Trost & Trost

Infobox Architect


name=Henry Charles Trost
mother=Wilhelmina (Frank) Trost
father=Ernst Trost
nationality=American
birth_date=birth date|1860|3|5
birth_place=Toledo, Ohio
death_date=death date and age|1933|9|19|1860|3|5
death_place=El Paso, Texas
practice_name=
significant_buildings=O. T. Bassett Tower
Plaza Hotel
The Paso Del Norte Hotel
Turney Home
significant_projects=
awards=|

Trost & Trost Architects & Engineers was an architecture firm based in El Paso, Texas. The firm's chief designer was Henry C. Trost, who was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1860 and moved to El Paso in 1903. The other partner in Trost & Trost was Henry's brother Gustavus Adolphus Trost, who handled the business side of the enterprise and did some design work of his own. Adolphus Gustavus Trost was Gustavus's twin brother; in 1908 he joined the firm as a structural engineer. Between 1903 and Henry Trost's death on September 19, 1933, the firm designed hundreds of buildings in the El Paso area and in other Southwestern cities including Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Tucson.

Throughout his career Henry Trost demonstrated his ability to work in a variety of styles, including Art Deco, Mission Revival, Prairie, and even Pueblo Revival. Many of the buildings designed by Trost & Trost display an influence from the Chicago School of architecture, especially the work of Louis Sullivan. Henry Trost had lived in Chicago between 1888 and 1896, and it is possible that he worked for the firm of Adler & Sullivan during that period.

Notable Buildings

All buildings are located in El Paso unless otherwise noted.
*Gadsden Hotel in Douglas,AZ built in 1929 after destroyed by fire
*Tucson's First Owls Club, 1898 Tucson, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
*Schneider-Healy House, 1900-1902, Tucson, Arizona; Henry Trost
*Tucson's Second Owls Club, 1902-1903 Tucson, Arizona;Trost & Rust
*Carnegie Free Library, 1900-1901 Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Trost
*W.W. Turner residence (now the International Museum of Art), 1906
*Young Men's Christian Association(demolished in 1961), 1906-1908] ; Henry C. Trost
*Henry C. Trost residence 1908, ; Henry C. Trost
*El Paso Country Club (destroyed by Fire in 1916), 1908-1909; Henry C. Trost
*Caples Building, 1909
*New Mexico State University campus, 1909, Las Cruces, New Mexico
*Abdou Building, 1910
*Anson Mills Building, 1911
*Hotel Paso del Norte, 1912; Henry C. Trost
*Popular Department Store (now 1 Union Fashion Center), 1912
*White House Department Store (now The Centre), 1912
*El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot 1912 Tucson, Arizona
*El Paso High School, 1913-1916; Henry C. Trost
*Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1915; Tucson, Arizona; Trost & Trost
*El Paso Country Court House (demolished in 1988), 1915-1916; Henry C. Trost
*Occidental Life Building, 1917, Albuquerque, New Mexico
*University of Texas at El Paso- Old Main Building, 1917; Henry C. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Quinn Hall, 1917; Henry C. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Graham Hall, 1917; Henry C. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Geology Building, 1917
* [http://www.cabq.gov/planning/lucc/rosenwald.html Rosenwald Building] , 1920, Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
*University of Texas at El Paso- Kelly Hall, 1920-1921; Henry C. Trost
*First National Bank Building, 1922, Albuquerque, New Mexico
*Houston High School, 1922; Henry C. Trost
*State National Bank Building, 1922; Henry C. Trost
*Franciscan Hotel (demolished), 1923, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Henry C. Trost
*Loretto Academy, 1922-1936; Gustavus A. Trost
*Luhrs Building, 1924, Phoenix, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
*Sunshine Building 1924 in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico
*El Paso Community College 1925; Henry C. Trost
*Luhrs Tower, 1929, Phoenix, Arizona; Henry C. Trost
*Plaza Hotel - Plaza Motor Hotel, New Sheldon Hotel, Hilton Hotel amongst other names, 1929; Henry C. Trost
*O. T. Bassett Tower, 1930; Henry C. Trost
* [http://www.epcf.org/facilities.sstg Hotel Cortez - Hotel Orndorff, 1922; Henry C. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Warrell Hall, 1935-1937; Gustavus A. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Benedict, 1935-1937; Gustavus A. Trost
*El Paso Country Club repairs (proposed 1920-1922), 1936; Gustavus A. Trost
*University of Texas at El Paso- Holliday Hall, 1933; Gustavus A. Trost

References

* Edgell, G.H., "The American Architecture of Today" Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1929
* "Guide to the Architecture of Phoenix", Central Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 1983
* Information gathered by Lloyd C. & June F. Engelbrecht under a grant from the National Endowment for the humanities for the El Paso Public Library, 1990.

External links

* http://austin.episd.org/ephistory/quadbiotrost.htm
* http://www.epcc.edu/nwlibrary/borderlands/20_trost.htm
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28541416@N00/sets/72157600081677141/] ***More Trost & Trost Images