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*Rio RV Park*
Brownsville, Texas
Historic Brownsville

Fifth Street Area Tour

Several notable historic homes are found on this street or nearby. Fifth Street is the last of the two-way streets within the Original Townsite; from Sixth Street onwards the traffic flows on one-way streets.

Celaya / Creager Residence

441 E. Washington (NR) 1912. This Classical Revival structure features massive Greek columns at the front entrance.

Fernandez / Bollack Residence

405 E. Washington (P) 1912. This large house was built for Mrs. Juanita Champion Fernandez after the deather of her husband, Jose Fernandez. A native of Spain, Fernandez was a prosperous Brownsville entrepreneur whose holdings included large coffee plantations near Varacruz, Mexico

Kowalski / Dennett Residence

507 E. Elizabeth (RTHL) 1893. Build for Louis and Amelia Kowalski, this Victorian residence was designed by Brownsville architect S.W. Brooks.

Sacred Heart Church

612 E. Elizabeth (P) 1912. This Gothic Revival structure features twin towers that flank the central entrance on E. Elizabeth Street. Note the elaborate capitals on top of the Corinthian stone columns at the entrance gallery.

Rock / Gomez Residence

500 E. Levee (P) 1900. A fine example of Spanish Colonial residential architecture.

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Keys:
(NR) National Register of Historic Places
(RTHL) Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
(P) Primary Local Site - Brownsville Heritage Plan
(HABS) Historic American Building Survey

NOTE: Most, if not all of the residences listed are privately owned. Please respect private property and restrict your viewing of these sites to locations on the (publicly owned) sidewalk.

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Rio RV Park
8801 Boca Chica Blvd.
Brownsville, TX 78521
Phone: 956-831-4653 or 800-776-1895
Fax: 956-831-0147

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