Historical Marker
Home of Charles Stillman, 1810-1875
Historical marker location:
Brownsville, Texas
( 1305 E. Washington Street, Brownsville.)
Marker installed: 1936
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.