Famed Century-Old W.S. Hills Building in El Paso is Up for Sale

October 24, 2024

A building designed by famed architect Henry Trost in downtown El Paso and long extolled by preservationists is now on the market with an asking price of just over $4 million.

Located at 112 Texas Avenue, the W. S. Hills Building was completed in 1927 and for decades housed both lower-level retail and upper-level office space.

Designed in what has been called a Second Renaissance Revival style, the three-story building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is distinguished by its front half dozen concrete piers.

The structure is also graced by second floor bays filled with the original windows.

The building has in recent years been the subject of an extensive architecture project study proposing the addition of four more top floors that could house offices and residential space.

Regarded as a Class A structure, the W.S. Hills Building encompasses nearly 33,500 square feet and sits in a downtown section populated with intricately designed early 20th century office and commercial structures.

The structure is named in honor of El Paso developer and attorney W. S. Hills. Upon its unveiling in 1927, it was hailed by the El Paso Herald as a “handsome polished granite and terra cotta building.”

The W. S. Hills Building is being offered for sale by the El Paso real estate agency Sonny Brown Associates.

By Garry Boulard


Photo Courtesy of El Paso Community College Library

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