Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
Built 1978. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | 6.3 mi. N of Brownsville at jct. of FR 1847 and 511, Brownsville, TX |
| County | Cameron County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Listed for | Military |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 66000812 |
| Built | 1978 · more from the 1970s |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 6.3 mi. N of Brownsville at jct. of FR 1847 and 511, Brownsville, TX |
| Coordinates | 26.0203° N, 97.4498° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Brownsville | 31 listed places in Brownsville → · walking tour → |
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Map
Nearby in Cameron County
Public land around it
| Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | About 1 mile away100,892 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site listed on the National Register?
Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site built?
1978.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site?
6.3 mi. N of Brownsville at jct. of FR 1847 and 511, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000812. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.