Trost & Trost
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Trost & Trost Architects & Engineers was an architecture firm based in El Paso, Texas
. The firm's chief designer was Henry Charles Trost, who was born in Toledo, Ohio
in 1860. Trost moved from Chicago to Tucson, Arizona
in 1899 and then on to El Paso in 1903. He partnered with Robert Rust until Rust died in 1905, then formed the firm of Trost & Trost with his brother Gustavus Adolphus Trost, who handled the business side of the enterprise and did some design work of his own. Adolphus Gustavus Trost was Gustavus's twin brother; in 1908 he joined the firm as a structural engineer. 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
, Tucson
, and San Angelo
. 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 worked as a draftsman for the firm of Adler & Sullivan
during that period.
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
. The firm's chief designer was Henry Charles Trost, who was born in Toledo, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
in 1860. Trost moved from Chicago to Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
in 1899 and then on to El Paso in 1903. He partnered with Robert Rust until Rust died in 1905, then formed the firm of Trost & Trost with his brother Gustavus Adolphus Trost, who handled the business side of the enterprise and did some design work of his own. Adolphus Gustavus Trost was Gustavus's twin brother; in 1908 he joined the firm as a structural engineer. 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
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
, Tucson
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, and San Angelo
San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo is a city in the state of Texas. Located in West Central Texas it is the county seat of Tom Green County. As of 2010 according to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total population of 93,200...
. Throughout his career Henry Trost demonstrated his ability to work in a variety of styles, including Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
, Mission Revival, Prairie, and even Pueblo Revival. Many of the buildings designed by Trost & Trost display an influence from the Chicago School
Chicago school (architecture)
Chicago's architecture is famous throughout the world and one style is referred to as the Chicago School. The style is also known as Commercial style. In the history of architecture, the Chicago School was a school of architects active in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century...
of architecture, especially the work of Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan
Louis Henri Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism" He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an...
. Henry Trost had lived in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
between 1888 and 1896, and worked as a draftsman for the firm of Adler & Sullivan
Adler & Sullivan
Adler & Sullivan was an architectural firm founded by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. It is known for designing the Auditorium Building in Chicago and the Wainwright Building in St Louis...
during that period.
Notable Buildings
- Steinfeld Mansion (Tucson's First Owls Club), 1898 Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- South Hall (demolished 1958), 1898, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- Schneider-Healy House, 1900–1902, Tucson, Arizona; Henry Trost
- Tucson's Second Owls Club, 1902-1903 Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Rust
- Carnegie Free Library, 1900-1901 Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Trost
- Scheider-Healy House, 1900–1902, Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- Willard Hotel (Pueblo Hotel and Apartments), 1902–1904, Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- Ronstadt House, 1904, Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Rust
- Bayless House, 1905, Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Rust
- Tucson Residence (721 E. University Blvd.), 1905, Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- W.W. Turner residence (now the International Museum of Art), 1906, El Paso, Texas
- Young Men's Christian Association(demolished in 1961), 1906-1908]; El Paso, Texas, Henry C. Trost
- Henry C. Trost residence 1908, El Paso, Texas ; Henry C. Trost
- Goodrich House, 1908, Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
- El Paso Country Club (destroyed by Fire in 1916), 1908–1909, El Paso, Texas, Henry C. Trost
- Caples Building, 1909, El Paso, Texas
- New Mexico State UniversityNew Mexico State UniversityNew Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
campus, 1909, Las Cruces, New MexicoLas Cruces, New MexicoLas Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state.... - Abdou Building, 1910, El Paso, Texas
- Anson Mills BuildingAnson Mills BuildingThe Anson Mills Building is an historic building located at 303 North Oregon Street in El Paso, Texas. The Building stands on the original site of the 1832 Ponce de León ranch. Anson Mills hired Henry C. Trost of the Trost & Trost architectural firm to design and construct the building. Trost was...
, 1911, El Paso, Texas - Kerr Mercantile Building, 1927, Sanderson, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- San Angelo City Hall & Municipal Auditorium, El Paso, Texas
- Hotel Paso del Norte, 1912, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Popular Department Store (now 1 Union Fashion Center), 1912, El Paso, Texas
- White House Department Store (now The Centre), 1912, El Paso, Texas
- El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot 1912 Tucson, Arizona
- El Paso High SchoolEl Paso High SchoolEl Paso High School is the oldest operating high school in El Paso, Texas and is part of the El Paso Independent School District. It serves the West-Central section of the city, roughly west of the Franklin Mountains and north of Interstate 10 to the vicinity of Executive Center Boulevard...
