72 pp. catalog advertising the work of the Trost & Trost architectural firm, profusely illustrated, with 2 pp. of introductory text and 16 pp. of advertisements for related businesses, most located in and around El Paso. Square octavo (9 x 9 1/4 inches). Original publisher's boards. Fabric along spine gone, some light bumping and abrasions to covers, spine shaken, a few pages coming loose to interior and some splitting at front of volume, light soiling to first few pages, overall good. El Paso: [Trost & Trost], 1907.

The Trost & Trost architectural firm was founded in 1905 by chief architect Henry Charles Trost (1860-1933) and his brother, architect and structural engineer Gustavus Adolphus Trost (1876-1950). They were later joined in the firm by Gustavus's twin, Adolphus G. Trost (1876-1957). The Trost brothers were born in Toldeo, Ohio, and Henry spent time in Chicago, Colorado, and Tucson before settling in El Paso in 1903. Between 1903 and Henry's death in 1933, the Trost & Trost firm designed hundreds of buildings in El Paso and other cities in the Southwest, including Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tucson, and San Angelo. They worked in various architectural styles such as Art Deco, Mission Revival, Prairie, Pueblo Revival, and even Bhutanese Dzong style.

Some of Henry and the firm's most noteworthy designs in El Paso include: the Henry C. Trost residence, the International Museum of Art, the El Caples Building, the Abdou Building, the Hotel Paso del Norte, the Popular Department Store and the White House Department Store, El Paso High School, the El Paso Country Court House, numerous buildings at the University of Texas El Paso, the Hotel Cortez-Hotel Orndorff, Loretto Academy, the Plaza Hotel, and the O.T. Bassett Tower.

Notable Trost designs in other cities include: the Steinfeld Mansion, the Schneider-Healy House, the Carnegie Free Library, the Willard Hotel, the Santa Rita Hotel, the Owls Club, the Bayless House, the Ronstadt House, the Manning House, and the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Tucson; the Driskill Hotel in Austin; Hotel Paisano in Marfa; the Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona; San Angelo City Hall; the Sunshine Building, the Occidental Life Building, the Rosenwald Building, and the First National Bank Building in Albuquerque; the Luhrs Building in Phoenix; and the Walter Douglas House in Bisbee, Arizona.

According to his obituary published in the El Paso Times upon his death in 1933, Henry "was one who let himself be known by his works, rather than his words, one who made a valid and lasting contribution to the development of this great region. His was a life of purpose and achievement, and he leaves the Southwest richer for his having lived and worked in it."

This catalogue includes sketches, elevations, and photographs of some notable buildings from the Trost & Trost firm, including private residences, hotels, churches, libraries, schools, and commercial buildings. As of May 2026, OCLC locates only five holdings in North American libraries.

Book ID: 53686

Price: $1,250.00