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Post Hospital Annex

Brownsville, Cameron County

Marker Text

Completed in 1869 during the rebuilding of Fort Brown by Captain William Alonzo Wainwright, the Post Hospital Annex (also known as the Medical Laboratory), was constructed to house personnel assigned to work in the nearby Post Hospital. A finely crafted, classically influenced building, it subsequently was used as a medical laboratory, for storage purposes, and as a dispensary.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Admin. Bldg., Campos of Texas, Southmost College, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville.
Marker # 4087
Dedicated 1962
Size, Type 16" x 12" Plate & Medallion
Code BG; forts; HO; RV
Latitude, Longitude 25.897366, -97.492238

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