Douglas Drug Store, 1201 East Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Significance: The Douglas Drug Store, built ca. 1853, is typical of many nineteenth-century commercial structures still standing in downtown Brownsville. Its box-like form is decorated with simple brick dentils on a straight parapet which extends slightly above the roof line. Numerous commercial establishments have been located here, including William Douglas' "New Drug Store," and J. L. Putegnat's Botica del Leon.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-95
Survey number: HABS TX-3274
Building/structure dates: ca. 1853 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1914 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1960 Subsequent Work