Architecture Month: November 2019 Edinburg, TX Year Built – 1954 Architects – R. Newell Waters In 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...
Architecture Mid-Century Modern Weslaco, TX Year Built – 1951 Architects – R. Newell Waters, William C. Baxter, John F. Ring, Associates Text and Photos – Stephen Fox Grace Church, Weslaco, 1951, R. Newell Waters Comparable to the streamlined...
Architecture Mid-Century Modern San Benito, TX Year Built – 1959 Architects – Bowman, Swanson & Hiester Address – 250 N. Crockett Street, San Benito, TX The church was built in 1959 and designed by the architecture firm of Bowman, Swanson &...
Architecture Religious & Public Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Year Built – 1937-40 Architects – Arq. Alfredo Hurtado Serrano Text and Photo – Stephen Fox During the administration of Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas (from 1934 to 1940), the...
Architecture Religious & Public McAllen, TX Year Built – 1967 Architects – Julio Rafael Guerra During the 1960s, the architectural profession in the Valley began slowly to reflect the demographics of south Texas. In 1956, Julio Rafael Guerra of McAllen...
Architecture Religious & Public Matamoros Year Built – 1963 Architects -Mario Pani, Hilario Galguera Text and Photos – Stephen Fox During a recent lecture for the Lower Rio Grande Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Stephen Fox...
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