A National and Texas registered historic landmark located in historic downtown, the Villa de Cortez opened in 1928 as a four-story hotel of Spanish design with seventy-five guest rooms and beautiful South Texas courtyard. In 1998, it was renovated completely as an elegant private event venue, retaining its distinguished architecture and continuing the tradition as a premier social establishment. Open in Google Maps.

This Spanish colonial revival style residence, built in 1927, was designed for the Skaggs family by prolific Weslaco architect R. Newell Waters. The house remained in the Skaggs family until 1992 and was recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1993. Now part of the Frontera Audubon complex, the house, native vegetation, and adjoining orchard provide a glimpse of Weslaco's emerging prosperity in the late 1920s. Open in Google Maps.

When the Weslaco townsite company platted the new town in 1919, it offered city lots to representatives of Christian denominations. They held services in a community house, with each responsible for one Sunday a month. Members of each denomination soon formed separate churches. On December 16, 1921, First Christian Church organized with 44 charter members. Over the years, it has remained on its original site but grown in service and facilities. Open in Google Maps.

When the Weslaco platted the new town in 1919, it offered City lots to representatives of Christian denominations. They held services in a community house, with each responsible for one Sunday a month. In 1921, First Christian, First Baptist, and First United Methodist Churches built individual congregations. Each has remained on its original site on Sixth Street but have grown in service and facilities; today, a diverse faith community worships within blocks of those charter congregations. Open in Google Maps.

This ground level water storage reservoir was constructed in 1928, and used until the adjacent overhead tank was completed in 1941 as a project of the Works Progress Administration. The site now serves as as the Tower Theatre and as a reminder of Weslaco's early development as a progressive city. Open in Google Maps.

The citrus industry was an integral part of the Rio Grande Valley economy in the 20th century. In 1932, 17 citrus associations formed the Rio Grande Valley Citrus Exchange with the labels of Texsun and Tex Maid, with boxing, juicing, canning, and dehydrating facilities. The plant closed in 1991 and became the Mid-Valley campus of South Texas College. Reincarnated from enterprise to educational facility, its economic impact on the Valley and Weslaco was significant. Open in Google Maps.

Weslaco was founded in 1919, ten years after most Valley cities, taking its name from the initials of the W. E. Stewart Land Co., which held original title to the site. Prominent local architect R. Newell Waters designed the historic City Hall with Spanish colonial detailing: intricate cast stone sculptures, cupola and tiles with colorful geometric patterns. The building was erected in 1928 and recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 1978. Open in Google Maps.

Weslaco Independent School District formed in 1921, when residents petitioned the Texas Legislature to separate from Donna ISD. Upon the district's creation, board members planned for the first school building, a one-story school with raised basement. The structure and adjacent Weslaco Junior High were threatened with demolition before being rehabilitated for the 2006-07 school year and recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark in 2009. Open in Google Maps.