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Kern Place

August 20, 2026

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Kern Place, one of El Paso’s oldest subdivisions, was developed in 1910 by jeweler and real estate developer Pete Kern on the West Side, just north of Downtown, east of the University of Texas at El Paso, and west of the southern Franklin Mountains. Originally regarded as one of the city’s most…

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