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Constructed in 1905 to serve as a food storage facility, this building was abandoned one year later when Fort Brown was closed. Upon reactivation of the post during Mexican border disturbances, the building served as a guardhouse and jail. Among those quartered here were political refugees following the Battle of Matamoros on June 4, 1913. The structure features a loading dock and a shed roof with gabled dormer over the entrance.
Fort Brown Commissary/Guardhouse is a historical marker in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1992. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Cameron County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 194 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 25.8981, -97.4914 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Post Hospital Annex, Post Hospital, and Launching Site of First U.S. Army Warplane.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061001969. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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