ArchitectureEdinburg, TXYear Built - 1954 Architects - R. Newell WatersIn 1949 R. Newell Waters had hired a young designer from Iowa, Merle A. Simpson, in order to maintain professional currency. Simpson designed the Hidalgo County Courthouse in Edinburg for Waters,...
ArchitectureWeslaco, TXYear Built - 1951 Architects - R. Newell Waters, William C. Baxter, John F. Ring, Associates Text and Photos - Stephen FoxGrace Church, Weslaco, 1951, R. Newell Waters Comparable to the streamlined neocolonial houses of Enrique León de la Barra...
ArchitectureSan Benito, TXYear Built - 1959 Architects - Bowman, Swanson & Hiester Address - 250 N. Crockett Street, San Benito, TXThe church was built in 1959 and designed by the architecture firm of Bowman, Swanson & Hiester of Harlingen. It is no longer a Baptish...
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...
ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1967 Architects - Julio Rafael GuerraDuring the 1960s, the architectural profession in the Valley began slowly to reflect the demographics of south Texas. In 1956, Julio Rafael Guerra of McAllen became the first Mexican American in...
ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1963 Architects -Mario Pani, Hilario Galguera Text and Photos - Stephen FoxDuring a recent lecture for the Lower Rio Grande Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Stephen Fox presented this information about “La...
ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1969 Architects - Mario Pani Text and Photos - Stephen FoxThe Centro Artesanal in Matamoros, built in 1969 in the second phase of PRONAF development, after Mario Pani ceased to be affiliated with PRONAF, was as dramatic in its use of...
ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1941-46, 1953 Architects - Enrique de la Mora e Ing. Armando Ravizé Rodríguez Text and Photos - Stephen FoxBasílica de la Purísima, Monterrey, 1941-46, Arq. Enrique de la Mora e Ing. Armando Ravizé Rodríguez Although proponents of the...
ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1958 Text and Photos - Stephen FoxPani’s plan regulador for Matamoros was consistent with the modernist planning logic of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero. It aimed to transform the edges of a 19th-century Creole city into an exemplar of...
ArchitectureLa Feria, TXThe La Feria Irrigation District Office is located on 402 N. Main St.