{"nrhp_refnum":"80004107","name":"Manhattan Heights Historic District","other_names":["Memorial Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Grant, Louisiana and Richmond Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.787896513500044,"lon":-106.46083292922987,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Manhattan Heights is an early 20th century residential district in El Paso, Texas, about three miles northeast of the original townsite at the base of Mt. Franklin. It covers roughly 191 acres, including a 43-acre city park, on land developed in 1912 at the former site of a metal smelting plant.","why_significant":"The district holds nearly 600 houses that show early 20th century styles, mainly bungalows, Spanish Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival homes, and some Prairie Style influenced homes. Several were designed by locally prominent architects including Trost and Trost, Otto Thorman, Mabel Welch and William G. Wuehrmann. Its landscaping, Memorial Park and cohesive, well-maintained streets set it apart from other older El Paso neighborhoods. The form rates its significance as local.","narrative":"Manhattan Heights is a hillside residential neighborhood in El Paso, Texas, laid out in 1912 on the site of a former metal smelting plant at the base of Mt. Franklin. Slag mounds from the smelter altered the street grid near Memorial Park, a 43-acre city park that serves as a green oasis in an arid setting. The district holds roughly 600 houses, mostly bungalows alongside Spanish Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival and Prairie Style homes. The first house, built in 1914 at 3037 Federal Avenue, was designed by Otto Thorman. Other designers include Trost and Trost, Mabel Welch, the city's first female architect, and William G. Wuehrmann. Three churches, three apartment buildings, a school, a service station and a telephone building add variety. Most of the 612 structures predate 1930, and later buildings largely follow earlier styles. Well-kept lawns, mature trees and few harmful alterations give the area a cohesiveness that other older El Paso neighborhoods lack.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Trost and Trost; Otto Thorman; Mabel C. Welch; William G. Wuehrmann","architectural_style":"Bungalow, Spanish Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Prairie Style, and other early 20th century revival styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent to fair, with the district described as occupied. Few of the houses have irreversible alterations, and the park's early 1930s formal gardens are being partially revived.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.496166-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9718/40971871/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/80004107.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971871","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107322569"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/manhattan-heights-historic-district-80004107/"}