Who we are

Welcome to The Brownhoist, home to a creative community! Come for dance, music, visual arts, photography, filmmaking, culinary arts, games, and more!

This big, beautiful, historic office building is solid, grand, and warm: stone & brick exterior, wood floors & paneling, and tall ceilings & windows for natural light everywhere—except for our 7 vaults!

This building dates back to 1890 as the offices of the Brown Hoisting & Conveying Machinery Company, was moved & expanded in 1901, then owned by Columbia Electric Manufacturing Co for fifty years (1941-1991) and lawyers for thirty years (1991-2023). [History page coming soon!]

Purchased in March of 2023 by Brownhoist Partners LLC, The Brownhoist operates as a for-profit co-working space—serving creatives and community builders—with goals to invite, welcome, celebrate, and center those who are marginalized in other spaces. All are welcome—who respect the identities and lived experiences of others.

We have offices to lease as dedicated studio space, shared spaces that can be reserved by the hour or by the day, and common areas that are open to all members.