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Kern Place

January 06, 2023

Kern Place is a historic neighborhood on the West side of El Paso, Texas. The neighborhood lies just east of the University of Texas at El Paso, and north of downtown. Kern is part of District 1 in the City of El Paso and currently represented by Peter Svarzbein.[1] The neighborhood was created by Peter E. Kern, and once had an unusual gate marking the entrance. Madeline Park in the center of the neighborhood is named after Kern's daughter. Businesses and a small entertainment district border the eclectic housing featured in the neighborhood.

Kern Place
Location in the state of Texas
Coordinates: 31°46′59″N 106°29′56″W / 31.783°N 106.499°W / 31.783; -106.499Coordinates: 31°46′59″N 106°29′56″W / 31.783°N 106.499°W / 31.783; -106.499
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyEl Paso County
CityEl Paso
Elevation
3,850 - 4,080 ft (2,610 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (MDT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (CDT)
Madeline Park in Kern Place, 2017.

History

 
Land division where Kern Place was eventually built.

Kern Place was founded by Peter E. Kern (1860-1937),[2] for whom the neighborhood was named. Kern first came to El Paso in 1881.[3] In 1886, he purchased large amounts of land from Juan and Guadalupe Ascarate and the largest of his purchases, the McKelligon tract, became Kern Place subdivision.[4]

In 1913, a paved road was created on Mesa Avenue and leading to the area known as Kern Place.[5] Kern had an engineer, W.I. Rider, help him develop plans for the neighborhood.[6] Construction began on November 21, 1914.[7] A 1914 ad in the El Paso Herald described horse trails, planned parks, homes for sale under $3,500 and access to public transportation.[8] Kern named the streets after friends and for places he "admired."[9] Kern also did not want commercial properties on his land.[9] Kern borrowed the money to develop the property from Texas Bank & Trust which later merged with First National Bank.[10] In 1915, Kern had 500 trees planted in Madeline Park,[11] located in Kern Place, which he gave to the city of El Paso later that same year.[12] On May 4, 1926, Kern sold the land that made up Kern place.[13][14]

In 1959, Clinton and Hal Dean Jr. bought Kern Place property and build the Kern Village Shopping Center.[15]

In the 1970s, Kern Place was used strategically to demonstrate that there was a problem with lead contamination and the nearby ASARCO plant in El Paso.[16] Investigators chose to show that wealthy children from the Kern Place area also had high levels of lead in their blood in order to combat the assertion that only poor, uneducated El Pasoans were being affected by the problem.[17]

In 2001, a report was published by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) documenting high levels of arsenic and lead in the soil in areas around Kern Place.[18] Any community within 3 miles of the ASARCO plant found high levels of lead.[19] Students who had gone to school in the area showed greater than average rates of developing multiple sclerosis (MS).[20] Individuals in the neighborhood dealt with the health issue by washing hands more often after playing in nearby parks.[20] Fourteen cases of MS were positively linked to the area around Kern Place and Mission Hills in a 1994 study.[21]

The Kern Place Gate

 
Building the Kern Place Gate, erected in 1916.

In 1916, Kern constructed a gate that formed an archway to the entrance of the neighborhood[3] at the intersection of North Kansas Street and Robinson.[2] The gate was made of iron and stone and cost $2,500.[22] Kern found decedents of the Toltec and hired them to help build the gate.[23]

 
Gate erected outside of the Kern Place neighborhood in 1916.

The iron gate contained swastikas, the Kern family crest and 444 electric light globes that illuminated the words "Kern Place" over the center of the gate.[2] It also had a Zondias calendar, totem poles from Alaska, and spelled out "Kern Place."[23] The symbolism of the gate was meant to express ideas about "the brotherhood of man, light, life, health and wealth," according to the El Paso Herald-Post.[2]

Kern wanted the gate to remain forever as "a monument and his legacy to the generation here and who will come after them."[2] Pieces of the gate were taken over time by vandals, leaving only the pillars of stone.[23] Eventually, the entire gate was dismantled in 1954 during a street-widening project.[3]

A new gate has been proposed in 2017 as part of the Sun City Lights Project.[24] The proposed gate is meant to reference the old Kern Place Gate and will be located on Cincinnati Street.[25]

Cityscape

 
Kern Place Addition Map

Kern place is bordered by Mesa Street, Boston/Robinson, Piedmont and Mesita.[6]

