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Frontera: Architecture: Churches/Synagogues, Hospitals, Hotels, Schools, & Theaters

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El Paso Times & El Paso Herald-Post Newspaper Archive
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1881 - current.
Henry Trost Organization
Historic El Paso
Preservation Texas - West Texas

Churches & Synagogues

Altura Presbyterian Church (Gothic design)

Presidio Chapel of San Elizario

San Elizario Presidio Protected Settlers

St. Patrick Cathedral (Byzantine and Romanesque design)

Cathedral's Beauty Pleases

Temple Mount Sinai

Building Bridges Instead of Walls: Temple Mount Sinai

Ysleta Mission

Area Missions Are Part of Living History (with update 2017)

Hospitals and Health Sciences

Hotel Dieu

Borderlands: Sisters of Charity Began Hotel Dieu Hospital

Southwestern General Hospital

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Hotels

De Soto Hotel

Hotel Paso del Norte

Plaza Hotel

Historical Markers Project: Plaza Hotel

Schools/Education

El Paso High School (Neo-Classic design)

El Paso High School Remains Classic

Loretto Academy

Borderlands: Sisters of Loretto Have Long Tradition in Southwest

UTEP Campus Bhutanese Architecture

Bhutanese Architecture Distinguishes UTEP Campus

Theaters

1919 Colon Theater (Art Deco Design)

Abraham Chavez Theatre (Brutalist Design)

Alhambra Theater / Palace Theater / Tricky Falls (Spanish Revival design)

Tricky Falls location to become new Abundant Living Faith Center campus

Capri Theater

Capri Cinema (Incinerama)

Plaza Theater

Borderlands has an article on the Plaza Theater from 1994 but not one yet on the renovation and opening.

"Lights to Shine Tonight at the Plaza Theater"
El Paso Times articles through this issue, March 16, 2006

The WigWam Theater (State Theater)

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