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References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Pittman Light, Patsy (2008). Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodríguez. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 102–104. ISBN 9781585446100.
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