Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-13
SPANISH TYPE
IS FAVORED IN
HOME BUILDING
Shacks and Jacals of
Old Days Give Way
to New Era Of Beau
tiful Structures

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representing the most modern archi-
tectural types. with the interiors fin
isned and furnished % meet every
demand for convenience, utility and
comfort, have been erected IN the ur-
ban and rural sections Of the Valley
the past year.
No part OF the United States has
witnessed an erz OF home building on
q more extensive scale. Records Of
all former years have been broken,
and the demand for homes IS as great
today throughout the Valley as il
was q year ago. Building activities,
which for several months centered
largely N the constitution OF new
business houses, hotels and similar
structures, are now largely devoted
70 home building, and the Valley has
become in reality . homeland.
In every village, town and city
scores Of new homes have been erect
ed, and throughout the rural sections
beautiful homes have replaced the
old structures Of the early pioneers.
The adobe hut and palm-thatched
Jacal, which e generation Rg0 were
almost the only h~abitati0ns outside
the urban centers, have disappeared,
and the frame structures Of the early
developers are rapidly disappearing
or being remodeled. Magnificent
Spanish type bungalows, a type Of
architecture particularly suiteo 70
the Valley climate. are replacing the
'dobe hut. jacnl and early frame
houses. In their setting Of citrus
fruit orchards. brosd lawns, palms,
roses and other ornamentals they
present a picture Of beauty, comfort
and happiness. a scene that cannot
be duplicated outside the Lower Rio
Grande Valley.
Represent Large Investment
Millions of dollars have been in
vested in Valley homes the past year,
and additional millions will be SINH
larry invested during the coming
year. Throughout the entire VAL
ley the BODYBUILDING wave has left
in its wake scores of homes which
are representative Of the rapidly
awakening consciousness Of the VAL
ley people to the Valleys opportun-
tiles for heautification-homes ~
Spanish. Aztec, old English, colonial
types. All Of which are well adapted
20 Valley climatic conditions.
In an Valley cities the residential
areas have been extended. and sew
aral 81 the larger cities have been
compelled to extend their limits n
order 10 include these new areas.
Home building has maintained q pace
without parallel IN the history of The
Valley or the Southwest, and the
tyne Of structures erected Is lndi-
rstive % the home builders faith
III the Valley and their desire TO Sc
cure In their homes al the beauties
and comforts which the Valleys un-
xivaled climate makes possible.
Along the valley main street"
from Brownsville 70 Mission, hun
dreds OF new homes now occupy sites
which a year ago were brushland or
devoted 70 staple crops, and home
building has been extended 10 all
other roads and by-ways IN the Val
lev. The highway program now I'M
derway is expected 20 be followed by
the erection Of hundreds Of homes,
and builders predict that every paved
highway in the Valley viii eventually
= street, bordered BY beautiful resi-
dences Of Valley farmers and those
employed in the various cities and
towns who desire TO make their homes
in the most c~ongenial surroundings
in what are now the rural districts
OF the Valley.
Spanish Type Preferred
One fact that has been demon
strated IN connection with the home
building activities OF the past year
han been the Vallev-wide preference
for the Spanish type Of architecture.
This, il n claimed. is most adapted 20
Valley r0nditions-eo0l during the
summcr months. warm during such
chilly periods "a may descend upon
the Valley during the winter; offer
ing opportunities for ventilation,
convenience and comfort that can be
surpassed IN no other architecture.
The majority az residences erected
the past two years have been OF the
Spanish type. The colored stucco
walls, archcd vcrandas, flat roof,
large windows and commod GUS in
t~eriors are features OF this type
which have n strong appeal 70 the
Valley home builder. II is especially
effective when il hss n tropical set
ting Of palms, citrus fruit trees, CO.
roma and hourainvilla vines. and sim
liar ornamentals. all Of which serve
TO create a background that makes
the home dolbly attractive.
The Aztec type is IN many respects
similar to the Spanish, as Is also the
Italian villa architecture. which has
found considerable favor IN the
brownsville sect on. These are all
we'll adapted 20 THE Valley climate
ana offer IT. f0r very e.
fective identification.
With the increasing demand for