Marker Inscription
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Stillman, Charles, House
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About this site
Stillman, Charles, House is a historic place in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 7 historic places documented in Cameron County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 194 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 25.9008, -97.4961 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Stillman, Charles, Home of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Stillman, Charles, Home of, San Roman Building, and Immaculate Conception Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2079003448. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Stillman House was built in 1850 in the Greek Revival style by Henry Miller for Charles Stillman, the merchant and steamboat entrepreneur who founded Brownsville in 1848-50, and his bride Elizabeth Goodrich. Later owners included the Trevino family, who reportedly hosted General Porfirio Diaz in 1876 as he planned his march on the Mexican presidency. Great-grandson Chauncey D. Stillman purchased and restored the house in 1958 and donated it to the city; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and operates as the Stillman House Museum.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgutrgv.eduhmdb.org
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Historical Marker
Stillman, Charles, Home of
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Stillman, Charles, Home of
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