Neale House
Posted by: PeterNoG
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This Texas Historical Marker is on the Neale House on Neale Drive just north of Ringgold Road in Fort Brown (now Texas Southmost College) in Brownsville, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMJX1B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2014
Views: 4
Marker Title: Neale House
Address: 230 Fort Brown
City: Brownsville
County: Cameron
Subject Codes: houses, residential buildings; English immigrants/immigration
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: In Ft. Brown, south end of Porter Street, Brownsville.
Marker Size: 14" x 9" Plate & Medallion
Marker Number: 3559
Marker Text: Southern Colonial house of Wm. Neale, Englishman who was in Navy of Mexico in early 1820's, operated Matamoros to Boca Del Rio Stage Line, and lived here 1834 to 1896.
Built of imported lumber. Of fine workmanship.
During 1859 Cortina's War, Wm. Peter Neale, a son of the builder, was killed in right front room.
Recorded Texas Historical Landmark - 1964
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