved out to the industrial park, and the Seed & Feed, seen next door, upgraded and became the occupant for the next half century.

-Charles Humphries