Post Hospital
Posted by: 
JimmyEv
N 25° 53.912 W 097° 29.544
14R E 651017 N 2865315
The Post Hospital was built shortly after the end of the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM2JK5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2007
Views: 25
Marker Number: 4086
Marker Text:
In March 1868, Captain William Alonzo Wainwright arrived in Brownsville to supervise the rebuilding of Fort Brown following the Civil War and an 1867 hurricane. One of the first structures built under his direction was the Post Hospital, completed in 1869 and noted for its classical design and Palladian influences. First Lt. William C. Gorgas began studies that led to the discovery of the source of yellow fever while he was based here in 1883.
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