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Home of Chas. Stillman

Texas Historic Landmark - Home of Chas. Stillman
 

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

 
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Home of Chas. Stillman, ship owner, merchant, rancher, who came to Brazos Santiago in 1828 and in 1849-50 founded City of Brownsville in old Espiritu Santo Land Grant. Built about 1850 for his bride, Elizabeth Goodrich, of Connecticut. Has separate kitchen, cisterns, carriage house, patio typical of pre-Civil War architecture.


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