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In March 1868, Captain William Alonzo Wainwright arrived in Brownsville to supervise the rebuilding of Fort Brown following the Civil War and an 1867 hurricane. One of the first structures built under his direction was the Post Hospital, completed in 1869 and noted for its classical design and Palladian influences. First Lt. William C. Gorgas began studies that led to the discovery of the source of yellow fever while he was based here in 1883.
Post Hospital is a historical marker in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1965. 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 25.8987, -97.4922 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Post Hospital Annex (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Launching Site of First U.S. Army Warplane, Fort Brown Reservation, and Fort Brown, Buildings 85 and 86.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061004086. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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