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.…
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MOVES FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING DOWNTOWN NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT
Dear Friends and Media, On September 21, the County Commissioners Court voted 4-0 under agenda item 18 (with Vince Perez absent) to accept the draft narrative of the National Historic…
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.…
Fw: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in El Paso – Petition Attached
Dear Friends and Media: My wife and I have filed a lawsuit against the El Paso Children’s Hospital, Dr. Roberto Canales and Dr. Rodolfo Fierro-Stevens for the wrongful death of…
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…