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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WI_brownsville-home-of-charles-stillman_Brownsville-TX.html
Founder of Brownsville and partner in firm of M. Kenedy and Company, which opened the Rio Grande to steamboat navigation and controlled much of the commerce of Northern Mexico, 1848-1868.
This house, erected about 1850,
was the birthplace of
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WF_stillman-house-residencia-stillman_Brownsville-TX.html
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Built in 1850 in Greek Revival style by Henry Miller, who operated the nearby Miller Hotel, for Brownville founder, Charles Stillman, and his new bride, Elizabeth.
They occupied the house until 1853 and their first two children were bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WE_stillman-house-museum_Brownsville-TX.html
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Built in 1850, this Greek Revival home was occupied in succession by Charles Stillman and his family; Thomas Carson, longtime Brownsville Mayor; and the Manuel Trevino de los Santos Coy family. At one time, it housed the Mexican Consula…
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Built in 1851 for Henry Miller, the cottage was first occupied by Brownsville's founder, Charles Stillman, and later owned by Manuel Trevino de los Santos Coy.
In 1958, Chauncey D. Stillman, great-grandson of Charles, purchased the h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WC_1912-cameron-county-jail_Brownsville-TX.html
Originally built as a three-story structure in 1912, this building, Cameron County's second jailhouse, was enlarged with the addition of a 4th floor about 1929. The 1912 structure was designed by prominent architect Atlee B. Ayers and the 1929 add…
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Built in 1912 by the Gross Construction Company and designed by
Atlee B. Ayres in the Classic Revival style, it served as the main Cameron County jail for 66 years until the new jail was built in 1978.
Two sections were added over th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27WA_campo-santo-viejo_Brownsville-TX.html
Planned as all of block 144 of the original townsite in 1848 and active by 1852, Campo Santo Viejo was the first official cemetery in Brownsville.
The city abandoned the site in 1864, but burials continued into the 1870s.
The property was rede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27W9_juan-h-fernandez-store_Brownsville-TX.html
Juan H. Fernandez came to America at the age of 14 in 1875 as a ward of his uncle, Jose Fernandez-Toral, a mercantile owner originally from Pendueles, Asturias, Spain.
Following in his family's footsteps, Juan Fernandez opened a store in 1883, co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27W8_juan-h-fernandez-y-hermano-building_Brownsville-TX.html
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Built in 1883-1884 for Juan H. Fernandez, who came from Spain in 1875 to work for his uncle and older brother, the site was a general merchandise store.
The store, La Villa de Llanes, was founded by Fernandez and his younger brother. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27RW_san-benito-post-office_San-Benito-TX.html
At the time the local community was granted its first post office in April 1907 it was known as Diaz. Because another town in Texas had previously been awarded the name Diaz by postal officials, the name of this post office was changed to San Beni…