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Soldiers at fort, Brownsville, Tex - stereocsopic card

Soldiers at fort, Brownsville, Tex - stereocsopic card

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brownsville, Texas (vicinity). Harvesters in bean field

Brownsville, Texas (vicinity). Harvesters in bean field

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A group of men riding horses down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men riding horses down a street. Office of War Information ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Seeing the show at El Rancho Grande

Brownsville, Texas. Charro Days fiesta. Seeing the show at El Rancho G...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brow...

Survey number: HABS TX-3139 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

Dorsey House, 113 Cherry Avenue, West Brownsville, Washington County, PA

Dorsey House, 113 Cherry Avenue, West Brownsville, Washington County, ...

Significance: Good example of a well preserved 18th century house. Survey number: HABS PA-5176

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...

Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...

Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...

Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Main House, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township),...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-A Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), B...

Significance: The Neale House was built before 1869 as the home of Wiliam Neale, one of Brownsville's best-known pioneer citizens. The house resembles the double log houses and frame houses erected by early Ang... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at State Route 2067, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...

Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...

Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Browne-Wagner House, 245 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Browne-Wagner House, 245 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...

Significance: The Browne-Wagner House is an excllent example of Brownsville's turn-of-the-century, detached, two-story brick residences. Built in 1894 by local architect Samuel W. Brooks, the house is designed ... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...

Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More

Tomas Tijerina House, 333 East Adams Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Tomas Tijerina House, 333 East Adams Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...

Significance: Designed and built in 1912 by Tomas Tijerina, this house is notable for its fine brick detailing, characteristic of Rio Grande Valley architecture. The unusual buttresses were added to help the ho... More

El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: El Globo Nuevo is typical of nineteenth-century Rio Grande Valley commercial structures whose plain brick facades are highlighted by denticulated cornices and openings grouped into bays by simple ... More

El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

El Globo Nuevo, 1502 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: El Globo Nuevo is typical of nineteenth-century Rio Grande Valley commercial structures whose plain brick facades are highlighted by denticulated cornices and openings grouped into bays by simple ... More

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: Built before 1894, 1009 East 13th Street resembles creole cottages in New Orleans which were once closely associated with Brownsville through shipping. The steeply pitched roof punctuated by dorme... More

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...

Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...

Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More

Brownsville, Outbuildings, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, Outbuildings, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox...

Survey number: HABS VA-810-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people - FSA / Office of War Inf...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of young girls marching down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of young girls marching down a street. Office of War Informati...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people riding horses down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people riding horses down a street. Office of War Informati...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people walking down a street holding flags. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street holding flags. Office of War I...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people standing around a truck. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a truck. Office of War Information P...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A group of people walking down a street holding flags. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street holding flags. Office of War I...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of city street market, food vendors, downtown shopping, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Cowhands prepare breakfast at the King Ranch located between Corpus Christi and Brownsville in south Texas

Cowhands prepare breakfast at the King Ranch located between Corpus Ch...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. King Ranch is one of the world's largest ranches. The 8... More

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brow...

Survey number: HABS TX-3139 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...

Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...

Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...

Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

La Madrilena, 1002 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, T...

Significance: La Madrilena (a native of Madrid), built in 1892, is a noteworthy example of a small-scale brick corner store. The brick work of the openings, which extend around the store and the elaborate corni... More

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

El Globo Chiquito, 1054 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron Count...

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 shutter... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), B...

Significance: The Neale House was built before 1869 as the home of Wiliam Neale, one of Brownsville's best-known pioneer citizens. The house resembles the double log houses and frame houses erected by early Ang... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, ...

Significance: Originally constructed by Jacob Bowman as a trading post & home, Bowman's Castle was both an important commercial enterprise on Pennsylvania's frontier and home to one of the area's most prominent... More

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...

Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...

Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More

Browne-Wagner House, 245 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Browne-Wagner House, 245 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...

Significance: The Browne-Wagner House is an excllent example of Brownsville's turn-of-the-century, detached, two-story brick residences. Built in 1894 by local architect Samuel W. Brooks, the house is designed ... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, north of U.S. Route 40 Bridge, West Brownsville, Washington County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Mono...

Significance: This bridge's 401'-long Petit through truss is typical of long spans required on Monongahela River navigation. Its approaches feature an early installation of a reinforced concrete slab floor. Un... More

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: Built before 1894, 1009 East 13th Street resembles creole cottages in New Orleans which were once closely associated with Brownsville through shipping. The steeply pitched roof punctuated by dorme... More

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Monongahela Railway Company Shops, Water Street & Seventeenth Street, ...

Significance: The Monongahela Railway Company Shops reflect the support needs of a railroad significant in the coal, coke, and steel industries of Southwest Pennsylvania in the twentieth century, particularly i... More

[Brownsville, Texas, from wireless tower, Fort Brown]

[Brownsville, Texas, from wireless tower, Fort Brown]

J215416 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R. Runyon. Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men in uniform playing drums - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men in uniform playing drums - FSA / Office of War Informat...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Pho...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a military parade, 20th-century armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An old black and white photo of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of people walking down a street. Office o...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of people on a carnival ride. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of people on a carnival ride. Office of War In...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ferris wheel, luna park, attractions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people walking down a street. Office of War Information Pho...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Kream Castle Ice Cream Stand, Rt. 70, Brownsville, Tennessee

Kream Castle Ice Cream Stand, Rt. 70, Brownsville, Tennessee

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved to Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis), Brownsville, Union County, IN

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River (moved...

