HISTORIC FABENS HIGH SCHOOL BURNS, DEMOLITION IMMINENT
Fellow El Pasoans, Fabens High School, designed by Henry C. Trost in 1925, burned overnight and its remains will be demolished tomorrow. Until recently there were 9 Trost-designed buildings in…
PLAN TO CONVERT SUNSET HEIGHTS MANSION INTO A B&B IS DEAD
In August I reported that the Trost-designed Mathias Mansion, erected in 1912 at 607 W. Yandell, was going to be converted by a local investor into a B & B,…
HAYMON KRUPP BUILDING ADDED TO “MOST ENDANGERED PLACES LIST” OF PRESERVATION TEXAS
This past November I reported that there is a plan to demolish the Trost-designed Haymon Krupp building, located at the northeast corner of Santa Fe and Overland, in order to…
TROST-DESIGNED INTERNATIONAL BUILDING SOLD!
Dear Friends and Media, I just learned that the Trost-designed International Building, completed in 1921, was just sold to Jerome Karam, a Houston based real estate developer who apparently plans…
PLAN TO DEMOLISH A MAJOR DOWNTOWN TROST BUILDING REVEALED
Dear Friends and Media, I have just learned that the Meyers Group plans to demolish the Haymon Krupp & Co. Building, designed by Trost & Trost and erected in 1916.…
PLAN TO CONVERT SUNSET HEIGHTS MANSION INTO A B&B MAY FACE UPHILL BATTLE
David Crowder of the Oligarchy Gazette (aka El Paso Inc) just published a report on the plan to convert a Trost-designed mansion in Sunset Heights into a bed & breakfast…
PLAN TO CONVERT TROST MANSION IN SUNSET HEIGHTS INTO A LUXURY B&B AND “BRUNCH CAFE”
Dear Friends and Media, Yesterday I learned about a plan to convert the Mathias Residence at 607 W. Yandell Drive in Sunset Heights into a luxury bed & breakfast. The…
TROST-DESIGNED SAMENIEGO BUILDING REHABILITATED!
Dear Friends and Media, I am pleased to report that the Samaniego Building, designed by Trost & Trost and completed in 1907 at a cost of $20,000, has been rehabilitated…
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…