El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Significance: El Globo Chiquito (Laiseca Store) is an excellent example of a modest, late nineteenth-century wood frame store. Built ca. 1887, the store's simple but rare twin-gabled form is relieved by shuttered doors running around the street facades of this corner building and by barge boards along the gables. This was the first of several locations of El Globo stores run by the Garza brothers, two Mexican citizens who lived in Brownsville. The Laiseca family has operated a store there since 1921.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-96, FN-97
Survey number: HABS TX-3275
Building/structure dates: ca. 1887 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1930 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work