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Clarke & Courts Building

Clarke & Courts Building

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXYear Built - 1951 Architects - Cocke, Bowman & York Text and Photos - Stephen FoxAn example of Cocke, Bowman & York’s ingenious pragmatism is the Clarke & Courts Building in downtown Harlingen of 1951. Rather than conventional brick-framed...

Los Vecinos

Los Vecinos

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXYear Built - 1953 Architects - Cocke, Bowman & YorkWhen Cocke, Bowman & York designed housing for a predominantly Mexican-American community in Harlingen, it was Los Vecinos of 1953, a 150-unit public housing complex built by the Harlingen...

Darling-Mouser Funeral Home

Darling-Mouser Funeral Home

ArchitectureBrownsville, TXYear Built - 1966 Architects - Robert E. VeltenIn Brownsville, Robert E. Velten, son of the Brownsville builder W. A. Velten, began practice in 1959. Velten’s Darling-Mouser Funeral Home of 1966 explored the use of folded plate...