Former barracks housing that is a part of the Old Fort Bliss property in El Paso is on the market for just under $700,000.
Located at 1836 and 1844 W. Paisano Drive, the structures measure just over 21, 200 square feet and are regarded as Class C buildings. Built in the late 19th century in the Victorian architectural style, the buildings sit on a 1.3-acre site that was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The roots of Fort Bliss can be traced to the late 1840s with the creation of a U.S. Army post not long after the Mexican American War. It was surrendered to the Confederacy at the beginning of the Civil War, before the Union Army retook control of the site less than two years later.
In subsequent decades it served several functions, which include providing anti-aircraft artillery battalion training during World War II. The base was substantially expanded after the war and is today the home to a tank division, Joint Mobilization Force, and the offices of the Department of Homeland Security.
The barracks structures, which are currently vacant, but valued by local preservationists, are located around 9 miles to the southwest of today’s modern Fort Bliss.
The properties are being listed by the El Paso offices of SVN Fortune Real Estate.
By Garry Boulard
