1120 Magoffin Ave.
(Visitors Center is at 1117 Magoffin Ave.)
El Paso, Texas 79901
915-533-5147
magoffin-home@thc.texas.gov
A striking adobe structure, Magoffin Home State Historic Site explores the stories of a multicultural family who actively participated in U.S. expansion and settlement, military service, trade on the Santa Fe–Chihuahua Trail, Civil War turmoil and U.S.–Mexico relations. The 1875 home is a prime example of Territorial style architecture.
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Upcoming Events
October 6
Family Night at the Museum
Have you ever been curious about what it would be like to spend the night in the Magoffin Home? For the first time ever, we will allow 30 people to spend the night and experience life as the Magoffins. There will be a night tour, a craft,...
October 7
Free Community Yoga
If you are looking for a place to relax, stretch, and get back in touch with nature then we have the place for you. Join our favorite yoga trainer, Rebecca, as she leads you through a vinyasa flow in our beautiful grounds at the Magoffin Home,...
October 7
Cooking Class
With over 109 years of cooking history in the Magoffin Home, we are exploring three generations of food preparation by the Magoffins. This year our program will explore a menu for an entire day of recipes that span the entire time that the...
From the Blog
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
The stories of El Paso's Magoffin family are intertwined with the diverse dynamics of the borderland in the late 1800s. These are the real stories of people whose lives were impacted when Joseph and Octavia Magoffin moved into their new home in 1877.
Servants were an integral part of keeping the Magoffin Home...
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
The stories of El Paso's Magoffin family are intertwined with the diverse dynamics of the borderland in the late 1800s. These are the real stories of people whose lives were impacted when Joseph and Octavia Magoffin moved into their new home in 1877.
Uncle Charlie Richardson was Joseph Magoffin’s first-cousin,...
By Jeff Harris, Site Manager, Magoffin Home State Historic Site
When I first arrived at the Magoffin Home State Historic Site almost three years ago, I was aware of adobe buildings from National Geographic magazine, TV history shows, and a wee bit I think I remembered from fifth-grade social studies.
I had never visited an adobe home before, much less an adobe mansion like the...
