{"nrhp_refnum":"80004104","name":"Hills, W. S., Commercial Structure","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"215--219 San Antonio Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.80030643400005,"lon":-106.56983629199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story commercial building at 215-19 San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, Texas, built in 1927 and designed by Trost and Trost. It fronts on both San Antonio and Texas Avenues.","why_significant":"The building is presented as a fine example of Second Renaissance Revival influence on early 20th century commercial architecture. It is also tied to W. S. Hills and his wife, who contributed to El Paso's financial, commercial and cultural development. It stands on the site of the first two-story building in the settlement.","narrative":"Located at 215-19 San Antonio Avenue in El Paso, this two-story commercial building was completed in 1927 to designs by the firm Trost and Trost. Each facade, facing San Antonio and Texas Avenues, is divided into five bays by pilasters rising two floors to a prominent entablature and parapet. The framework is made of scored marble blocks, with details in painted galvanized iron. Original three-part windows remain on the second floor, while the ground floor has been altered with modern display windows, signs and awnings. The building was commissioned in 1926 by Mrs. Hills in memory of her husband, W. S. Hills, a Harvard-trained lawyer who arrived from St. Louis in 1879, became a realtor, and built the first two-story building in the adobe settlement on this same site. The couple contributed to El Paso's commercial and cultural growth. The building remains in commercial use and is an example of Second Renaissance Revival commercial design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Trost and Trost","architectural_style":"Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still occupied for commercial use; ground floor modernized with display windows, signage and awnings, though the original classical framework appears intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.671415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/9688/40968884/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004104/6a72fa8770-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004104/6a72fa8770-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hills_Commercial_Structure_El_Paso_Texas_2023.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:Hills_Commercial_Structure_El_Paso_Texas_2023.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968884","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322358"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/hills-w-s-commercial-structure-80004104/"}