Texas - El Paso County - Historic Districts
El Paso County Texas (Historic Districts) has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chamizal National Memorial, Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, Castner Range Archeological District, El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 and Old San Francisco Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Native American and Mogollon dating back to 500.

The famous person Richard F. Burges is associated with one of more of the El Paso County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the El Paso County places including US Army, Bureau of Reclamation, Henry C. Trost, et al. Trost & Trost, Henry Trost, Braunton and Leibert, WPA and et al.. Prominent architectural styles found in El Paso Country are Mission/Spanish Revival, Colonial Revival and Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals.

Castner Range Archeological District (added 1976 - - #76002021)
Address Restricted , El Paso
Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Native American
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Defense
Chamizal National Memorial (added 1974 - - #74002069)
Paisano Dr. , El Paso
Druffeler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Underwater
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium, Outdoor Recreation, Park
El Paso County Water Improvement District No. 1 (added 1997 - - #97000885)
Also known as Rio Grande Prject
Starting at the jct. of US 80 and US 85, along TX 20 to Alamo Alto , El Paso
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bureau of Reclamation
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Historic Sub-function:
Irrigation Facility
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Irrigation Facility
Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District (added 1998 - - #98000427)
Fort Bliss , El Paso
Knaverob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Army
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture, Industry, Military
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Plaza, Processing Site
Current Function:
Defense, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Plaza, Processing Site
Fort Bliss National Cemetery (added 2016 - - #16000066)
Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-2000 AD
Fusselman Canyon Rock Art District (added 1976 - - #76002022)
Also known as EPAS 44,49
Address Restricted , El Paso
Fortguy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Art, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Mogollon
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden
Current Function:
Defense
Manhattan Heights Historic District (added 1980 - - #80004107)
Also known as Memorial Park
Roughly bounded by Grant, Louisiana and Richmond Aves. , El Paso
Knaverob, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Prairie School, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Montana Avenue Historic District (added 2004 - - #04001232)
1000 through 1500 Blks of Montana Ave. , El Paso
Treecholla, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trost, Henry C.
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Community Planning And Development
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Civic, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure
Old San Francisco Historic District (added 1985 - - #85001132)
Missouri St. between No. 325 and 527 , El Paso
Fortguy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Rio Grande Avenue Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001140)
Roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Navada, Kansas, and Campbell Sts. , El Paso
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trost, Henry C.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Department Store, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Rio Vista Farm Historic District (added 1996 - - #96000131)
Also known as El Paso County Poor Farm;Camp Rio Vista;Bracero Center
800--801 Rio Vista Rd. , Socorro
Fortguy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trost & Trost, et al., Braunton and Leibert, WPA, et al.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Prairie School, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture, Politics/Government, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
State, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Government, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
San Elizario Historic District (added 1997 - - #97000205)
Also known as San Elceario Presidio;San Elizario Townsite Historic Distric
Roughly bounded by Rio Grande St., Socorro and Convent Rds., and the San Elizario Lateral , San Elizario
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Trost,Henry
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Agriculture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Commerce, Exploration/Settlement, Hispanic, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Mexican, Spanish, Mexican-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Department Store, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Restaurant, School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Sunset Heights Historic District (added 1988 - - #88002672)
Also known as See Also:Trost, Henry C., House
Roughly bounded by Heisig Ave., River Ave., N. El Paso St., and I-10 , El Paso
Rogerspierre, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Trost,Henry C.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival
Historic Person:
Burges,Richard F.
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State, Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Landscape, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Park, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
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