Henry C. Trost

Trost reached El Paso late, at forty-three. Born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1860, the son of a German carpenter, he worked through the 1880s in Denver, Fort Worth, Galveston, New Orleans and Dodge City, then designed ornamental metal in Chicago from 1888 to 1896. In Tucson the mission of San Xavier del Bac deepened his interest in Mission Revival. His brother Gustavus, building El Paso's Carnegie Library, drew him there in 1903, and their firm designed at least 300 El Paso buildings.

What the plaque says

Henry C. Trost Henry C. Trost was one of the most prolific architects of the American Southwest. His history is closely tied to that of his chosen base of operation, El Paso. Ohio native Trost was strongly influenced by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as by the Mission Revival style. Using those influences, Trost developed his own architectural style to reflect the southwest climate, designing many early 20th-century El Paso landmarks, including Hotel Cortez, El Paso High School, Paso del Norte Hotel and Bassett Tower. Trost died in 1933. The firm he founded with his brothers continued until the 1950s. Recorded - 2003

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Chamizal National Memorial — 0.8 mi
  A park on land the Rio Grande once put in dispute, where a century-old border quarrel between the United States and Mexico was settled by treaty and a new concrete channel.
• Magoffin Home State Historic Site — 2.2 mi
  A U-shaped adobe of the 1870s in central El Paso that joins Mexican building to an Anglo plan, closed for restoration through 2027 while its visitor center stays open.
• Ysleta Mission (Corpus Christi de la Ysleta del Sur) — 8.9 mi
  The Tigua mission church at Ysleta, rebuilt in 1908 around the walls, bell and Santo Entierro that came through fire, its interior painted with rain clouds and corn.
• Tigua Indian Cultural Center, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo — 9.6 mi
  The cultural center of Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, the Tigua nation that has lived in the Mission Valley of El Paso since 1682 and keeps its own history here.

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• James H. White — 0.5 mi