South El Paso Street Historic District, South El Paso, South Oregon & South Santa Fe Streets, El Paso, El Paso County, TX

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