{"nrhp_refnum":"02000911","name":"Mission Citrus Growers Union Packing Shed","other_names":["Edinburg Citrus Association","Growers Select Produce packing Shed"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"824 W. Business TX 83","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mission","county":"Hidalgo County","state":"TX","lat":26.215689148000052,"lon":-98.33230751270392,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Commerce","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one- to two-story fruit packing plant at 824 West Business Highway 83 in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, built in 1944 by the Mission Citrus Growers Union with a double-arched Lamella roof. Two newer auxiliary buildings are attached.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare, highly intact example of a double Lamella timber roof, a structural system once common for warehouses and agricultural plants in South Texas. It also reflects Mission's dependence on citrus and the growth of agricultural cooperatives in the 1930s and 1940s. It was built during World War II under a permit exempting food production from rationing, and it is the only historic packing shed in Mission still used for its original purpose.","narrative":"This fruit packing plant on West Business Highway 83 in Mission, Texas, was built in 1944 for the Mission Citrus Growers Union, a cooperative of local citrus growers. The main building measures 200 by 180 feet and has yellow structural clay tile walls, concrete loading platforms and a double-arched Lamella roof made of short wooden boards bolted into interlocking diamonds. Nossier Lumber Company built it, and H. B. Swedlund served as contractor. Construction was allowed during wartime rationing because food production was considered essential. The cooperative closed in 1962 after freezes, merged with the Edinburg Citrus Association in 1966, and the shed was closed after the 1983 freeze. It was rehabilitated in 1995 for packing produce. It was listed for its link to Mission's citrus economy and cooperatives and for its engineering. It is described as the only known double-Lamella packing shed in the Lower Rio Grande Valley still in its original use, with two newer, noncontributing buildings attached.","period_of_significance":"1944-1952","architect_builder":"Nossier, Edwin; Nossier Lumber Company; Swedlund, H. B. Jr., Contractor","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used for agricultural processing (fruit and vegetable packing); rehabilitated in 1995 after sitting vacant from the 1983 closure until 1991.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.61044-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/9695/40969589/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/02000911.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000911/bd85452926-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000911/bd85452926-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Onleal91","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_Citrus_Growers_Union_Packing_Shed.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Onleal91</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_Citrus_Growers_Union_Packing_Shed.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969589","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Citrus_Growers_Union_Packing_Shed","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6878553"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/hidalgo-county/mission-citrus-growers-union-packing-shed-02000911/"}