Trost & Trost
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Trost & Trost was an architecture firm based in El Paso, Texas. The firm's primary designer was Henry C. Trost, who was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1860 and moved to El Paso in 1903. The other partner in Trost & Trost was Henry's brother Gustavus, who handled the business side of the enterprise. Between 1903 and Henry Trost's death on September 19, 1933, the firm designed hundreds of buildings in the El Paso area and in other Southwestern cities including Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Tucson.
Throughout his career Henry Trost demonstrated his ability to work in a variety of styles, including Art Deco, Mission Revival, Prairie, and even Pueblo Revival. Many of the buildings designed by Trost & Trost display an influence from the Chicago School of architecture, especially the work of Louis Sullivan. Henry Trost had lived in Chicago between 1888 and 1896, and it is possible that he worked for the firm of Adler & Sullivan during that period.
[edit] Notable Buildings
All buildings are located in El Paso unless otherwise noted.
- W.W. Turner residence (now the International Museum of Art), 1906
- Henry C. Trost residence, 1908
- Caples Building, 1909
- New Mexico State University campus, 1909, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Abdou Building, 1910
- Roberts-Banner Building, 1910
- Anson Mills Building, 1911
- Paso del Norte Hotel, 1912
- Popular Department Store (now 1 Union Fashion Center), 1912
- White House Department Store (now The Centre), 1912
- El Paso High School, 1916
- Occidental Life Building, 1917, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- El Paso City-County Building (demolished), 1918
- Rosenwald Building, 1920, Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
- First National Bank Building, 1922, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- State National Bank Building, 1922
- Franciscan Hotel (demolished), 1923, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Loretto Academy, 1923
- Luhrs Building, 1924, Phoenix, Arizona
- Sunshine Building 1924 in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Orndorff Hotel (now Cortez Building), 1926
- Luhrs Tower, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona
- Hilton Hotel (now Plaza Hotel), 1930
- O.T. Bassett Tower, 1930
[edit] References
- Edgell, G.H., The American Architecture of Today Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1929
- Guide to the Architecture of Phoenix, Central Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 1983
