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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28X1_old-jail_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1883, this Spanish Colonial style structure served as the Cameron County Jail until 1913, when Jose and Joaquin Fernandez purchased the property. They converted the building into a store, with living quarters to the rear. Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28X0_old-county-jail-fernandez-building_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1882-1883, designed by the firm J.N. Preston and Son, it is the first building specifically built as the county jail. It is an example of the Border Brick style. In 1912 it was sold to the brothers Jose & Joaquin Fernandez. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28WI_whitmanss-store_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1928, the commercial building was designed by Baltazar Torres, a local building and architect. From 1945 until the mid-1980's it operated as Whitman's Army Store and pawnshop. The three metallic spheres suspended from the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28UY_majestic-theatre_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Built in 1948, designed by the firm of Pettigrew & Worley, it was part of the interstate movie theater chain founded by Karl St. John Hoblitzelle. Interstate was an influential vaudeville and later movie theater company in the South. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28U6_fernandez-hide-yard_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Established 1880-1894 by Miguel Fernandez, a wealthy Spanish merchant, this was a bone and hide yard built to cater to the Texas Gulf Coast cattle industry. Built in the Border Brick style, it is one of the few remaining buildings that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28U5_miguel-fernandez-hide-yard_Brownsville-TX.html
(English) Known as "El Almacen," this combination store-warehouse was built in the 1880s. At the rear, a brick wall enclosed a bone and hide yard where ranchers traded cattle hides for food and supplies. Features of the building include…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L5_public-market-and-town-hall_Brownsville-TX.html
Authorized 1850. On land deeded forever for this purpose. Butchers, other vendors moved in during 1851. Building complete with top story and bell tower, 1852. Town hall and market used for Presbyterian church services. In high wind of 1867 l…
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…
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