{"nrhp_refnum":"88002672","name":"Sunset Heights Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Trost, Henry C., House"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Heisig Ave., River Ave., N. El Paso St., and I-10","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.76314151950004,"lon":-106.49873191178534,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic residential district of about 170 to 200 acres in El Paso, Texas, on a rocky escarpment above the Rio Grande. It was platted in 1884 and built mostly in the early 20th century, and contains 604 principal buildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for community planning, because streets and house sites were adapted to a steep escarpment and landscaped as a desert oasis. It is also significant for architecture, with masonry-built homes in many styles, including several designed by Henry C. Trost. It further cites association with important people and with international relations between the U.S. and Mexico.","narrative":"Sunset Heights is a residential neighborhood of roughly 600 principal buildings set on a rocky escarpment above the Rio Grande in El Paso. Platted in 1884, it was built up mainly in the first decades of the 20th century, after part of the hill was leveled in 1902 to supply fill for the downtown Union Station. Streets bend and slope around the terrain, so some houses sit on high terraces with granite retaining walls while others have sunken gardens and full basements. Homes have masonry or stucco over wood frames, a response to scarce lumber, and range from modest bungalows to large Classical, Tudor and Spanish Colonial Revival houses. Architect Henry C. Trost lived here and designed several buildings, including his own Prairie-style house. The district was recognized for its planning, its architecture and its ties to figures on both sides of the border. Decline began in the 1930s, and restoration efforts have grown since 1976.","period_of_significance":"1895-1938","architect_builder":"various (including Henry C. Trost, Edward Kneezell, Mabel Welch)","architectural_style":"Mixed early 20th century styles: Bungalow, American Foursquare, Classical Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Prairie, Queen Anne, Mission Revival","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Mostly residential and largely intact; 91 of 604 principal buildings are noncontributing. Some original houses were replaced by apartments after World War II, and many have been restored since 1976.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.637503-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/9718/40971869/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002672.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002672/ebece4154c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002672/ebece4154c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rogelio Rivero Cagigas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_Heights_El_Paso_TX_General_view_07.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rogelio Rivero Cagigas</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:Sunset_Heights_El_Paso_TX_General_view_07.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971869","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Heights","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7641273"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/sunset-heights-historic-district-88002672/"}