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Mansion Finds New Mission In McAllen

The 10,000-square-foot Quinta Mazatlan is an iconic home in McAllen. It attracts 80,000 visitors yearly to its grounds.

A walk into Quinta Mazatlan takes patrons into a visual and architectural history of McAllen. It was on this 80-acre site over eight decades ago that adventurer and writer Jason Chilton Matthews built one of the larger adobe homes in Texas. The 10,000-square-foot home stands tall today with a regal dignity overlooking an estate of lush green habitat. Quinta Mazatlan is one part an architectural wonder in how the Spanish…

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