| Marker Number |
531 |
| Atlas Number |
5497000531 |
| Marker Title |
Brown Hotel |
| Index Entry |
Brown Hotel |
| Address |
Decatur St. |
| City |
Chico |
| County |
Wise |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
612204 |
| UTM Northing |
3684462 |
| Subject Codes |
inns, hotels, motels |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Decatur Street, one block east of square -Chico |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
Colonel J.T. Brown founded town of Chico in 1876; built this hotel 1888. In ceremony on hotel porch, Governor Charles A. Culberson pardoned Brown for his part in an 1895 fight fatality. Banker-tenant R. Lee Morris owned Brown Hotel from 1908 to 1965. |
