Doswell Brooks House

Built in 1928 in the Mount Wiessner subdivision, the Doswell Brooks House is a small one-and-a-half story high bungalow. This type of house was popular between the world wars. Brooks served as Supervisor of Colored Schools beginning in 1922. In 1956, he was appointed as the first African American member of the Board of Education. He also served as a member of the Fairmount Heights Town Council and as mayor of the town from 1955 until shortly before his death in 1968.