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|   Mission Historical Museum, Mission, Texas
in History Museums Inside this museum is a mish-mash of historical items - popular teachers, local sports heroes, Miss Citrus gowns, Pancho Villa (even though he never set foot in Mission), and a model of a Jacal and a steamboat. More interesting is the adjacent art museum. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/8/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.4 km |  Shary, John, Building - Mission, Texas
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This Spanish Colonial Revival office building, designed by San Antonio architect Harvey F. Smith, was built in 1939. It is mostly in its original condition. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/8/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.4 km |  Shary Building
in Texas Historical Markers This Spanish Colonial Revival office building, designed by San Antonio architect Harvey F. Smith, was built in 1939. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.4 km | The Border Theater in Texas Historical Markers This theater, designed by Dallas architect William J. Moore, was built in 1942. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.4 km | Border Theater - Mission, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Designed in 1942 by Dallas architect William J. Moore for a small theater chain, the 500-seat Pueblo Revival Border Theater features fluorescent murals along its interior walls. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/5/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.4 km |  TIC - Mission, Texas
in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers This ‘Visitors Center’ is really a Chamber of Commerce. There are a handful of brochures, and the staff tries to be helpful, but they really don’t have much knowledge of the area. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.7 km | Teatro la Paz - Mission, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Away from the main commercial area, on a quiet residential block, Spanish immigrant Juan Bautista Babera designed this Mission Revival theater to serve the city’s Hispanic community in 1912. It was a cultural center but now appears to be for sale. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/11/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.7 km | Rio Theater in Texas Historical Markers Teatro La Paz was built in 1912 by a Spanish bricklayer, Juan Bautista Barbera. In 1945, the name was changed to the Rio Theater. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/26/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.9 km |  Rio Theater Mission Texas
in Live Stage Theaters The Rio Theater was built in 1912 by Spanish emigrant Juan Bautista Barbera as a brick building originally named El Teatro La Paz posted by: capbat location: Texas date listed: 2/16/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryS8.9 km | Lomita Boulevard Commercial Historic District - Mission, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The district stretches along four blocks of Conway (Lomita) Blvd., from 4th St. to the Missouri Pacific Railroad. With most development ending in 1952, it’s one of the few remaining examples of an early 20th-century commercial district in the Valley. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/11/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS9 km | Roosevelt School Auditorium and Classroom Addition - Mission, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Not only were Texas schools segregated by race, they were also segregated by ethnicity, especially in the Valley. This 1929 Mission Revival school, designed by J.E. Walsh, was built for Mission’s Mexican community. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 5/11/2008 last visited: never |
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|  Bicycle World of the Valley Fitness Systems - McAllen, Texas
in Bicycle Shops There are only three bike shops in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, in Brownsville, Harlingen and McAllen - all outlets of Bicycle World. So if you need your bike fixed, this is where you are headed. Only downside is that they are all closed Sundays. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/24/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE10.1 km |  McAllen Nature Center, McAllen, Texas
in Municipal Parks and Plazas The Nature Center was developed as part of the World Birding Center and now seems to be abandoned. The signs say it’s open, but the gate is always closed and locked. Inside are peaceful trails and a cactus garden. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 12/4/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE10.6 km |  10th & Jonquil, McAllen, Texas
in Starbucks Stores Easy Starbucks to stop at while biking or walking between caches in McAllen. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/23/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE11.6 km |  Vietnam War Memorial, Veterans Memorial Park, McAllen, TX, USA
in Vietnam War Memorials Vietnam War memorial with a dedication to the 3,415 Texans who lost their lives in the war as well as a section dedicated to the 173rd Airborne Brigade (Separate). There are several other memorials located in this park. posted by: HANSENNI location: Texas date listed: 1/18/2010 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.1 km | Miller, Sam and Marjorie, House - McAllen, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places There aren’t many Tudors in the Rio Grande Valley, and there isn’t much history in McAllen. That produces this listing - a 1937 Tudor home designed by architects Harry Biggers and Jack Langley built for Sam Miller. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.1 km | Sam and Marjorie Miller House in Texas Historical Markers This Tudor home was built in 1937, designed by Robert Vogler. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/29/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.1 km |  Downtown McAllen - McAllen, Texas
in Murals At the north edge of downtown McAllen is this mural of different streetscapes on the rear of several buildings, looking all 3-D.
posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/25/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Casa de Palmas - McAllen, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The plans for this Spanish Revival hotel, designed by architect M.L. Waller in 1918, were seen as intrinsic to the development of McAllen. The hotel has been both expanded and restored, and is now part of Marriott’s Renaissance Hotels chain. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Casa de Palmas in Texas Historical Markers This hotel was built in 1918, burnt in 1973, and was then rebuilt. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Site of Casa de Palmas in Texas Historical Markers This marker has a brief history of McAllen. The Casa de las Palmas hotel was built in 1918, after an influx of soldiers sent to protect the border. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Archer Park, McAllen, Texas in Municipal Parks and Plazas Between the Casas de las Palmas Hotel and the Visitor’s Center lies Archer Park, with its fountain and unusual gazebo. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 12/4/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Cine el Rey - McAllen, Texas in U.S. National Register of Historic Places This 1947 theater, designed by W.E. Crawford, is typical of small-town theaters built throughout Texas, but with a twist. It was built as McAllen’s ‘Mexican Theater’ - the films were shown in Spanish for the city's burgeoning Mexican community. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.2 km | Archer Park in Texas Historical Markers Archer Park, near the center of McAllen, was donated to the city in 1917 by the mayor. For thirteen years, McAllen's library was located underneath the park's bandstand. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 11/20/2007 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE12.4 km | TIC - McAllen, Texas in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers If you follow the ‘Visitor’s Center’ signs in McAllen, you’ll end-up here, at the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. There is a plethora of touristy brochures, but the Chamber’s primary purpose is to help and promote small businesses. posted by: JimmyEv location: Texas date listed: 3/21/2008 last visited: never |
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