Brazos (South Padre Island) Station House
Open to the public
Currently used as a(n) Marine Research Facility
The Brazos (South Padre Island) Station House was built in 1924 (at 2nd site)
This Gulf Station House was designed by Victor Mindeleff
Station closed in 1974 at this site and moved to a new location. Station house survives and was acquired in 1987 by the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. It is the UTB/TSC South Padre Island Center and houses marine biology laboratories.
Station house contains coastal and marine, hydrology, and marine biology laboratories.
Information
Open to the public - By Appointment
5 Wallace Reed Road
South Padre Island TX 78597
Owner Information
The University of Texas at Brownsville
Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences
80 Fort Brown
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 882-6691
[email protected]
http://blue.utb.edu/chemenv/Resources/Env_Sci_Labs.htm
If you have questions, please contact:
Nora Castro
Department Secretary