This is one of the earliest buildings in Roma, with its major facade oriented to the river cliffs. The flat-roofed, rectangular house is highlighted by pairs of surviving solid wood casement windows, and plastered remnants along its window surrounds painted in cobalt blue, a color traditional in northern Mexico.
Gerald Moorhead et al., "Filomeno Góngora House", [Roma, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-SM17.
Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 285-285.
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