The homes of Kern Place are unique in architecture and some were built by residents themselves.[6] One of the better known homes is the Paul Luckett Home located at 1201 Cincinnati Ave. above Madeline Park, and is made of local rock. It is known as "The Castle" due to its round walls and a crenelated rooftop.[6]

One of the buildings, the Hoover House, was deeded to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 1965 and serves as the residence of the president of UTEP.[6]

The Cincinnati Entertainment District is part of Kern Place, and includes bars, restaurants and other businesses.[26][27]

Notable residents

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ "Our District 1 Representative". Kern Place Association. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hamilton, Nancy (21 November 1974). "Papers, Photos Add to Kern Place Founder's History". El Paso Herald-Post. Retrieved 27 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c Murphy 2009, p. 22.
  4. ^ "Old-time Pioneer, Peter Kern, Founded Kern Place". El Paso Herald-Post. 5 July 1976. Retrieved 27 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Mesa Loop for El Paso Automobilists". El Paso Herald. 6 September 1913. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Magruder, Alicia; Dickey, Gretchen (2004). "Kern Place Neighborhood: The Man Behind a Name". Borderlands. 23.
  7. ^ Metz 1993, p. 174.
  8. ^ "Kern Place". El Paso Herald. 10 January 1914. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b "New Housing Booms Business in Kern Shopping Center". El Paso Herald-Post. 8 October 1959. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Kern Place Lien Of First National Upheld by Referee". El Paso Herald. 5 October 1925. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Many Homes for Kern Place; $100,000 Worth of Buildings". El Paso Herald. 17 April 1915. Retrieved 1 May 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Madeline Park Given to City". El Paso Herald. 10 June 1915. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "It Happened In Old El Paso". El Paso Herald-Post. 3 May 1976. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Kern, P.E. (3 May 1926). "Pathetic But Kindly Farewell from P.E. Kern on Eve of Sale of Kern Place, a Beloved Dream". El Paso Herald. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Kern Village Shopping Center Owned and Developed by 2 Dean Brothers". El Paso Herald-Post. 8 October 1959. Retrieved 29 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Sullivan 2014, p. 62-63.
  17. ^ Sullivan 2014, p. 63.
  18. ^ El Paso Historical Soil Sample Health Consultation (PDF). Texas Department of Health. 2001.
  19. ^ Perales 2010, p. 252.
  20. ^ a b Rutigliano, Lou (15 October 2001). "Kern Place Unfazed by Soil, Disease Risks". El Paso Times. Retrieved 2 May 2017 – via Multiple Sclerosis.org.
  21. ^ Garcia, Kimberly (2013-01-25). "Support for persons with Multiple Sclerosis exists in El Paso despite a lack of awareness". Borderzine. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  22. ^ "$250,000 in 3 New Buildings; $150,000 Department Store". El Paso Herald. 8 January 1916. Retrieved 27 April 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ a b c Krausse, Monica (15 May 1989). "The Pete Kern Story: Rags to Riches to Rags to Riches to Rags". El Paso Times.
  24. ^ "City to Host Open House for Kern Place Lights Project". El Paso Herald-Post. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  25. ^ Guadian, Stephanie (2017-02-14). "Big changes on the way for El Paso's Cincinnati Street". KVIA. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  26. ^ Gray, Robert (5 July 2016). "Cincinnati Street claws back losses". El Paso Inc. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  27. ^ Gray, Robert (14 September 2015). "Vacancies trouble Cincinnati district". El Paso Inc. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  28. ^ Davis, Mary Margaret (December 7, 1985). "English-manor aura surrounds home". El Paso Times. Retrieved November 19, 2018.

Sources

  • Metz, Leon C. (1993). El Paso Chronicles: A Record of Historical Events in El Paso, Texas. El Paso, TX: Mangan Books. ISBN 0930208323.
  • Murphy, James R. (2009). Images of America: El Paso 1850-1950. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738571201.
  • Perales, Monica (2010). Smeltertown: Making and Remembering a Southwest Border Community. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9781469604985 – via Project MUSE.
  • Sullivan, Marianne (2014). Tainted Earth: Smelters, Public Health, and the Environment. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813562803.

