Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Architecture
Historic Place
Celaya--Creager House
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About this site
Celaya--Creager House is a historic place in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1988. 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 25.9066, -97.5024 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cisneros House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kowalski-Dennett Home, Tijerina House, and Barreda House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2088000523. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Celaya-Creager House at 441 E. Washington Street is one of Brownsville's grandest turn-of-the-century residences, completed in 1912 for Jose and Serafina Fernandez Celaya to the design of architect M. E. Tracy. Built of yellow brick in a Classical/Colonial style, it features wrap-around porches, a curved two-story Ionic portico, and a rooftop widow's walk. In 1924 it became the home of Rentfro Banton Creager, one of South Texas's most politically active figures, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
Sources: historic.onetheclio.com
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