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White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy

Coordinates: 31°45′32″N 106°29′19″W / 31.75889°N 106.48861°W / 31.75889; -106.48861 (White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy)
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White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy
White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy is located in Texas
White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy
White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy is located in the United States
White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy
Location109 Pioneer Plaza, El Paso, Texas
Coordinates31°45′32″N 106°29′19″W / 31.75889°N 106.48861°W / 31.75889; -106.48861 (White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy)
Arealess than one acre
Built1912 (1912)
ArchitectTrost & Trost
Architectural styleChicago, Sullivanesque
MPSCommercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR
NRHP reference No.80004115[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1980

The White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1912, and designed in the Chicago School style by architect Henry C. Trost of Trost & Trost.[2] The store itself was co-founded in 1900 by Felix Brunschwig and three of his nephews: Myrtil, Gaston and Arthur Clobentz.[3] In 1904, it was incorporated as Felix Brunchswig & Co.[3] The building was remodelled in 1946-1949 for 1 million dollars.[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy". Henry C. Trost Historical Organization. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "White House Completes $1,000,000 Modernization, Expansion Project. Store Began Business Here In 1900". El Paso Times. January 2, 1949. p. 13. Retrieved February 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.