First Brick Building on Square

This Victorian brick building was built in 1892 by grocer J.C. Thompson using brick from Calavaros Kiln near Elmendorf. Its upstairs held the law office of Lon C. Hill in 1892, before he later founded Harlingen, and afterward the second floor housed the Beeville Light Guard armory. Acquired in 1910 by Eureka Telephone Company, it served as communications headquarters for Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company from 1912 to 1920, and then for Southwestern Bell until 1957. It was restored in 1957 for the law offices of John N. Barnhart.

Beeville, Texas · United States