[Stone Ranch House]

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Photograph of a "casa mayor" that was built in the 1840s at Rancho San Fransisco in Zapata County. The hipped tin roof was added in the 1950's to protect the house from damage which could be caused by heavy rains in the area. There are stone "bancas" around the house and "troneras" (gunports) by each door and in the center of the facing wall.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999 Creation Date: Unknown.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2016 and was provided by the Texas A&M University Kingsville to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 28 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Photograph of a "casa mayor" that was built in the 1840s at Rancho San Fransisco in Zapata County. The hipped tin roof was added in the 1950's to protect the house from damage which could be caused by heavy rains in the area. There are stone "bancas" around the house and "troneras" (gunports) by each door and in the center of the facing wall.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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pg. 31, #2

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Rescuing Texas History, 2016

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  • June 8, 2018, 6:11 a.m.

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  • Oct. 23, 2018, 6:59 p.m.

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Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999. [Stone Ranch House], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1010931/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas A&M University Kingsville.

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