{"nrhp_refnum":"04001232","name":"Montana Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1000 through 1500 Blks of Montana Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.77250434900006,"lon":-106.48196539871365,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-block historic residential district along the 1000 through 1500 blocks of Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas, about one mile northeast of downtown in the Franklin Heights Addition. It contains 104 resources, mostly brick houses built in the early 1900s.","why_significant":"The district is argued to reflect El Paso's early 20th century growth, with its location near the rail lines and business district and the grand homes showing the economic boom. The houses show a shift to brick and railroad-shipped ornamental details, and changing style fashions reflect builders following national trends. It meets Criterion A (Community Planning and Development) and Criterion C (Architecture) at the local level.","narrative":"Montana Avenue in El Paso, Texas, was developed as a residential street in the Franklin Heights Addition, at the foothills of the Franklin Mountains about a mile northeast of downtown. The district covers six continuous blocks with 104 resources, of which 69 contribute, including 51 houses, two churches and 13 garages. Two-story brick houses in Prairie, Classical Revival and Queen Anne styles dominate, and each accounts for about a quarter of the housing. Front porches, uniform setbacks, stone retaining walls and original concrete curbs and sidewalks give the streets a cohesive look. The neighborhood was nearly built out by 1910. Its location near the rail lines, its brick construction using materials and ornament shipped by railroad, and its changing architectural fashions illustrate El Paso's early 20th century boom. Over time, many homes were converted to apartments and professional offices, yet most still keep their residential character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Romanesque), Prairie School, and Late 19th/20th Century Revivals (Mission, Classical, Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Italian Renaissance, Late Gothic, Spanish Eclectic); mixed","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Largely intact early 20th century neighborhood; 69 of 104 resources contribute. Many former houses are now used as offices, apartments or other commercial uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.371774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/9718/40971867/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/04001232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001232/0cbb630cc8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001232/0cbb630cc8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Treecholla","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montana_Ave_historic_dist.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Treecholla</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montana_Ave_historic_dist.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99001140","name":"Rio Grande Avenue Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/rio-grande-avenue-historic-district-99001140/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971867","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana_Avenue_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65098908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/montana-avenue-historic-district-04001232/"}