External links

 
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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article July 2016 Kern Place is a historic neighborhood on the West side of El Paso Texas The neighborhood lies just east of the University of Texas at El Paso and north of downtown Kern is part of District 1 in the City of El Paso and currently represented by Peter Svarzbein 1 The neighborhood was created by Peter E Kern and once had an unusual gate marking the entrance Madeline Park in the center of the neighborhood is named after Kern s daughter Businesses and a small entertainment district border the eclectic housing featured in the neighborhood Kern PlaceLocation in the state of TexasCoordinates 31 46 59 N 106 29 56 W 31 783 N 106 499 W 31 783 106 499 Coordinates 31 46 59 N 106 29 56 W 31 783 N 106 499 W 31 783 106 499CountryUnited StatesStateTexasCountyEl Paso CountyCityEl PasoElevation3 850 4 080 ft 2 610 m Time zoneUTC 6 MDT Summer DST UTC 6 CDT Madeline Park in Kern Place 2017 Contents 1 History 1 1 The Kern Place Gate 2 Cityscape 3 Notable residents 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 Sources 6 External linksHistory Edit Land division where Kern Place was eventually built Kern Place was founded by Peter E Kern 1860 1937 2 for whom the neighborhood was named Kern first came to El Paso in 1881 3 In 1886 he purchased large amounts of land from Juan and Guadalupe Ascarate and the largest of his purchases the McKelligon tract became Kern Place subdivision 4 In 1913 a paved road was created on Mesa Avenue and leading to the area known as Kern Place 5 Kern had an engineer W I Rider help him develop plans for the neighborhood 6 Construction began on November 21 1914 7 A 1914 ad in the El Paso Herald described horse trails planned parks homes for sale under 3 500 and access to public transportation 8 Kern named the streets after friends and for places he admired 9 Kern also did not want commercial properties on his land 9 Kern borrowed the money to develop the property from Texas Bank amp Trust which later merged with First National Bank 10 In 1915 Kern had 500 trees planted in Madeline Park 11 located in Kern Place which he gave to the city of El Paso later that same year 12 On May 4 1926 Kern sold the land that made up Kern place 13 14 In 1959 Clinton and Hal Dean Jr bought Kern Place property and build the Kern Village Shopping Center 15 In the 1970s Kern Place was used strategically to demonstrate that there was a problem with lead contamination and the nearby ASARCO plant in El Paso 16 Investigators chose to show that wealthy children from the Kern Place area also had high levels of lead in their blood in order to combat the assertion that only poor uneducated El Pasoans were being affected by the problem 17 In 2001 a report was published by the Texas Department of State Health Services TDSHS documenting high levels of arsenic and lead in the soil in areas around Kern Place 18 Any community within 3 miles of the ASARCO plant found high levels of lead 19 Students who had gone to school in the area showed greater than average rates of developing multiple sclerosis MS 20 Individuals in the neighborhood dealt with the health issue by washing hands more often after playing in nearby parks 20 Fourteen cases of MS were positively linked to the area around Kern Place and Mission Hills in a 1994 study 21 The Kern Place Gate Edit Building the Kern Place Gate erected in 1916 In 1916 Kern constructed a gate that formed an archway to the entrance of the neighborhood 3 at the intersection of North Kansas Street and Robinson 2 The gate was made of iron and stone and cost 2 500 22 Kern found decedents of the Toltec and hired them to help build the gate 23 Gate erected outside of the Kern Place neighborhood in 1916 The iron gate contained swastikas the Kern family crest and 444 electric light globes that illuminated the words Kern Place over the center of the gate 2 It also had a Zondias calendar totem poles from Alaska and spelled out Kern Place 23 The symbolism of the gate was meant to express ideas about the brotherhood of man light life health and wealth according to the El Paso Herald Post 2 Kern wanted the gate to remain forever as a monument and his legacy to the generation here and who will come after them 2 Pieces of the gate were taken over time by vandals leaving only the pillars of stone 23 Eventually the entire gate was dismantled in 1954 during a street widening project 3 A new gate has been proposed in 2017 as part of the Sun City Lights Project 24 The proposed gate is meant to reference the old Kern Place Gate and will be located on Cincinnati Street 25 Cityscape Edit Kern Place Addition Map