[Anson Mills Building] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Anson Mills Building]

Creator

  • Photographer: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: W.H. Horne Co.

Contributor

  • Architect: Trost & Trost
    Contributor Type: Organization

Date

  • Creation: 1915-07-07

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: 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.
  • Physical Description: 1 postcard : b&w

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture - Buildings
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Sports and Recreation - City Parks
  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty): commercial buildings
  • Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty): skyscrapers
  • Keyword: Anson MIlls Building
  • Keyword: Ponce de León Ranch
  • Keyword: Henry C. Trost
  • Keyword: San Jacinto Park
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Trolleys
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Groups
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Holidays - Independence Day
  • Keyword: 4th of July
  • Keyword: American flag
  • Keyword: Scott White Co.
  • Keyword: Roberts Banner Building
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Parades

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - El Paso County - El Paso
  • Time Period: new-sou
  • Coverage Date: 1915-07-07
  • Place Point: north=31.759324; east=-106.488143;

Collection

  • Name: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso
    Code: MEXRB

Institution

  • Name: El Paso Public Library
    Code: ELPL

Resource Type

  • Postcard

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: WH-PC-186-021
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth187849

Note

  • Display Note: 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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