South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX
Summary
Significance: The historic district is the oldest, continuously-used commercial area in the city, and as such, is important to El Paso's history. The first settlement dates to February 1827 when Ponce de Leon received a 500 acre land grant in what is now present-day El Paso, the district lies within this area. From the start of El Paso grew slowly and by the 1850s development consisted primarily of a row of adobe structures along the west side of South El Paso Street...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-108
Survey number: HABS TX-3307
Nothing Found.
Tags
1970 s cars
el paso county
south santa fe streets
south el paso
south el paso street
paso
texas
1970 s
70 s
brian cary
historic american buildings survey
photo
south el paso street historic district
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
south oregon street
el paso
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
Location
El Paso
,
31.75334, -106.48875
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html