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El PASO – El Paso County is considering seeking a historic designation, separate from the designation being sought for the entire downtown, for the iconic El Segundo Barrio.
Also known as the Second Ward, El Segundo Barrio was one of four political divisions in El Paso going back to the 1880s. It was also the home of the majority of the city’s Mexican-American community. In the early 1900s, the neighborhood grew in the midst of the Mexican Revolution.
The neighborhood lies south of Paisano Drive, north of Cesar Chavez Memorial Highway, west of Cotton Street, and east of the alley between Mesa and Stanton.
In 2016, the National Trust included the neighborhood among the 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S.
After the city submitted a draft downtown historical architectural survey to the State Historic Preservation Office in 2017, the state responded with recommendations that El Segundo Barrio be nominated separately from the proposed downtown historic area.
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