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

El Paso County Texas (Historic Districts) has 20 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 4 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, Ponsford Brothers Contractors, et al. Trost & Trost, Braunton and Leibert, WPA, et al., McKee, Robert Construction,, Henry Trost, Frazer and Benner and Louis Lloyd Mollinary. 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

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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

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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

Magoffin Historic District (added 2016 - - #16000717)

Roughly bounded by San Antonio, Virginia, Myrtle, and Cotton Sts., El Paso

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development

Manhattan Heights Historic District (added 1980 - - #80004107)

Also known as Memorial Park

Roughly bounded by Grant, Louisiana and Richmond Aves. , El Paso

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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

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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

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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

Ray Sherman Place (added 2019 - - #100003534)

Also known as Ray Sherman Place, Southern Section, TEX 3-6

4528 Blanco Ave., El Paso

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Social History, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1953-1969 AD

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 Bracero Reception Center (added 2023 - - #100009831)

800-860 and 901 North Rio Vista Road, Socorro

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Area of Significance:

Social History, Politics/Government

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

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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

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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

Segundo Barrio Historic District (added 2021 - - #100006994)

Also known as El Paso Second Ward Historic District

Roughly Bounded by South Santa Fe St., South Oregon St., East 9th Ave., Cotton St., Paisano Dr., and East Father Rahm Ave., El Paso

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Area of Significance:

Ethnic Heritage-Hispanic, Social History, Architecture

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

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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

Tays Place (added 2019 - - #100003535)

Also known as Tays Place, Northern Section, TEX 3-2

2114 E. Magoffin Ave., EL Paso

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History, Community Planning And Development

Period of Significance:

1941-1969 AD

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Iye-Kitu (Corn Village) Housing District (added 2025 - - #100008132)

Also known as Ysleta del Sur Pueblo District One

Address Restricted., El Paso

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Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Ethnic Heritage-Native American, Social History