Old Fort Bliss
Appearance
Old Fort Bliss | |
Location | 1800 block of Doniphan Street, El Paso, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31°45′47″N 106°30′33″W / 31.76306°N 106.50917°W |
Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
Built | 1851 |
NRHP reference No. | 72001357[1] |
Added to NRHP | February 23, 1972 |
Old Fort Bliss are a pair of two-story adobe buildings in El Paso, Texas. They were built in the 1850s, and designed in the Victorian architectural style.[2] They were army barracks and later remodelled into apartment buildings.[2] The structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 23, 1972.[1] In 2017, the structure was endangered.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Wayne Bell; Gary Hume (December 16, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Old Fort Bliss / Site of Hart's Mill" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 11, 2019. Includes four photos from 1971-75.
- ^ Renteria, Ramon (August 11, 2017). "El Paso historic sites, including Old Fort Bliss, placed on endangered list". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
Categories:
- Adobe buildings and structures
- Buildings and structures completed in 1851
- Buildings and structures in El Paso, Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas
- Victorian architecture in Texas
- Fort Bliss
- Barracks on the National Register of Historic Places
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs