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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28EB_old-cameron-county-courthouse-dancy-building_Brownsville-TX.html
English: Built in 1912 and designed by Atlee B. Ayres in the Classical style, the brown brick and terracotta building features a rotunda with a stained glass dome. The interior has Sullivanesque ornamentation. It was named after Oscar Dancy, a c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28E5_manautou-building_Brownsville-TX.html
Enrique Manautou came to Texas from Mexico in 1902. With area commerce bolstered by the arrival of the railroad and Mexican Revolution refugees, he began a string of dry goods stores in the lower Rio Grande Valley in 1913. Manautou moved to Brown…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D6_alonso-complex_Brownsville-TX.html
Spanish-born Manuel Alonso (1846-1922) constructed the one-story residence on this site in 1877 and added the two-story mercantile building by 1890. His "Los Dos Cañones" mercantile was a popular gathering place for local residents. French and Sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28D5_alonso-building_Brownsville-TX.html
English: Built 1877-1890 for Manuel Alonso, the Alonso Building (Los Dos Cañones) has wrought iron railings and doors reminiscent of French Creole architecture. It was one of several buildings built by immigrants from Spain. The first floor ser…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM289X_last-battle-of-the-civil-war_Brownsville-TX.html
At this site the last battle of the Civil War, known as Palmito Hill, was fought by Confederate troops under Colonel John S. (Rip) Ford and Union Forces on May 13, 1865, 34 Days After Lee's Surrender at Appomatox
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27ZI_la-catedral-del-la-inmaculada-concepcion_Brownsville-TX.html
En 1859, el Padre Keralum Termino la construccion del esta iglesia. El hizo sus estudios de arquitecturea en Paris, Y antes habia sido ebanista. Los Feligreses, bajo la direccion del Padre Verdet y lost otros padres, fabricaron los ladrillos com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27ZG_immaculate-conception-cathedral_Brownsville-TX.html
(English)) Built in 1854-1859, the cathedral was designed by French architect Father Pierre Keralum of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The cathedral is Gothic Revival in the ecclesiastical form with a Latin cross plan. During the Mexic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Z7_la-madrilena_Brownsville-TX.html
(Spanish) En este edificio, construido en 1892 por Adrian Ortiz, se establecio La Tienda Ortiz. Esta construccion es uno de los ejemplos mas significativos en la arquitectura historica del valle. Esta joya arquitectonica, con sus detalles del lad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Z6_la-madrilena_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1892 by Santiago McCoy and Modesto Estevan Adam for Adrian Barreda Ortiz, a native of Madrid, Spain, it is an example of an L-plan mercantile store. The architecture is a mix of Victorian and Border Brick style. The store opera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27Z5_la-madrilena_Brownsville-TX.html
A native of Spain, Adrian Ortiz (1860-1957) emigrated to Brownsville before he was 18 and lived with relatives who trained him as a merchant. He built this structure in 1892 to house his mercantile operation, La Madrilena (native of Madrid), an im…
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