Ice House
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Cuero Pecan House (Ice House)
c. 1920. 104 SW Railroad St.
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(The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)
Clad in corrugated-metal siding, the two-story Pecan House was originally built as an ice warehouse. The unusual eared detailing at the top of the wall facing the train tracks makes this one of the best “decorated sheds” in the area.
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Location: Cuero, TexasRegional Overviews:Types:Styles:no metadata availableMaterials:
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Gerald Moorhead et al., "Cuero Pecan House (Ice House)", [Cuero, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-SF29.
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Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 196-196.
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