, 1913–1916, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1915; Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Trost
- El Paso Country Court House (demolished in 1988), 1915–1916, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Occidental Life BuildingOccidental Life BuildingThe Occidental Life Building is a historic building located at 305 Gold Avenue SW in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is a unique example of U.S. Venetian Gothic Revival architecture, modeled after Doge's Palace in Venice. It was designed by Henry C...
, 1917, Albuquerque, New Mexico - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Old Main Building, 1917, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Quinn Hall, 1917, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Graham Hall, 1917, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Geology Building, El Paso, Texas, 1917 - Rosenwald Building, 1920, Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
- University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Kelly Hall, 1920–1921, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - First National Bank Building, 1922, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Houston High School, 1922, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- State National Bank Building, 1922, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Hotel Cortez - Hotel Orndorff, 1922, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Franciscan Hotel (demolished), 1923, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Henry C. Trost
- Loretto Academy, 1922–1936, El Paso, Texas; Gustavus A. Trost
- Luhrs BuildingLuhrs BuildingThe Luhrs Building is an historic ten-story building located at 11 West Jefferson in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was built at a cost of $553,000 USD by local businessman George Luhrs and opened on April 1, 1924. The building's four upper floors housed the facilities of the Arizona Club, including...
, 1924, Phoenix, Arizona; Henry C. Trost - Sunshine BuildingSunshine BuildingThe Sunshine Building is a historic building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, located at the intersection of Central Avenue and Second Street. The six-story building was designed by the El Paso firm of Trost & Trost and built in 1924, originally housing offices and a 920-seat movie theater...
1924 in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico - El Paso Community College, 1925, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Hassayampa Inn, 1927, Prescott, Arizona; Trost & Trost
- Gadsden HotelGadsden HotelGadsden Hotel is a historic building in Douglas, Arizona. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976.The hotel opened in 1907. Named for the Gadsden Purchase, the stately five-story, 160-room hotel became a home away from home for cattlemen, ranchers, miners, and...
, 1929, Douglas, Arizona - Luhrs TowerLuhrs TowerLuhrs Tower is an Art Deco skyscraper office building in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is located at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Jefferson Street, on the south side of the former Patriots Square Park. Built in 1929 by George Luhrs, a prominent local businessman, the tower reaches a...
, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona; Henry C. Trost - Hotel Paisano, 1930, Marfa, Texas - Built by Charles Bassett: Gateway hotel chain
- Plaza HotelPlaza Hotel (El Paso)The Plaza Hotel, formerly the Hilton Hotel, is a landmark skyscraper located at 106 Mills Avenue in El Paso, Texas.-Sheldon Hotel site:The hotel was constructed on the site of the Sheldon Hotel, which burned in 1929...
- Plaza Motor Hotel, New Sheldon Hotel, Hilton Hotel amongst other names, 1929, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost - O. T. Bassett Tower, 1930, El Paso, Texas; Henry C. Trost
- Driskill HotelDriskill HotelThe Driskill Hotel, a Romanesque style building completed in 1886, is the oldest operating hotel in Austin, Texas, USA, and one of the best-known hotels in Texas generally. The Driskill was conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune constructing "the finest hotel...
, 1930 tower addition, Austin, Texas; Henry C. Trost - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Warrell Hall, 1935–1937, El Paso, Texas; Gustavus A. Trost - University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Benedict, 1935–1937, El Paso, Texas; Gustavus A. Trost - El Paso Country Club repairs (proposed 1920-1922), 1936, El Paso, Texas; Gustavus A. Trost
- University of Texas at El PasoUniversity of Texas at El PasoThe University of Texas at El Paso is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Texas System. Its campus is located on the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas. The school was founded in 1914 as The Texas State School of Mines and Metallurgy,...
- Holliday Hall, 1933,El Paso, Texas; Gustavus A. Trost
External links
- http://austin.episd.org/ephistory/quadbiotrost.htm
- http://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/20_trost.htm
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/28541416@N00/sets/72157600081677141/***More Trost & Trost Images