Samuel Wallace Brooks

Samuel Wallace Brooks (1829-February 15, 1903) was an American architect and engineer. His later career was in Brownsville, Texas.[1] The home he built for himself, Samuel Brooks House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Ohio as a child.[1] He lived in New Orleans before the American Civil War. In 1863 he moved to Matamoros in Tamaulipas where he lived until 1878, when he relocated across the Rio Grande to Brownsville, Texas.[1] He designed the Post Hospital at Fort Brown.[2] He was involved in levee building.[1]

A historical marker commemorates the history of the S. W. Brooks Residence.[3] It is at 623 East St. Charles Street in Brownsville.[4]

He filed a patent for an improvement on machines making paving stones.[5]

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has a collection of documents related to Brooks.[6] It was moved in 1987.[7]

Works

  • Post Hospital at 1825 May Street in Brownsville[2]
  • Second Starr County Courthouse (1886)[8]
  • Louis Kowalski House (1893) at 507 East Elizabeth Street[9] Benjamin Kowalski served as mayor of Brownsville (List of mayors of Brownsville, Texas)
  • Browne-Wagner House at 245 East Saint Charles Street
  • Church of the Advent in Brownsville (1877), demolished[1]
  • Josephine G. Browne house (1894) in Brownsville[1]
  • Frank B. Armstrong house (1896) in Brownsville, demolished[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Association, Texas State Historical. "Samuel W. Brooks: Pioneer Architect and Builder in South Texas". Texas State Historical Association.
  2. ^ a b Shah, Pino; Fox, Stephen (September 14, 2017). Architecture of the Lower Rio Grande Valley: An Introduction. ArtByPino.com. ISBN 978-0-9979984-2-9 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "S.W. Brooks Residence Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
  4. ^ https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/NR/pdfs/88002530/88002530.pdf
  5. ^ "Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office for ...: 1871, October 24". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 7, 1871 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "People Saving Places - SW Brooks". omeka.utrgv.edu.
  7. ^ Shah, Pino; Mattei, Eileen (March 22, 2020). Brownsville Architecture: A Visual History. ArtByPino.com. ISBN 978-1-948049-05-4 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Monuments of Justice: Starr County Courthouse". December 2013.
  9. ^ Kearney, Milo; Knopp, Anthony K.; Zavaleta, Antonio (September 7, 1995). "Studies in Brownsville & Matamoros History". University of Texas at Brownsville – via Google Books.
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