Marker Number |
2531 |
Atlas Number |
5061002531 |
Marker Title |
Home of Charles Stillman, 1810-1875 |
Index Entry |
Stillman, Charles, Home of |
Address |
|
City |
Brownsville |
County |
Cameron |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
650364 |
UTM Northing |
2865830 |
Subject Codes |
houses, residential buildings;business topics, general |
Marker Year |
1936 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
Marker Location |
1305 E. Washington Street, Brownsville. |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
Marker Text |
Brownsville home of Charles Stillman, 1810-1875; founder of Brownsville and partner in firm of M. Kenedy and Company, which opened the Rio Grande to steamboat navigation and controlled much of the commerce of Northern Mexico, 1848-1868. This house, erected about 1850, was the birthplace of James Stillman, President of the National City Bank of New York, 1891-1909. |