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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas. There are 13 districts, two National Historic Landmarks, 50 individual properties, and one former property listed on the National Register in the county. Two of these sites are State Historic Sites.
The homestead is located at 1120 Magoffin Ave. in El Paso, Texas and is currently jointly owned by the City of El Paso and the State of Texas. It has been maintained by the Texas Historical Commission since 2007 when authority of that agency was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department [ 3 ] which had overseen the historic site ...
Stephen F. Austin Memorial State Historic Site: 900 Oil Field Rd. West Columbia: Brazoria: THC Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic Site†⁕⁑ More images: 1702 N. 13th St. West Columbia: Brazoria
Sunset Heights is a historic area in El Paso, Texas that has existed since the latter part of the 1890s. Many wealthy residents have had their houses and mansions built on this hill. Although some buildings have been renovated to their former glory, many have been neglected and have deteriorated.
The El Paso Museum of History is a museum located in downtown El Paso, Texas which presents information about the past 400 years of history in the United States/Mexico border region. The museum has over 16,000 feet of exhibition space. [ 1 ]
Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks (NRL). Others have Texas historical markers (HM). The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to ...
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Juan de Oñate, born in present-day Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, was the first explorer to arrive at the Rio Grande near El Paso (near the current small town of San Elizario, which is about 30 miles (48 km) downstream of El Paso), where he ordered his expedition party to rest and where the official act of possession, La Toma, was executed and celebrated, on April 30, 1598.