The Popular Department Store is a historic building in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1917 for The Popular, a chain of department stores founded by Adolph Schwartz in El Paso in 1902. The building was designed in the Chicago School architectural style by the architects Trost & Trost.
Schwartz's heirs inherited the building and sold it in 1995. The building later became the Fallas Department Store.
The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 24, 1980. Today, it stands as a sturdy piece of urban history on North Mesa Street.
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Written by Kyle McLonely
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