Popular Department Store
National Register of Historic Places

Popular Department Store

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
Listed
September 23, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80004111

About this property

The Popular Department Store is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1917 for The Popular, a chain of department stores founded by Adolph Schwartz in El Paso in 1902. His heirs inherited the building, and they sold it in 1995; it later became the Fallas Department Store. The building was designed in the Chicago School architectural style by Trost & Trost. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980. Media related to Popular Department Store at Wikimedia Commons

Location

102 N. Mesa St.
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
31.75850, -106.48675

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Popular Department Store listed on the National Register?

Popular Department Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Popular Department Store?

Popular Department Store is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Popular Department Store?

The period of significance for Popular Department Store is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1902.

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