Solo Café
Solo Café102 West Murphy Street Originally constructed as a residence, Tomas Valadez purchased the building ca. 1937 and opened the Solo Café. The building provided a meeting place for black Alpine residents, through the support of Mr. Valadez, at a time
James Lafarelle Home
James Lafarelle Home108 East Avenue F This house was built sometime before 1900 and appears in a 1902 photo with a white stucco exterior at a time when few south side houses had stucco exteriors. James Lafarelle, born in England, came
Mexican Methodist Church
Mexican Methodist Church209 South Sixth Street This house was originally built of adobe ca. 1900 and can be seen in a 1902 photo of the city where it then faced onto F Street. It was the Mexican Methodist Church fromthe 1930s
Scales Home
Scales Home 310 East Sul Ross Avenue Mr. Shirley Scales and his wife Lettie, who came to Alpine in 1911, purchased this house prior to 1920 and owned it for many years. Mr. Scales established the Kandy Kitchen, a confectionary store,
T. Franklin Skevington Home
This house was purchased by T. Franklin Skevington in the late 1920s. Skevington owned the Highway Service Garage and was the Alpine City Secretary in the late 1920s and again from 1942 to his death in 1946. His wife, Lona,