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 Pitt House Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 25° 55.023 W 097° 29.862
14R E 650462 N 2867359
This Texas Historical Marker is mounted on the Pitt House at 1806 Palm Boulevard almost opposite Sunset Drive in Brownsville, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMK96Q
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/03/2014
Views: 1
Marker Title: Pitt House
Address: 1806 Palm Boulevard
City: Brownsville
County: Cameron
Subject Codes:
Year Marker Erected: 2011
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: 0.1 mile north of corner of Palm Blvd. & Ringgold Street
Marker Size: 18" x 28" without post
Marker Number: 16849
Marker Text:
Arthur Pitt of England arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1909 where he found work at a citrus nursery. Pitt moved to the Rio Grande Valley in 1918 where he founded a citrus tree business that he ran for sixty years. In 1930, Pitt and his wife, Evelyn Roper Pitt, contracted E. Guy Holliday, an architect who had worked with Trost & Trost in El Paso, to design a home for the family. The house features traditional Spanish revival elements, such as an asymmetrical floor plan, low-pitched tile roof, half-round arches, and ornate tile. It also includes European design elements, such as custom-made tile patterns and a pre-cast concrete cross-pattern in the foyer window that reflect Pitt’s British heritage.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 2011
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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