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Architecture
Historic Place
Brooks, Samuel Wallace, House
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About this site
Brooks, Samuel Wallace, 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 25.9039, -97.5035 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Russell-Cocke House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Alonso Complex, J.T. Canales, and Convent of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2088002530. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Samuel Wallace Brooks House was designed and built in 1888 by Samuel W. Brooks (1829-1903), Brownsville's foremost architect of the late nineteenth century, as his own residence. An I-plan wood-frame house with a decorative first-floor veranda and second-floor balcony, it is believed to be the last such wood-frame home still standing in the city. The house was relocated several times before being restored at its present site, now a law office, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources: theclio.comatlas.thc.texas.gov
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