Italianate Mansion Project
El Paso, Texas

Description: Italianate mansion project
Other Names:
Address: El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Type: domestic: single family house
Original Client:
Date: circa 1903-1906
Condition: probably not built

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: two stories; part of the second story would have been an open balcony
Budget/Cost:

Foundation:
Wall Materials: first story: rusticated stone; second story: probably stucco over brick
Roofing Materials: Spanish tile hipped roof
Other Materials Used: plaster ornaments; brick chimney
Remodeling and Additions:

Present owner:
Location of Drawings: none known to exist
Location of Documentary Photographs:

Bibliography: Trost & Trost, Architects (El Paso: Trost & Trost, 1907): page 17 elevation drawing

Remarks: The six arched opening to the second story balcony, the rusticated stone on the first story, and the Spanish tile roof all mark the project as Italianate.

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