National Register of Historic Places - Texas (TX), El Paso County

El Paso County Texas (Vacant / Not In Use) has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Hotel Cortez, Rio Vista Farm Historic District, Toltec Club.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the El Paso County places including Trost & Trost, et al. Trost & Trost, Braunton and Leibert, WPA, et al. and J.J. Huddart. Prominent architectural styles found in El Paso Country are Renaissance, Beaux Arts and Colonial Revival.

Hotel Cortez (added 1980 - - #80004105)

300 N. Mesa St. , El Paso

Rogerspierre, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Trost & Trost

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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

Toltec Club (added 1979 - - #79002934)

Also known as Toltec Building

602 Magoffin Ave. , El Paso

Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Huddart,J.J.

Architectural Style:

Other, Beaux Arts, Renaissance

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use