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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L4_u-s-federal-building_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1933, this four-story building is of the Second Renaissance Revival style. Features include decorative arches at the main entrance, stone quoins at the corners, tile roof, and decorative cornice. The building houses the U.S. Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L3_u-s-federal-building_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Rebuilt in 1931 for approximately $500,000, the building is a Second Renaissance Revival style public building. It replaced Brownsville's first Federal Building (1892), which was located at the same site. It has served as a post office,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28EC_cameron-county_Brownsville-TX.html
Created February 12, 1848 Since 1535 men of all nations of the earth sailed the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the green valley of the Rio Grande in search of happiness, and each found it in his own time and in his own way. 1535 Alvar…
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…
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