Kern place is bordered by Mesa Street Boston Robinson Piedmont and Mesita 6 The homes of Kern Place are unique in architecture and some were built by residents themselves 6 One of the better known homes is the Paul Luckett Home located at 1201 Cincinnati Ave above Madeline Park and is made of local rock It is known as The Castle due to its round walls and a crenelated rooftop 6 One of the buildings the Hoover House was deeded to the University of Texas at El Paso UTEP in 1965 and serves as the residence of the president of UTEP 6 The Cincinnati Entertainment District is part of Kern Place and includes bars restaurants and other businesses 26 27 Notable residents EditRichard M Dudley 6 Diana Natalacio 6 Beto O Rourke boyhood home 28 See also EditPeter E Kern Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century As a Native American symbolReferences EditCitations Edit Our District 1 Representative Kern Place Association Retrieved 2 May 2017 a b c d e Hamilton Nancy 21 November 1974 Papers Photos Add to Kern Place Founder s History El Paso Herald Post Retrieved 27 April 2017 via Newspapers com a b c Murphy 2009 p 22 Old time Pioneer Peter Kern Founded Kern Place El Paso Herald Post 5 July 1976 Retrieved 27 April 2017 via Newspapers com Mesa Loop for El Paso Automobilists El Paso Herald 6 September 1913 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com a b c d e f g Magruder Alicia Dickey Gretchen 2004 Kern Place Neighborhood The Man Behind a Name Borderlands 23 Metz 1993 p 174 Kern Place El Paso Herald 10 January 1914 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com a b New Housing Booms Business in Kern Shopping Center El Paso Herald Post 8 October 1959 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com Kern Place Lien Of First National Upheld by Referee El Paso Herald 5 October 1925 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com Many Homes for Kern Place 100 000 Worth of Buildings El Paso Herald 17 April 1915 Retrieved 1 May 2017 via Newspapers com Madeline Park Given to City El Paso Herald 10 June 1915 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com It Happened In Old El Paso El Paso Herald Post 3 May 1976 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com Kern P E 3 May 1926 Pathetic But Kindly Farewell from P E Kern on Eve of Sale of Kern Place a Beloved Dream El Paso Herald Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com Kern Village Shopping Center Owned and Developed by 2 Dean Brothers El Paso Herald Post 8 October 1959 Retrieved 29 April 2017 via Newspapers com Sullivan 2014 p 62 63 Sullivan 2014 p 63 El Paso Historical Soil Sample Health Consultation PDF Texas Department of Health 2001 Perales 2010 p 252 a b Rutigliano Lou 15 October 2001 Kern Place Unfazed by Soil Disease Risks El Paso Times Retrieved 2 May 2017 via Multiple Sclerosis org Garcia Kimberly 2013 01 25 Support for persons with Multiple Sclerosis exists in El Paso despite a lack of awareness Borderzine Retrieved 2017 05 02 250 000 in 3 New Buildings 150 000 Department Store El Paso Herald 8 January 1916 Retrieved 27 April 2017 via Newspapers com a b c Krausse Monica 15 May 1989 The Pete Kern Story Rags to Riches to Rags to Riches to Rags El Paso Times City to Host Open House for Kern Place Lights Project El Paso Herald Post 12 February 2017 Retrieved 2017 05 02 Guadian Stephanie 2017 02 14 Big changes on the way for El Paso s Cincinnati Street KVIA Retrieved 2017 05 02 Gray Robert 5 July 2016 Cincinnati Street claws back losses El Paso Inc Retrieved 2017 05 02 Gray Robert 14 September 2015 Vacancies trouble Cincinnati district El Paso Inc Retrieved 2017 05 02 Davis Mary Margaret December 7 1985 English manor aura surrounds home El Paso Times Retrieved November 19 2018 Sources Edit Metz Leon C 1993 El Paso Chronicles A Record of Historical Events in El Paso Texas El Paso TX Mangan Books ISBN 0930208323 Murphy James R 2009 Images of America El Paso 1850 1950 Charleston South Carolina Arcadia Publishing ISBN 9780738571201 Perales Monica 2010 Smeltertown Making and Remembering a Southwest Border Community Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press ISBN 9781469604985 via Project MUSE Sullivan Marianne 2014 Tainted Earth Smelters Public Health and the Environment New Brunswick Rutgers University Press ISBN 9780813562803 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kern Place Kern Place Community Organization Full page Kern Place ad in the El Paso Herald 1916 Full page Kern Place ad in the El Paso Herald 1926 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kern Place amp oldid 1010640495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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