Abdou Building

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Abdou Building | nrhp_type = | image = Abdou Building, El Paso, Texas.jpg | caption = | location= 115 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas | coordinates = {{coord|31|45|30|N|106|29|13|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Abdou Building|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Texas#USA | built = 1910 | architect = Trost & Trost | architecture = 20th century skyscraper | added = September 24, 1980 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = [https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64000837.pdf Commercial Structures of El Paso by Henry C. Trost TR] | refnum = 80004100<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref> }} The '''Abdou Building''' is a historic seven-story building in El Paso, Texas. It was built for the Rio Grande Valley Bank in 1910,<ref name="henryctrostadboubuilding">{{cite web |title=Abdou Building |url=http://www.henrytrost.org/buildings/abdou-building/ |website=Henry C. Trost Historical Organization |accessdate=February 9, 2019}}</ref> and designed by Trost & Trost.<ref name=nris/> In 1925, it was renamed the Abdou Building after its new owner, Sam Abdou, who purchased it for $150,000.<ref name="henryctrostadboubuilding"/> The same year, the American Trust and Saving Bank leased the building; one of its directors, Charles Klink was Abdou's stepson.<ref name="henryctrostadboubuilding"/> By 1930, the El Paso Bank and Leavell & Sherman both had offices in the building.<ref name="elpasotimestwodaysleft">{{cite news |title=Two Days Left |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/433142550/?terms=%22Abdou%2BBuilding%22 |accessdate=February 9, 2019 |work=El Paso Times |date=March 20, 1930|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}</ref> It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980.<ref name="nris"/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdou Building}} Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1910 Category:Buildings and structures in El Paso, Texas Category:National Register of Historic Places in El Paso County, Texas Category:Trost & Trost buildings