El Paso's Manhattan Heights

by Craig M. Peters

Book Overview

Manhattan Heights Historic District can trace its beginnings to June 9, 1899, when paperwork was filed by El Paso and New York investors to begin the process of opening the Federal Copper Company. By 1912, however, the smelter was closed and demolished. Shortly thereafter, four of the five parcels of land originally owned by the smelter were purchased to build what many considered to be El Paso's first suburban neighborhood. The first house was built...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738584800
• ISBN13: 9780738584805
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"