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📜 History & landmarks · Landmark and historical building

Abdou Building

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A landmark on N Mesa St, in the middle of things: 854 places within a five-minute walk. One of 146 history & landmarks in El Paso.

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On the National Register since 1980

Richard Caples Building

Richard Caples Building

Richard Caples Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Sep 24, 1980. It is significant for its architecture at the state level. Its architecture is described as Early 20th Century Commercial and Romanesque. It was listed as part of Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR.

The Richard Caples Building is a historic seven-story building in El Paso, Texas, significant as the 1910 Francisco I. Madero Headquarters during the Mexican Revolution, base for the Mexican revolutionary newspaper, La Regeneración. It was built as a five-story for Richard Caples in 1910, and it was "the first reinforced concrete structure erected in El Paso." The fifth floor was leased to the Y.M.C.A. In 1915, the …

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854 places within a five-minute walk of Abdou Building.

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115 N Mesa St Suite 1b

The nearest neighbor is Jane and Jensen Nostalgia Shop, 1 min walk away.

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Address115 N Mesa St Suite 1b · 79901
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115 N Mesa St Suite 1b
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(915) 820-8281
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.

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