Brownsville in Cameron County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Post Hospital Annex

Photographed By James Hulse, April 19, 2023

1. Post Hospital Annex Marker

Inscription. 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. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962

Erected 1962 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 4087.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1869.

Location. 25° 53.899′ N, 97° 29.541′ W. Marker is in Brownsville, Texas, in Cameron County. Marker can be reached from May Street, 0.1 miles south of Taylor Avenue. The marker is located back side (East side) of the Champion building on the campus of Texas Southmost College. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brownsville TX 78520, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A different marker also named Post Hospital Annex (a few steps from this marker); Post Hospital (a few steps from this marker); Post Hospital / Hospital Militar (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Commandant's Quarters (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Post Hospital (within shouting distance of this marker); William Crawford Gorgas (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Post Hospital (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Brown Buildings 85 and 86 (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brownsville.

More about this marker. The historic Fort Brown buildings are located around the campus of the Texas Southmost College.

Also see . . . Fort Brown. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Fort Brown, originally called Fort Texas, was established when Zachary Taylor and the United States forces of occupation arrived on the Rio Grande on March 26, 1846, to establish the river as the southern boundary of Texas. In April 1846 Taylor built an earthen fort of 800 yards perimeter, with six bastions, walls more than nine feet high, a parapet of fifteen feet, and the whole surrounded by a ditch fifteen feet deep and twenty
Photographed By James Hulse, April 19, 2023

2. Post Hospital Annex Marker
feet wide. Armament was four eighteen-pound guns. The Seventh Infantry, with Company I of the Second Artillery and Company E, Third Artillery, commanded by Maj. Jacob Brown, garrisoned the fort. Mexican troops led by Mariano Arista intercepted United States troops as they brought supplies from Fort Polk at Point Isabel to Fort Brown, leading to the opening battles of the war, Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, fought on May 8 and 9, 1846. On May 9 Major Brown died from injuries received during the bombardment of the fort by Mexican forces in Matamoros. Shortly after his death he was buried within the fortifications, and the post was named in his honor.

(Submitted on May 12, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The Post Hospital Annex building and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, April 19, 2023

3. The Post Hospital Annex building and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 60 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 12, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.