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Casa Amarilla was a railway station in the district of La Boca, Buenos Aires, built and operated by the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway. Its name was inspired on Irish Admiral William Brown's house, built in the same district and painted in yellow. Brown was one of the heroes of Argentine War of Independence leading the Argentine Navy.HistoryIn 1812, William Brown (who had arrived to the Río de la Plata three years later) bought a field in La Boca district at the South of Buenos Aires city. On those fields he built a house on Martín García Avenue. He moved there with his family in 1813 and the house would be soon nicknamed Casa Amarilla (Yellow House) because of its color. In 1857 the Buenos Aires Province Legislature promulgated Law N° 147 that granted a concession to build a railway from Buenos Aires to Ensenada in La Plata Partido.The works were carried out by Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway (BA&EP) that made its inaugural trip on September 1, 1865, with a 5-km length. It started in Central Station, placed along with Casa Rosada, running over Paseo Colón through a viaduct until it deviated to Casa Amarilla before crossing Riachuelo to Ensenada.