Senator Claude Hudspeth Residence
El Paso, Texas

Description: Hudspeth residence
Other Names:
Address: 1301 E. River Street, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Type: domestic: single family house
Original Client: Claude Hudspeth
Historic Inventory:
Date: 1916
Condition: extant

Architect or Firm: Henry C. Trost
Associated Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Contractors:
Dimensions and Orientation: two stories
Budget/Cost: $16,000

Foundation: concrete
Wall Materials: brick
Roofing Materials:
Other Materials Used:
Remodeling and Additions:

Present Owner: doctor offices of Jaime Diaz MD and Jorge Bilbao MD
Location of Drawings:
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Bibliography: (1) El Paso Herald, July 22, 1916, page 4 Construction on home to begin August 1
(2) El Paso Herald-Post, October 23, 1935, page 4

Remarks: Hudspeth was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1902 and the the State Senate in 1906; he served in the latter body until 1918. In 1909, he was admitted to the bar and joined the El Paso firm of Nealon, Hudspeth and McGill. In 1918, he was elected the the United States House of Representatives and became one of the most vocal supports of American intervention in the ongoing political struggles across the Rio Grande in Mexico.

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