Cueto Building (La Nueva Libertad)

A fine example of late Nineteenth Century South Texas commercial architecture, this building was constructed in 1893 to house the expanding grocery and mercantile, retail and wholesale business of Don Andres Cueto (1862-1927), a native of Spain. "La Nueva Libertad," as the business was known, included a retail store, storerooms, a carriage house, and domed brick bakery ovens. Prominent features of the building include its corbelled brick cornice and parapet. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1985

Cueto Building (La Nueva Libertad) is a historical marker in Brownsville, Cameron County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Cameron County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 194 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 25.9027, -97.4945 near Brownsville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Webb-Martinez House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Immaculate Conception Church, Immaculate Conception Cathedral, and Cameron County Courthouse of 1883-1914.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061001128. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.