Charles Brode
Charles Brode was a merchant and property owner in 19th Century Los Angeles, California. He was a member of that city's governing body, the Los Angeles Common Council, from December 5, 1878, to March 13, 1879, when he resigned.
Early life
Brode was born in Boreck, Grand [Duchy of Posen|Posen], Prussia, on February 6, 1836, and at the age of nineteen he emigrated to Australia, where he was a miner for seven years. He then came to the United States, where he engaged in "various kinds of business" in the United [States territory|territories] of Montana, Idaho and Utah.Career
He moved to Los Angeles in 1868 and opened a grocery store on South Spring Street, where the Parisian Suit and Cloak Company was later situated. next to the Hollenbeck Hotel. The building he constructed there was known as the Brode Block.Brode was a director of the German-American Savings Bank and of the Los Angeles Soap Company. He was a member of the Odd Fellows, Turnverein Germania and Society of [California Pioneers|Pioneers' Society of California].