A.B. Fall's other El Paso home gets new life

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The Fall house at 801 Rio Grande St. came close to becoming a parking lot, according to its owner.

A.B. Fall's other El Paso home is getting new life because of the restoration efforts of a local attorney.

Work at the 120-year-old home at 801 Rio Grande St. is under way after the home came perilously close in the past decade to being bulldozed for a parking lot, said its owner, Terry W. Hammond.

"This is one of the only houses of its kind in El Paso," Hammond said Friday as he led a tour of the 2,200-square-foot house, which was built in the Victorian style downstairs and in Dutch Colonial upstairs.

As Hammond pointed out, many other historic buildings along that stretch just south of El Paso High School have disappeared and boxy, ugly structures have taken their place.

Making way for parking appears to have been the plan

It would have been a shame, Hammond said.

"This was the silk-stocking district of El Paso," Hammond said. "This was the heart of the city, and we want to keep it that way."

He would not say how much the restoration will cost.

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A.B. Fall's other El Paso home gets new life