top of page

Post Morgue & Linen Storage (The Morgue)

  • Built: 1868-72

  • Street: Texas Southmost College campus

    • Map: Building #6

  • Floors: 1

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: 

  • Condition: Renovated

  • Use: 

    • 1872 to ?: Morgue and lined storage​

    • ? to present: 

  • Source: 

  • Comments: 

    • Two buildings were joined together in the 1930s.​

  • Image Citation:  

Screenshot 2023-09-27 11.25.52 AM.png
Post Morgue Linen Storage The Morgue_4.png
Post Morgue Linen Storage The Morgue_3.png
Screenshot 2023-09-27 1.11.43 PM.png

Commissary Building

  • Built: 1868-72

  • Street: Texas Southmost College campus

    • Map: Building #7

  • Floors: 1

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: 

  • Condition: Renovated

  • Use: 

    • 1872 to ?: Morgue and lined storage​

    • ? to present: 

  • Source: 

  • Comments: 

    • Two buildings were joined together in the 1930s.​

  • Image Citation:  

Screenshot 2023-09-27 11.25.52 AM.png
c. 1910s
Post Morgue Linen Storage The Morgue.png
2002
Post Morgue Linen Storage The Morgue_2.png
2002
Commissary Building_1.png
2004

Commissary Annex

  • Built: 1868-72

  • Street: Texas Southmost College campus

    • Map: Building #8

  • Floors: 1

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: 

  • Condition: Renovated

  • Use: 

    • 1872 to ?: Morgue and lined storage​

    • ? to present: 

  • Source: 

  • Comments: 

    • Two buildings were joined together in the 1930s.​

  • Image Citation:  

Screenshot 2023-09-27 11.25.52 AM.png
Commissary Annex_1.png
2004
Commissary Annex_2.png
2004

First Presbyterian Church

  • Built: 1870

  • Street: 8th and E. Elizabeth St. or 853 E. Elizabeth St. (according to the source on p. 300)

  • Floors: 

  • Arch./Bldr: S. W. Brooks

  • Style: 

  • Condition: Demolished

  • Use: Church 

  • Source: Studies in Matamoros and Cameron County history

  • Comments: ​

  • Image Citation:  

Indalencio Trevino Residence

  • Built: 1870s

  • Street: 838 E. Levee St.

  • Floors: 1 1/2

  • Arch./Bldr: Indalencio Trevino

  • Style: Anglo-American Cottage

  • Condition: 

    • 1970 - Demolished​

  • Use: Residence​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Indalencio Trevino Residence.png

2023

Russel/Cocke Residence

  • Built: 1871

  • Street: 602 E. St. Charles St.

  • Floors:

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: Late Greek Revival

  • Condition:

  • Use: Residence​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

RusselCocke Residence.png

2004

Golima-Lorber Wortman Residence

  • Built: c.1876

  • Street: 7th and Levee St.

  • Floors:

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: 

  • Condition:

    • 1972 - Demolished​

  • Use: Residence​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Golima-Lorber Wortman Residence.png

2023

Hansen Residence

  • Built: 1876

  • Street: 647 E. St. Charles St.

  • Floors:

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: Gothic Revival

  • Condition

  • Use: Residence​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: The image below may or may not be the correct house.​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Hansen Residence.png

2023

V. Fernandez Complex (San Fernando Building)

  • Built: 1877-80

  • Street: 1106 E. St. Adams St.

  • Floors: 2

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: New Orleans Quarter

  • Condition: 

  • Use: Residence​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

2004

San Fernando Building_2.png

Casimero Tamayo Store

  • Built: 1878

  • Street: 1454 E. Monroe St.

  • Floors: 

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: Spanish Colonial

  • Condition: 

  • Use: Store​

  • Source: Guide to Historic Brownsville Including Matamoros, Tamps. Mexico

  • Comments: Corner stone with corbeled brick cornice and a flat roof by parapet walls.​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Casimero Tamayo Store.png

2023

Brownsville Opera House (Vivier Opera House)

  • Built: 1880-81

  • Street: 10th and Levee St.

  • Floors: 

  • Arch./Bldr: S.W Brooks

  • Style: Victorian

  • Condition: 

    • 1972 - Demolished​

  • Use: Opera house​

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Vivier Opera House.png

2023

M. Fernandez Hide Yard

  • Built: 1880

  • Street: 1101-21 E. Adams St.

  • Floors: 1

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: 

  • Condition: Remodeled in 2022​​

  • Use: ​

    • 1880 to 1894 - bone and hide yard​/merchandise store

    •          to 2005 - Store

    •              Present - Bar

  • Source: Guide to Historic Brownsville Including Matamoros, Tamps. Mexico

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Cameron County Courthouse (Masonic Theater)

  • Built: 1881-83

  • Street: 1131 E Jefferson St.

  • Floors: 2

  • Arch./Bldr: J.N Preston & Son of Austin

  • Style: ​​

  • Condition:

    • ? - Lost its first cupola due to a hurricane

    • 1933 - Lost its second cupola due to a hurricane

    • >1933 - Never replaced the cupola afterwards

  • Use: ​

    • 1883 to 1912 - Courthouse

    •  1912 to 2005 - Mason Temple

  • Source: 

  • Comments: ​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

Jose Fernandez Building​

  • Built: 1882

  • Street: 1123 E. Washington St.

  • Floors: 2

  • Arch./Bldr: 

  • Style: ​​

  • Condition:

  • ​Use: ​

    • Bar

  • Source: Guide to Historic Brownsville Including Matamoros, Tamps. Mexico

  • Comments:

    • One of the oldest buildings at Market Square.

    • Has a central atrium that used to feature an open-air courtyard.

    • The second story doors facing the Market Square opened onto a covered wooden porch, a common feature of Brownsville's architecture of the era.​​​

  • Image Citation:  Google Maps

bottom of page