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A native of Spain, Adrian Ortiz (1860-1957) emigrated to Brownsville before he was 18 and lived with relatives who trained him as a merchant. He built this structure in 1892 to house his mercantile operation, La Madrilena (native of Madrid), an important community business for over 60 years. The vernacular store building features corbeled brickwork, parapets with pinnacles, and paneled doors with transoms.
La Madrilena is a historical marker in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1988. 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 25.9048, -97.4968 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cameron County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Cameron County Courthouse (1912), 1912 Cameron County Courthouse, and Cameron County Courthouse of 1883-1914.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061003000. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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