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Carter White Building
El Paso, Texas

 

Description: Carter White Building
Other Names:
Address: corner of Franklin and Kansas, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Type: commercial; store and flat
Original Client: Carter White
Historic Inventory:
Date: 1909
Condition: demolished

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: two stories
Budget/Cost: $15,000

Architectural Style: 
Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials:  reinforced concrete
Roofing Materials:
Other Materials Used: s
Remodeling and Additions:

Present Owner:
Location of Drawings: unknown
Location of Documentary Photographs: none

Bibliography: El Paso Herald, November 1, 1909 page 13

Remarks: the property was purchased by Carter White from John Sorenson. For many years the building that stood on the corner, was the home of John Sorenson constructed in 1884. This old landmark in El Paso was destroyed in 1909.

Prepared for the El Paso Public Library by Lloyd C. and June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990