Marker Inscription
Politics/Government, Architecture, Art
Historic Place
El Paso US Courthouse
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About this site
El Paso US Courthouse is a historic place in El Paso, El Paso County, dedicated in 2001. It is one of 27 historic places documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7592, -106.4841 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bassett, O. T., Tower (historic place), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Church Building in El Paso, Site of, Singer Sewing Company, and Popular Department Store.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2001000434. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The United States Courthouse at 511 East San Antonio Avenue in El Paso was completed in 1936 to serve the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas after the city outgrew its earlier federal buildings. Designed by architects Percy McGhee, Guy L. Frazer, and Thomas P. Lippincott under the U.S. Treasury's Office of the Supervising Architect, it blends Neoclassical Revival composition with Art Deco detailing typical of 1930s federal work. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orggsa.govfjc.gov
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