ArchitectureSan Benito, TXArchitects - Alan Y. TaniguchiOne of Taniguchi designed houses in San Benito. It sits on large property adjacent to a beautiful resaca.
Mid-Century Modern
Shaped Like no Other Packing Plant in the World!
ArchitectureRancho Viejo, TXYear Built - 1961 Architects - Alan Y. Taniguchi and Charles CroftAlan Taniguchi and his partner Charles Croft were especially identified with the use of thin shell technology in the Valley. Their House of Mo-Rose citrus packing shed of...
Eugene Darby, Jr., House
ArchitecturePharr, TXYear Built - 1965 Architects - Max Edwin Burkhart, Jr. Text and Photo - Stephen FoxAfter 1960, a new generation of architects began to emerge in Valley. Max Edwin Burkhart, Jr., a native of Iowa who grew up in Alamo and San Juan, produced such...
City Hall in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
ArchitectureNuevo Laredo, MexicoYear Built - 1937-40 Architects - Arq. Alfredo Hurtado Serrano Text and Photo - Stephen FoxDuring the administration of Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas (from 1934 to 1940), the long-neglected Tamaulipas border became the focus of...
Mercedes Civic Center
ArchitectureMercedes, TXYear Built - 1960 Architects - Gene P. Hobart Text and Photos - Stephen FoxAnother of the young generation of architects, Gene P. Hobart of Mercedes, like Taniguchi a native of California, suspended a folded plate concrete roof system from...
McAllen State Bank Building
ArchitectureTexasville, TXYear Built - 1961 Architects - Cowell & Neuhaus, David Haid Associates Text and Photos - Stephen FoxThis building has lost its architectural greatness, so we have added this article under the “Lifestyles” menu of RGVMOD. We find this building...
Commercial Building in McAllen
ArchitectureMcAllen, TX
McAllen Civic Center
ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1958 Architects - Zeb Rike & Associates, J. B. Hancock; Caudill Rowlett Scott, consulting architects Text and Photos - Stephen FoxThe Fort Brown Memorial Center touched off an architectural competition among Valley cities. McAllen...
Narro-Sánchez Clinic
ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1958 Architects - John G. York & AssociatesDr. Narro also commissioned York to design the Narro-Sánchez Clinic in McAllen of 1958, which featured an abstract tile mural by the artist Shirley Voekrodt.
Wilson’s Funeral Home
ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1960 Architects - Merle A. Simpson Text and Photo - Stephen FoxMerle Simpson described the buildings he, York, Taniguchi, and other Valley architects designed–such as Simpson’s Wilson’s Funeral Chapel in McAllen of 1960—as examples...