El Dorado, Venezuela El Dorado, Venezuela El Dorado is a small town in eastern Venezuela. It is situated in Bolívar State, on the Cuyuni River. It is the second-largest town in Sifontes Municipality; the capital of the municipality is Tumeremo. It is on the road to Brazil. El Dorado has a small airport . El Dorado was founded in the 1890s. Gold mining was developing in the area, and there was a background of international tension caused by the Essequibo border dispute between Venezuela and Britain. The town has a prison, the "Centro Penitenciario de Oriente El Dorado". The Venezuelan prison system is
El Dorado Apartments (El Dorado, Arkansas) with brick dentil moulding and modillions. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and included in the Murphy-Hill Historic District in 2007. El Dorado Apartments (El Dorado, Arkansas) The El Dorado Apartments are a historic apartment house at 420 Wilson Place in El Dorado, Arkansas. The two story brick and limestone building was designed by Louisiana architect Cheshire Peyton, and built in 1926 in response to the discovery of oil in the area and the ensuing economic boom. It houses 24 small efficiency units, designed for use by the transient but wealthier workers and