Part of Indiana Recording Project of HAER/Ball State University, sponsored by Indian Historical Society, Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana, and Ball State University Significance: The only remaining exam... More

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Twelfth & Jefferson Streets, Brow...

Survey number: HABS TX-3139 Building/structure dates: 1859 Initial Construction

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...

Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Cameron County Courthouse, 1150 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Came...

Significance: Cameron County Courthouse, designed by prominent San Antonio architect Atlee B. Ayres, in 1912, is the second Cameron County Courthouse building. It is notable for its academic architectural detai... More

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Barn, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brownsville, Berks County, PA

Lauer-Gerhard Farm, Barn, Farm Lane (North Heidelberg Township), Brown...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-181 Survey number: HABS PA-1954-C Building/structure dates: after. 1765- before. 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1800 S... More

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...

Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...

Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Trevino House, 1405 East Jefferson Street, Brownsville, Cameron County...

Significance: The Trevino House, a modest residence built as a rental property between 1910 and 1915, combines architectural elements typical of the area in a spacial fashion. Two units with interior, rear porc... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Field-Pacheco Complex, 1049 East Monroe Street, Brownsville, Cameron C...

Significance: The Field-Pacheo Complex is a commercial and residential complex covering half a block. The two-story, brick corner Field-Pacheco building was built after 1894 as a combination store and residence... More

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Neale House, 230 Neale Road (moved from 625 East Fourteenth Street), B...

Significance: The Neale House was built before 1869 as the home of Wiliam Neale, one of Brownsville's best-known pioneer citizens. The house resembles the double log houses and frame houses erected by early Ang... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Commissary & Guard House, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicini...

Significance: Building 88 was constructed around 1903 as a commissary. After the Battle of Matamoros in June 1913 the building was used to hold Mexican insurgents as prisoners. It has a long history of adaptive... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Hillman Barge & Construction Company, Paul Thomas Boulevard, Brownsvil...

Significance: The Hillman Barge facility is significant in the commercial and industrial development of southwestern Pennsylvania as a fabricator of shipping vessels. Beginning as a distribution facility for c... More

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at State Route 2067, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Old Brownsville Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River & Water Street at S...

Significance: The Pennsylvania truss bridge spans the Monongahela River between Brownsville and West Brownsville. The bridge is heavily constructed of built-up members and eye-bars, and is a significant landmar... More

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, ...

Significance: Originally constructed by Jacob Bowman as a trading post & home, Bowman's Castle was both an important commercial enterprise on Pennsylvania's frontier and home to one of the area's most prominent... More

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA

Bowman's Castle, Front & Second Streets, Brownsville, Fayette County, ...

Significance: Originally constructed by Jacob Bowman as a trading post & home, Bowman's Castle was both an important commercial enterprise on Pennsylvania's frontier and home to one of the area's most prominent... More

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton County, Virginia

Brownsville, State Routes 608 & 600 vicinity, Nassawadox, Northampton ...

Significance: Interesting example of rural, Federal-style house, particularly noteworthy for its fine interior Federal woodwork. Significant extant outbuildings, including the "Old Hall" (Ruins), which may be ... More

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Carmen Ranch House, Rio Grande Vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22, FN-23 Survey number: HABS TX-33-AB-3 Building/structure dates: 18h1 Initial Construction

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...

Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Streets, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, East Sixth & East Elizabeth Street...

Significance: Sacred Heart Church was the first Catholic church for an English-speaking congregation in Brownsville. Built in 1913 by San Antonio architect Frederick B. Gaenslen, the church counted many of Brow... More

Valdez House, 815 East Fourteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Valdez House, 815 East Fourteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: The Valdez House, built in 1910, is a superb example of the type of small cottage typical of Brownsville in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The distinguishing feature of this sm... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station, 601 East Madison Street, ...

Significance: The Southern Pacific RR Passenger Station, built ca. 1929, is a particularly fine example of Spanish Mission Revival architecture. Its sharply defined form and open site make it one of Brownsville... More

Tomas Tijerina House, 333 East Adams Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Tomas Tijerina House, 333 East Adams Street, Brownsville, Cameron Coun...

Significance: Designed and built in 1912 by Tomas Tijerina, this house is notable for its fine brick detailing, characteristic of Rio Grande Valley architecture. The unusual buttresses were added to help the ho... More

Fort Brown, Medical Laboratory, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Fort Brown, Medical Laboratory, May Street & Gorgas Drive vicinity, Br...

Significance: The Fort Brown Medical Laboratory was built in 1867. It is a good example of a utilitarian, permanent military structure built from local materials. William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General of the... More

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Garza House, 1009 East Thirteenth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County,...

Significance: Built before 1894, 1009 East 13th Street resembles creole cottages in New Orleans which were once closely associated with Brownsville through shipping. The steeply pitched roof punctuated by dorme... More

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...

Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...

Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX

Alonso Building, 510-514 East Saint Charles Street, Brownsville, Camer...

Significance: The Alonso Building is an interesting example of a brick, two-story, corner commercial structure in Brownsville. Built around 1890, it still retains its two-story gallery which creates a covered w... More

U.S. Army - 4th Infantry arriving in Brownsville, Texas

U.S. Army - 4th Infantry arriving in Brownsville, Texas

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Army, U.S. Units; Geogr.; U.S. Hist 1916.

Brownsville, Belmont Avenue pushcart market

Brownsville, Belmont Avenue pushcart market

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

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