{"nrhp_refnum":"99001140","name":"Rio Grande Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Navada, Kansas, and Campbell Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"El Paso","county":"El Paso County","state":"TX","lat":31.76952195550004,"lon":-106.48847024595466,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 146 acres northeast of downtown El Paso, Texas, roughly bounded by Rio Grande, Nevada, Kansas and Campbell Streets. It was platted between 1898 and 1905 and built up mostly in the early 1900s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as a largely intact early 20th century middle-class neighborhood, shaped by El Paso's rapid growth, the arrival of the railroads and streetcar lines, and the city's housing boom. It retains a cohesive collection of brick bungalows and Prairie style houses, with original streetscape features such as concrete curbs and sidewalks. It counts 452 contributing and 232 noncontributing resources.","narrative":"Rio Grande Avenue Historic District covers roughly 146 acres of rolling terrain less than a mile northeast of downtown El Paso. The land was platted between 1898 and 1905 in a rectilinear grid, and houses sit close together along alley-served blocks. Brick one-story bungalows make up about 75 percent of the primary buildings, with two-story Prairie foursquare houses at about 14 percent and scattered Spanish Colonial, Mission and Classical Revival homes. Raised front porches create a steady visual rhythm. Institutional buildings include a c. 1903 church, now Greek Orthodox, and a 1908 fire station designed by Henry C. Trost. Early concrete curbs and sidewalks, laid around 1915, still bear street names and contractor marks. The neighborhood grew as El Paso's population surged and streetcar lines reached Arizona Street in 1905. Merchants, government employees, bankers, nurses and teachers lived here, many later moving to nearby Sunset Heights. Of 684 resources, 452 contribute to the district's historic character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Fire station designed by Henry C. Trost in 1908","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman, Prairie School; Late 19th and 20th century Revivals: Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival, Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most historic properties are described as tending not to be well maintained and in need of repair, though most retain their essential forms and materials. Current uses include housing, commerce, churches and a fire station.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.744709-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/9718/40971865/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001140.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971865","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999585"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/el-paso-county/rio-grande-avenue-historic-district-99001140/"}