A history of Texas and Texans . active worker in church and society, andtogether they take a great deal of pleasure in theirhome and in travel, and occasionally return to his oldhome in Virginia. Dr. White is a broad-minded andpuldic-spirited citizen and through his profession andin private lends his support to every movement thatwill tend to advance the destiny of western Texas. Henry C. Trost. All that is most distinctive in thearchitecture of El Paso is the product of the skill andgenius of Henry C. Trost, who, in his field, is undoubtedlythe premier architect of the southwest. -During many
A history of Texas and Texans . active worker in church and society, andtogether they take a great deal of pleasure in theirhome and in travel, and occasionally return to his oldhome in Virginia. Dr. White is a broad-minded andpuldic-spirited citizen and through his profession andin private lends his support to every movement thatwill tend to advance the destiny of western Texas. Henry C. Trost. All that is most distinctive in thearchitecture of El Paso is the product of the skill andgenius of Henry C. Trost, who, in his field, is undoubtedlythe premier architect of the southwest. -During manyyears of practical work in the southwestern states andterritory. Mr. Trost has designed and created buildingswhich are the most conspicuous in many cities, and whichare characterized by a successful combination of theutilitarian and the artistic in all their exterior linesand general arrangement and accomodation of sym-metry and proportions to practical usefulness. El Pasois fortunate in possessing this prominent architect, who. TEXAS AND TEXANS 1765 in many ways has been able to influence the standards andideals of the business and residence construction of apermanent beauty and benefit of the community. WhileMr. Trost has always been a diligent student of tradi-tion in architecture and has followed the old and ap-proved models, he has never slavishly copied from Jiispredecessors and contemporaries, often displayed a strik-ing originality in his conceptions, and has taken intoconsideration the surroundings and has endeavored toharmonize building construction with both the naturalenvironment and the uses for which it is designed. Henry Charles Trost was born in the city of Toledo,Ohio, March 5, 1860, a son of Ernest and Wilhelmina(Frank) Trost. His parents, both natives of Germany,came to America in the early fifties and settled inToledo, where his father became a successful contractorand builder. Both parents are now deceased. Beared in Toledo and with an education derived fro
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