A jungle-like setting hides the house from the busy thoroughfare. Colley further shielded the interior with a pair of blank buff brick walls at the front elevation that seemingly slide past each other. Two sizeable sloped-roof clerestories protrude from flat roofs to brighten the inside.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "John Stahl House", [McAllen, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-MR10.
Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 296-296.
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