Photo by NCinDC. It is strange to think back to a downtown Washington that housed a candy factory, but in the 1930s it did at 1309 F Street NW. Brownley Confectionery Building was built in 1932 in grand art deco style to serve as a factory for the Brownley family’s candy business with a candy store with a soda fountain on the ground floor. The building, with its gray aluminum sunbursts, floral patterns, and…