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Texas Historical Commission Staff (DKU), 2/22/80, revised 4/9/80
Official Texas Historical Building Marker for attachment
to brick
El Paso County (Order #5778)
Location: 1400 N. Mesa, El Paso
THE WOMAN'S CLUB*
OF EL PASO***
IN 1895 THE CHILD CULTURE STUDY
CIRCLE WAS OFFICIALLY ORGANIZED
AS THE CURRENT TOPICS CLUB FOR
THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE
PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL,AND MORAL
CONDITIONS OF THE COMMUNITY*
THE NAME WAS CHANGED THREE
YEARS LATER TO THE WOMAN'S
CLUB OF EL PASOSTHIS STRUCTURE,
BUILT FOR THE MEMBERS IN 1916,
WAS DESIGNED BY O.H.THORMAN AND
CONSTRUCTED BY H.T.PONSFORD AND
SONSIT REFLECTS INFLUENCES OF
GEORGIAN AND BEAUX ARTS STYLING9*
RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1980***
*1/2 inch lettering
**3/8 inch lettering
***1/4 inch lettering
Truett Latimer
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