No, not the Fort Bliss that is home to the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School and four combat brigades, spread across 1,700 square miles of New Mexico and Texas. We’re talking “Old Fort Bliss” in El Paso, Texas, built in 1873. The total 25,000-square foot property on three acres consists of four buildings; two have 24-inch-thick adobe walls and 14-foot ceilings, which once confined Geronimo after the Apache warrior’s capture in 1886. In all, there are 10 bedrooms and seven baths at the fort, situated on the Rio Grande River just across the water from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The fort itself was deactivated in 1890.
A “very motivated seller” is offering it all for $975,000 - or 32 cents a square foot, says Preservation Directory, which tracks some of the nation’s most compelling real estate.
“The large buildings are begging to be renovated into an upscale boutique, hotel or large bed and breakfast, or two of the most unusual homes in the southwest,” the group says.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/18/inside-the-beltway-943501041/?page=2
A “very motivated seller” is offering it all for $975,000 - or 32 cents a square foot, says Preservation Directory, which tracks some of the nation’s most compelling real estate.
“The large buildings are begging to be renovated into an upscale boutique, hotel or large bed and breakfast, or two of the most unusual homes in the southwest,” the group says.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/18/inside-the-beltway-943501041/?page=2
