Details for McGill Brothers Building

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5249003294

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Marker Number 3294
Atlas Number 5249003294
Marker Title McGill Brothers Building
Index Entry McGill Brothers Building
Address 66 S. Wright St.
City Alice
County Jim Wells
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 591227
UTM Northing 3069803
Subject Codes ranches/ranching; buildings; Mission Revival (Architectural style); businesses
Marker Year 1994
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location South Texas Museum, S. Wright St., E side between E. Main and San Diego streets
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text Mississippi native J. W. McGill and his wife Lydia (Abell) reared two sons, James Claude (1873-1935) and H. Frank (1883-1952). The McGill brothers attended school in Flatonia, Fayette County, Texas. In 1904 Claude McGill established small ranches in Fayette and Nueces counties. In 1911 he and his brother Frank formed a partnership and in 1916 they purchased the Santa Rosa Ranch in Kenedy County, Texas. Frank married Annie Lake in 1905 and Claude married Eva Rowland in 1922. Both families settled in Alice, Texas. The McGill brothers helped organize Jim Wells County and were active members of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Claude served as vice-president of the association in 1935; Frank served as president in 1936. The McGill brothers became prominent south Texas ranchers and noted experts in the cattle business. Frank built this structure in 1941 to provide offices for the family ranching operations. According to family tradition the building was patterned after San Antonio's Alamo Museum which had impressed Frank during a visit in 1940. The building exhibits Greek influences and features a distinctive corbelled stone parapet. In 1975 heirs of the McGill brothers donated this building to the South Texas Museum Corporation. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1994

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