Goldstein Residence- 1912
El Paso, Texas

Description: Goldstein residence[first]
Other Names:
Address: 1415 Hawthorne Street, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Type: domestic: single family house
Original Client: Judge Abe H. Goldstein
Historic Inventory: In Sunset Heights Historic District
Date: before 1912
Condition: extant; in use as a home

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: two stories; 40 feet across; faces southeast
Budget/Cost:

Foundation: concrete over stone
Wall Materials: red brick with stucco and half-timber on second story
Roofing Materials: originally shingles
Other Materials Used: concrete lintels and sills; double hung wood windows; stained glass
Remodeling and Additions: rear porch added; front porch roof and porch supports removed

Present Owner: privately owned
Location of Drawings: none known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs: El Paso, Texas: William J. Reynolds, Jr. Collection, 1912 perspective view

Bibliography: El Paso Times, Sunday, December 15, 1985, page 12-B (Reynolds photograph [listed above] with caption)

Remarks: The lower floor has a Craftsman interior with an extensive use of wood and stained glass. The living room ceiling is beamed; the dining room ceiling is cross-beamed and has a plate rail above the wainscoting.There are three stained glass windows with a grape vine motif, and on the stair landing is a stained glass window with a landscape. There is a projecting window seat in the dining room.

Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990