[Anson Mills Building]

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Postcard of the historic Anson Mills Building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. Please also see duplicate postcard WH-PC-186-022.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 July 7, 1915.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 377 times. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard of the historic Anson Mills Building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. Please also see duplicate postcard WH-PC-186-022.

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Additional context: The Anson Mills Building is a historic building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. The building stands on the original site of the 1832 Ponce de León ranch. Anson Mills hired Henry C. Trost of the Trost and Trost architectural firm to design and construct the building. Trost was the area's foremost pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete. Built in 1910-1911, the building was only the second concrete-frame skyscraper in the United States, and one of the largest all-concrete buildings. At 145 feet (44 m), the 12-story Mills Building was the tallest building in El Paso when completed. The architectural firm of Trost and Trost moved its offices to the building upon completion, where they remained until 1920. The Mills family sold the building in 1965. The building stands on a corner site opposite of San Jacinto Plaza; with its gracefully curved street façade that wraps around the south and east sides of the building. Like many of Trost's other designs; the Anson Mills Building's overall form and strong verticality, as well as details of the ornamentation and cornice, are reminiscent of his time at Chicago School (Architecture) studying under Louis Sullivan.
In 1974, the Mills Building's windows were replaced with vertical bands of mirrored glass, radically altering its appearance. Advertisement to the left reads: Scott White Co. Drugs Roberts Banner Bldg.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [Anson Mills Building], postcard, July 7, 1915; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187849/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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