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Toltec Club
Toltec Club is located in Texas
Toltec Club
Toltec Club
Toltec Club is located in the United States
Toltec Club
Toltec Club
Location602 Magoffin Ave.,
El Paso, Texas
Coordinates31°45′36″N 106°28′45″W / 31.76000°N 106.47917°W / 31.76000; -106.47917
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
ArchitectJohn J. Huddart
Architectural styleRenaissance, Beaux Arts, Sullivanesque
NRHP reference No.79002934[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 12, 1979

The Toltec Club (or Toltec Building) is a building located in downtown El Paso, Texas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[2]

History

The Toltec Club purchased the land for the building on December 12, 1908.[2] The all-men's club was founded by W.H. Burges, T.M. Wingo, Felix Martinez, W.W. Turney A.P. Coles, Britton Davis, J. Arthur Eddy and C.B Eddy on November 18, 1902.[3] The name, "Toltec," meant "man of knowledge."[3]

The Toltec Club building was opened in 1910 and cost about $100,000.[4] The architect for the building was John J. Huddart.[4] The grand opening took place on October 14, 1910, with a colorful, "informal" reception, according to the El Paso Herald.[5]

Initiation fees for the club were expensive at $100 and club dues cost $50.[3] Important visitors in El Paso were often entertained at the club which had a ballroom and high stakes gambling.[3]

The Great Depression affected the club, causing it to close in 1930.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "1910: Brilliant is Toltec Club opening". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e Coons, Heather (2010). "The Toltec Club: Of Ghosts and Guests". Borderlands. 28.
  4. ^ a b Gray, Robert (31 May 2016). "Inspectors: Toltec building unsafe". El Paso Inc. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. ^ "Brilliant is Toltec Club Opening". El Paso Herald. 15 October 1910. Retrieved 22 May 2017 – via The Portal to Texas History.


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