Architect Henry C. Trost drew the plans for the house facing you and lived in it himself, in El Paso, Texas. Built in 1908–1909, it was designed for its owner, architect Henry C. Trost of the firm Trost & Trost. This is a house born of an architect’s hand and intent, laid out for the man who drew its plans and chose to live here.
Trost made it his home with his siblings — two brothers and a sister — so its story is both professional and personal. In 1948 the property passed into the care of the Grossbeck family, and later it was acquired by Robert McGregor, who teaches at El Paso Community College. The house’s significance was formally recognized when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976, a mark that ties this modest address to the broader history of preservation.
Stand here and consider those layers: the years of construction, the architect who lived where he worked, the families who followed, and the national listing that records its importance. Notice the house that carried Trost from architect to resident, then to the Grossbeck family, and later to a teacher at El Paso Community College.