File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Bill Engdahl for Hedrich-Blessing, Photographers, February, 1979 GENERAL OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR. - Fort Brown, Medical Laboratory, May Street HABS TEX,31-BROWN,10B-9.tif

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Bill Engdahl for Hedrich-Blessing, Photographers, February, 1979 GENERAL OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR. - Fort Brown, Medical Laboratory, May Street and Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX
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Historic American Buildings Survey, Bill Engdahl for Hedrich-Blessing, Photographers, February, 1979 GENERAL OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR. - Fort Brown, Medical Laboratory, May Street and Gorgas Drive vicinity, Brownsville, Cameron County, TX
Description
Gorgas, William Crawford
Depicted place Texas; Cameron County; Brownsville
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS TEX,31-BROWN,10B-9
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Fort Brown Medical Laboratory was built in 1867. It is a good example of a utilitarian, permanent military structure built from local materials. William Crawford Gorgas, Surgeon General of the United States Army, and noted for his research on yellow fever which earned him world-wide fame, was stationed at Fort Brown from 1882 to 1884, and possibly worked in this building during his tour of duty there.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-91
  • Survey number: HABS TX-3279
  • Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000811.
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