Toltec Club

United States historic place


Toltec Club
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


31°45′36″N 106°28′45″W / 31.76000°N 106.47917°W / 31.76000; -106.47917
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910 (1910)
Architect	John J. Huddart
Architectural style	Renaissance, Beaux Arts, Sullivanesque
NRHP reference No.	79002934^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 12, 1979

The Toltec Club (or Toltec Building) is a building located in downtown El Paso, Texas. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[2]

History

The Toltec Club purchased the land for the building on December 12, 1908.^[2] The all-men's club was founded by W.H. Burges, T.M. Wingo, Felix Martinez, W.W. Turney A.P. Coles, Britton Davis, J. Arthur Eddy and C.B Eddy on November 18, 1902.^[3] The name, "Toltec," meant "man of knowledge."^[3]

The Toltec Club building was opened in 1910 and cost about $100,000.^[4] The architect for the building was John J. Huddart.^[4] The grand opening took place on October 14, 1910, with a colorful, "informal" reception, according to the El Paso Herald.^[5]

Initiation fees for the club were expensive at $100 and club dues cost $50.^[3] Important visitors in El Paso were often entertained at the club which had a ballroom and high stakes gambling.^[3]

The Great Depression affected the club, causing it to close in 1930.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "1910: Brilliant is Toltec Club opening". El Paso Times. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Coons, Heather (2010). "The Toltec Club: Of Ghosts and Guests". Borderlands. 28.
^ ^a ^b Gray, Robert (May 31, 2016). "Inspectors: Toltec building unsafe". El Paso Inc. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
^ "Brilliant is Toltec Club Opening". El Paso Herald. October 15, 1910. Retrieved May 22, 2017 – via The Portal to Texas History.