El Paso, Texas

Change over time....
SANBORN MAPS
and CITY DIRECTORIES

Maps are from Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection UMI

1883

1888


Pioneer Plaza and environs

click here for a pdf of this map -- pdf will allow you to zoom in and take a closer look

There is no city directory at the Center for American History for 1888 at this time, but on the Sanborn map, on El Paso Street between San Francisco and San Antonio we see the following:

China and Glassware
Grocery
Meat
Drugs
Saloons

On El Paso Street between San Antonio and Overland:

Barber
Cigars
Drugs
First National Bank
Gem Theater (stage)
Hardware
Ice Cream and confectionery
Jewelry
Loans
Pacific Express
Restaurant
Saloons
Watchmaker

1885
1888
1893
1900
1902
1905
1908
1943
1948
1951
1954