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- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Horn-Vincent-Russell Estate". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
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- ↑ "Architect Dies". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. October 27, 1938. p. 14. Retrieved October 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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