National Register of Historic Places

BRITTON-EVANS 'CENTENNIAL' HOUSE
411 NORTH BROADWAY STREET

This house was built by Captain Forbes Britton between 1849 and 1850. Captain Britton and his wife came to Corpus Christi after the Mexican War. One year later, Morris Levey of New Orleans became the owner of the property. During the Civil War in 1862 the house became a Confederate hospital. It was also used as a hospital and officers' mess hall for the Federal Army in 1866, and as a citizen's refuge during desperado and Indian raids during the 1870s. In 1880, George Evans purchased the home and lived there until Southern Mineral Corporation purchased it in 1936. The structure is known as the oldest structure existing in Corpus Christi. The Centennial House is the finest example of masonary classic revival architecture in existence on the Gulf Coast of Texas. It is completely furnished with authentic antiques of the period, First Empire through 1859. Currently, it operates as a museum under the guidance of the Corpus Christi Area Heritage Society.

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