EL PASO COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION SEEKS NEW MEMBERS
Dear Friends, The El Paso County Historical Commission is seeking new members for the term starting January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2022. Applications will be accepted until November.…
CITY WILL NOT SUPPORT NOMINATION OF DOWNTOWN EL PASO TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Dear Friends and Media, At today’s City Council meeting, under agenda item 20.2, City Engineer Sam Rodriguez will make a presentation in which he will announce on slide 15 that…
DRAFT OF NOMINATION FOR DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT TO BE DISCUSSED BY COUNTY TOMORROW
Dear Friends, Tomorrow at a special 9:00am meeting of the County Commissioners Court, Economic Development will present the first draft of the nomination for the proposed Downtown National Register District.…
TROST-DESIGNED B. F. STEVENS RESIDENCE AT 1201 ARIZONA AVE. RESTORED: MEDIA COVERAGE
Dear Friends, The recent restoration of the Trost-designed Stevens Residence, which was acquired by Vicki and Steven Harder 13 months ago for $70,000 and sold for $212,500 only four days…
TROST-DESIGNED B. F. STEVENS RESIDENCE AT 1201 ARIZONA AVE. JUST RESTORED, ALREADY SOLD!
Dear Friends, The gorgeous bungalow standing at the northeast corner of Arizona Ave. and Noble St. was designed by Henry C. Trost in 1909 and completed by 1912. The patron…
VICTORY! COUNTY VOTES 5-0 TO ESTABLISH SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT WITHIN ITS PROPER BOUNDARIES
Dear Friends, Today the County Commissioners Court voted 5-0 to proceed with “Option 3A” for Segundo Barrio, establishing a national historic district there that will conform closely to the neighborhood’s…
SEGUNDO BARRIO NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT: FINAL VOTE SET FOR MONDAY, COUNTY STAFF NOW SUPPORTING PLAN OF LOCAL HISTORIANS!
Dear Friends and Media, The next County Commissioners Court meeting is set for Monday at 9:30am and the agenda has been posted. Item 12 calls for discussion and action to…
SEGUNDO BARRIO UPDATE: A REPEAT OF 2006?
Dear Friends, I will continue to report to you the latest on the boundary between the proposed Segundo Barrio National Historic District and Downtown National Historic District until the issue…
BISHOP SEITZ OPPOSES DIVIDING SEGUNDO BARRIO
Dear Media and Friends, The Bishop of El Paso, Mark J. Seitz, has sent the attached letter to the El Paso Commissioners Court firmly opposing the division of Segundo Barrio…
FATHER RAFAEL GARCIA OF SACRED HEART CHURCH: “THE REASON WE ARE HERE IS TO SERVE THE IMMIGRANT POOR”
Dear Friends, Father Rafael Garcia is one of many who is trying to convince the County Commissioners Court that the proposed Sacred Heart National Historic District should not be divided…