This week, I had the inmense pleasure of touring the original State National Bank built in the 1920s in downtown Brownsville. Serving on the Come Build, Come Dream board of directors has been an enriching experience because of the organization’s mission to...
In the late 1990s and early 21st century, my husband and I owned a tour company and a vintage trolley which I used to provide guided tours of Harlingen, Texas. One of my favorite buildings in town, perhaps my number one, is the original Harlingen High School currently...
I wrote this article a few months back for the Rio Grande Guardian and I thought it would be appropriate to post here on our site because a recent post of a house soon to be demolished in Brownsville has generated a lot of interest. It is a surmountable effort on the...
This post was written by Architecture Historian Stephen Fox on May 3, 2020 for RGVMod In May 2020 demolition is imminent for an exceptional example of the mid-twentieth-century neo-Border Brick architectural style, the Pearl Milor and J. Kendall Hert House in the...
Architecture Gustavo Peña House Brownsville, TX Year Built – 195? Architects – Caudill Rowlet Scott This house located on 37 S. Coria St. was built for Mr. Gustavo Peña father of Federico Fabian Peña; an American attorney who was the United States...
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