Old Fort Bliss

United States historic place


Old Fort Bliss
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

One of the buildings in 2012
31°45′47″N 106°30′33″W / 31.76306°N 106.50917°W / 31.76306; -106.50917 (U.S. Post Office)
Area	11 acres (4.5 ha)
Built	1851 (1851)
NRHP reference No.	72001357^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1972

Old Fort Bliss are a pair of two-story adobe buildings in El Paso, Texas. They were built in the 1850s, and designed in the Victorian architectural style.^[2] They were army barracks and later remodelled into apartment buildings.^[2] The structure has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 23, 1972.^[1] In 2017, the structure was endangered.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Wayne Bell; Gary Hume (December 16, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Old Fort Bliss / Site of Hart's Mill" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved February 11, 2019. Includes four photos from 1971-75.
^ Renteria, Ramon (August 11, 2017). "El Paso historic sites, including Old Fort Bliss, placed on endangered list". El Paso Times. Retrieved February 11, 2019.