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Once two separate buildings, the morgue and linen storage
building were joined in 1940 to become an office and storeroom
with an addition to house a garage for an ambulance.
Thanks to the Brownsville Historical Association for sharing
there rare images.
From 1948-1950 it was used by TSC and the
Brownsville Art
League. Then it housed Business Services, Campus Police,
Publications and the mailroom. TSC District Office personnel
use the building now.
A
Surgeon’s Daily Log 1868-69 includes a complaint that a “dead
house” was needed for the Post Hospital which dates the building
closer to 1870 and not 1867 as the historical marker on the
building states.
W.C. Gorgas studied cadavers of Yellow Fever patients in the
taller 12’x12’ section which was the morgue. The section once
used by campus police was the linen storage.
At left was the additional garage section, now
a storage room. You can see the brick in-fill where the
garage door used to be.
The photo at left is the back of the building. The two bottom
photos were taken by Tony Lehmann. Jr. If you want to see
Brownsville's historical buildings, check out his awesome
website!
Read
morgue about Bldg 85 in “The Ghosts of Fort Brown” Check out
the webPAGE.
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