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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.
Brown Hotel is a historical marker in Chico, Wise County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 91 historical markers documented in Wise County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 162 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2951, -97.7949 near Chico. The nearest cataloged historic site is Siddons-Barnes Log Cabin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Brown, J. T., Hotel, Hanna-Robinson-Richey Drugstore, and First Baptist Church of Chico.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5497000531. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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