Toltec Building
602 Magoffin Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79901
Designed by the Denver architect John James Huddart (1856-1930) in 1910, the Toltec Building is a trapezoidal, five-story free-standing building clad in buff brick and sandstone.
Richly decorated with balconies, cornices, brackets, dentils, and hood molds, the Toltec exhibits both Beaux Arts Classicism and Renaissance Revival influences. Upon its opening on October 14, 1910, the Toltec soon became the social center of El Paso, and the members and founders of its club included Henry C. Trost, Zach T. White, A. P. Coles, and W. W. Turney.
The Toltec featured a restaurant on the ground floor and living quarters and club rooms on the upper floors. Visiting dignitaries, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Francisco I. Madero, Porfirio Díaz, and General John J. Pershing, were entertained by the Toltec Club members during their visits to El Paso.
