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Architecture
Historic Place
Martin Building (1984)
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About this site
Martin Building is a historic place in El Paso, El Paso County, dedicated in 1984. 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 31.7599, -106.4870 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is U.S. Post Office (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Newberry, J. J., Company, Singer Sewing Company, and Bassett, O. T., Tower.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2084001655. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Martin Building is one of the downtown El Paso commercial buildings attributed to the influential firm of Trost & Trost, whose reinforced-concrete business blocks defined the city's skyline in the early 20th century. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing part of El Paso's historic commercial architecture.
Also at or near El Paso, El Paso County
“Martin Building” names 2 distinct records in El Paso County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1984 in El Paso. The others:
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