Noah Cox Balcony - Roma Texas
by Debra Martz
Title
Noah Cox Balcony - Roma Texas
Artist
Debra Martz
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Noah Cox Balcony - Roma Texas by Debra Martz In 1853, Swedish immigrant, John Vale built this two story house at the southern end of the Roma Texas historic Plaza with views to the Rio Grande. Noah Cox purchased the property in 1856 and operated a mercantile store on the first floor, while utilizing the upstairs as a residence. Originally the structure had a flat roof but was converted to a hipped roof in the 1880s. The front elevation had finely carved sandstone with classical details on the cornice. Portions of the stone wall that enclosed the property still remain.
The following info from City of Roma www.cityofroma.net/about.html
In November 1993, the 9-square block area around Roma Plaza was designated a National Historic Landmark District, the highest designation for historic properties in the U.S. Tracing its roots to the Spanish Colonial Colonists in the 1760's, Roma contains physical reminders of over two centuries of Texas/Mexico borderlands heritage. Roma's early history is rooted in the Spanish colonial period. In 1746, Jose de Escandon received permission from the Spanish Crown to colonize Nuevo Santander, which extended from the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Gulf of Mexico and from the rainforest of Tamaulipas northward beyond the Rio Grande. By 1753,Escandon had founded the towns of Camargo, Reynosa, Revilla and Mier south of the Rio Grande and Dolores on the north bank. Followed by Laredo in 1755. The Roma National Historic Landmark District contains over 30 structures built before 1900. Each is a monument to the courageous, pioneering spirit of Spanish Colonial and Mexican settlers and the decades of subsequent prosperity as an important commercial center for this area of the Texas/Mexico borderlands.
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