This structure is a tragic shell of its old self - a vacant half-building, deteriorating badly with its western end demolished after an early 1980s fire. Postcards tell the story of the Hotel Hidalgo's heyday during its early years: a magnificent Pueblo and Mission Revival eclectic mix, stunning Mission parapets and welcoming storefronts facing the Main Drag; flanked on the eastern end with a modern filling station. Texaco, to boot. Now? Stoccoed Pueblo designed skeletal remains, stripped of its Mission features, turning slowly into dust. The east end, where the filling station was, boarded and rotting.
Designed by Trost & Trost and erected in 1928-1929, this lively hotel was initially part of the Gateway Hotel Chain, owned by El Paso business magnate Charles Bassett. Today (10/22/2020) I was able to take new pictures of the historic property, but comparing these nuevo shots with the post cards I have also posted below -- well, you be the judge. Is a resurrection possible?
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| Postcard from Ebay seller rosepostcard at https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linen-Postcard-Railroad-Ave-Street-Scene-Lordsburg-NM-Hidalgo-Garage-Hotel-/192664715711 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Postcard from Ebay seller rosepostcard at https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linen-Postcard-Railroad-Ave-Street-Scene-Lordsburg-NM-Hidalgo-Garage-Hotel-/192664715711 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
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| Photograph taken by Mark Stone 10/22/2020 |
