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|   Immaculate Conception Church - Brownsville, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This Gothic Revival church, built by the Oblates of Mary in 1856, has 38 stained glass windows, a burial vault containing the remains of members of the Celaya family, and a rectory that was used as a refuge for priests fleeing Mexican revolutions. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Immaculate Conception Cathedral
in Texas Historical Markers The first Catholic church in Brownsville served as refuge for priests fleeing from Mexican revolutions. It was a cathedral temporarily in 1874 and did not became a cathedral again until 1965, when Brownsville received its own diocese. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/13/2007 last visited: never |
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|  Old Cameron County Courthouse, Brownsville, Texas
in Courthouses The second Cameron County Courthouse, built in 1883, was designed by J.N. Preston. It served as the Courthouse until 1914. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/16/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0 mi | Cameron County Courthouse of 1883-1914 in Texas Historical Markers This was the first courthouse built by Cameron County. After being used as the Courthouse, it became a Mason's Grande Lodge. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/13/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.1 mi |  Market Square - Brownsville, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas In 1850, a block in the middle of town was deeded for perpetual use as a public market. Today the market is a small, crowded park surrounded by municipal buildings and the city’s local bus terminal. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/18/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.1 mi | Fernandez, Miguel, Hide Yard - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Opened by a Spanish immigrant, the Miguel Fernandez Hide Yard processed cattle by-products for local ranchers. The architecture is typical of late 19th century Rio Grande Valley commercial buildings. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0.1 mi | Cameron County Courthouse - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The second Cameron County Courthouse, a simple Beaux-Arts building with four identical facades, was designed in 1912 by San Antonio architect Atlee B. Myers. Rather plain from the outside, inside is a distinctive (and beautiful) stained glass dome. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
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| Public Market and Town Hall in Texas Historical Markers Brownsville's Town Hall was built in 1852. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/15/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.1 mi |  Brownsville, Texas
in City and Town Halls Brownsville’s Spanish Revival Town Hall was built on Market Square in 1852. A hurricane in 1867 toppled the bell tower and damaged the second floor, but it only took a year to rebuild. Most of the building was remodeled in 1948. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/17/2008 last visited: never |
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| Cueto Building in Texas Historical Markers This building housed a store, opened in 1893 and owned by Don Andres Cueto. In some building along this street, perhaps this building, Porfirio Diaz plotted the Mexican Revolution. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/15/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.1 mi | La Nueva Libertad - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Don Andres Cueto, like many other merchants in Brownsville, immigrated from Spain. Most likely he was headed to Matamoros, but the chaos created from constant revolution led many to settle on the relatively stable north side of the river. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0.1 mi | Cameron County Memorial in Texas Historical Markers This marker lists explorers that have explored the region since 1535. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/13/2007 last visited: never |
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| Stillman, Charles, House - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Charles Stillman, Brownsville’s larger-than-life founder, built this Greek Revival home in 1850. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/2/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.1 mi |  Brownsville Heritage Complex, Brownsville, Texas
in History Museums A small gallery adjacent to the Sitllman House presents basically the same material found in the Historic Brownsville Museum, but in a cool, seamless lay-out of old photographs and prints. Admission includes a tour of the Stillman House. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/2/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.1 mi | Home of Charles Stillman in Texas Historical Markers This home was built in 1850 for the founder of Brownsville, Charles Stillman. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/15/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.1 mi | Brownsville Home of Charles Stillman in Texas Historical Markers Brownsville's founder, Charles Stillman, was a steamship magnate. He built this home in 1850. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/15/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0.1 mi | La Madrilena - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Adrian Ortiz was born in Madrid in 1850. Before turning 18, the young Ortiz left Spain and settled in Brownsville, working for a relative. By 1892, Ortiz opened his own store, the Adrian Ortiz Grocery, otherwise known as ‘La Madrilena’ or ‘Native of Madrid.’
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN0.2 mi | La Madrilena in Texas Historical Markers This structure, built by Adrian Ortiz in 1892, housed a retail store owned by Ortiz for over sixty years. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/14/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.2 mi | The Gem - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This is one of the few buildings left erected by the Brownsville Township Company, a partnership formed by Charles Stillman to develop the land around Fort Brown. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.2 mi | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Brownsville, Texas in Courthouses Brownsville’s Beaux-Arts Federal Building was erected in 1933. The building served as the U.S. Federal Courthouse until 2000, when the new Federal courthouse was built. It currently houses a post office, but not much else. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/29/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW0.2 mi | The Gem in Texas Historical Markers An example of Brownsville's commercial architecture from the mid-19th century. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/13/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.2 mi | Xeroscape Park, Brownsville, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas Between downtown Brownsville and Fort Brown, Xeroscape Park is built around a statue of Bishop Charles Joseph Eugene de Mazenod, a missionary to Brownsville. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 2/9/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.2 mi | Bagdad-Matamoros, C.S.A. in Texas Historical Markers With the Federal blockade on Southern ports, the port of Bagdad in Mexico became an important outlet for Southern cotton. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/21/2007 last visited: never |
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| Cameron County Jail, Old - Brownsville, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Built in 1913 by the San Antonio architects Ayres & Ayres, the Beaux-Arts county jail was originally only 5,000 square feet. The jail was surrounded by a 12-foot wall, which was partially demolished in 1926 and used for building a 15,000-square-foot addition. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/9/2008 last visited: never |
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| St. Charles Park, Brownsville, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas Tucked into an older, run-down residential neighborhood, St. Charles Park is quite a contrast with its modern, naturalistic fountain, clean playground, well-maintained picnic tables and smooth basketball court.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 2/9/2008 last visited: never |
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