# Abdou Building

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{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Abdou Building
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Abdou Building, El Paso, Texas.jpg
  | caption = 
  | location= 115 North Mesa Street, [El Paso, Texas](/source/El_Paso%2C_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](/source/Trost_%26_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](/source/El_Paso%2C_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](/source/Trost_%26_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](/source/Newspapers.com)|url-access=registration }}</ref> It has been listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_El_Paso_County%2C_Texas) since September 24, 1980.<ref name="nris"/>

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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

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