{"nrhp_refnum":"71000931","name":"Magoffin Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1120 Magoffin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.762048332000063,"lon":-106.47332192699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-03-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fourteen-room, one-story adobe house at 1120 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, built in 1875 by Joseph Magoffin on a 1.5-acre site about ten blocks east of the present central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its architecture: a traditional adobe house combined with elaborate Victorian-style wooden detailing on its windows and doors. It is also tied to Joseph Magoffin, an El Paso businessman, mayor, county judge and Confederate officer, whose family home was a center of local social life.","narrative":"Built in 1875 by Joseph Magoffin, this fourteen-room adobe house sits on 1.5 acres about ten blocks east of downtown El Paso. The one-story, U-shaped building wraps around a central patio, with thick waterproofed adobe roofing, 14-foot ceilings, vigas, a two-foot parapet and fireplaces in all principal rooms. Its distinctive feature is the Victorian-style wooden trim applied to an adobe structure, including pedimented lintels, flat pilasters and colored-glass transoms over the entrances. Evidence suggests the house grew in stages from a smaller north wing, with a detached kitchen later linked by a connecting wing. Magoffin, born in Chihuahua in 1837, served in the Confederate Army, became a bank director and street railway promoter, and served as school board member, justice of the peace, county judge and four-term mayor of El Paso. His home remained a center of social life in El Paso and Fort Bliss, and it stayed in Magoffin family ownership.","period_of_significance":"1875","architect_builder":"Joseph Magoffin (builder/owner)","architectural_style":"Traditional adobe with Victorian-style wooden detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and altered; in 1970 it was occupied as a private residence and owned by Magoffin heirs. A 1975 grant record mentions acquisition of the house and 1.5 acres.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.153432-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/9718/40971849/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/71000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000931/44507b3923-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000931/44507b3923-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magoffin_home_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magoffin_home_2009.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971849","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magoffin_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711004"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/magoffin-homestead-71000931/"}