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Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed

Coordinates: 26°12′56″N 98°19′56″W / 26.21556°N 98.33222°W / 26.21556; -98.33222
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Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed is located in Texas
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed is located in the United States
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed
Location824 W. Bus. US 83, Mission, Texas
Coordinates26°12′56″N 98°19′56″W / 26.21556°N 98.33222°W / 26.21556; -98.33222
Area4.5 acres (1.8 ha)
Built1944 (1944)
Built byNossier Lumber Company
ArchitectEdwin Nossier
MPSMission, Hidalgo County MPS
NRHP reference No.02000911[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 30, 2002

The Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed in Mission, Texas, also known as Edinburg Citrus Association and as Growers Select Produce Packing Shed, is a historic packing house. It was built in 1944. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

It was "organized and promoted" by John H. Shary, a grower and developer who first came to the area in 1911.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Anne Malanka and Terri Myers (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic and Architectural Resources of Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas". National Park Service.