Popular Department Store

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.[2] The building was designed in the Chicago School architectural style by Trost & Trost.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980.[1]

Popular Department Store
The building in 2012
Popular Department Store is located in Texas
Popular Department Store
Popular Department Store is located in the United States
Popular Department Store
Location102 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas
Coordinates31°45′30″N 106°29′10″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1917 (1917)
ArchitectTrost & Trost
Architectural styleChicago, Sullivanesque
MPSCommercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR
NRHP reference No.80004111[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1980

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "The Popular Dry Goods Company". Henry C. Trost Historical Organization. Retrieved February 12, 2019.


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