Roger Furniture Company Warehouse 
El Paso, Texas

Description: Roger Furniture Company Warehouse
Other Names:
Address: 300 S. Florence and 1st ave, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Type: commercial: warehouse
Original Client: Gus Momsen
Historic Inventory:
Date: 1925
Condition: extant

Architect or Firm: Trost & Trost
Associated Architect or Firm:
Contractors: J.P Morgan
Dimensions and Orientation: three stories and full basement, length: 120 feet x width: 50 feet, 24,000 feet of storage space
Budget/Cost: $40,000

Foundation: reinforced concrete
Wall Materials: concrete frame with brick infill
Roofing Materials: flat
Other Materials Used: electric elevators
Remodeling and Additions: 

Present Owner:
Location of Drawings: Privately owned
Location of Documentary Photographs:

Bibliography: (1) El Paso Herald August 28, 1925

Remarks: The warehouse was built by Gus Momsen for Rogers Furniture company. In 1916, the Rogers Furniture store was located at 207-211 North Stanton Street. Everyone’s Department store adjoined the building at 201-205 North Stanton Street. (formerly Calisher in 1911)

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