Additions and Subdivisions

Brief background on the distinctive signs, buildings and landforms that tell us where we are and who we were.

Armijo Building

Armijo Building

Located at 2nd & Central Avenue NW, then known as Railroad Avenue, the N.T. Armijo Building was constructed in 1892 and demolished in 1969 to make way for a parking lot.

Billy Graham Tabernacle

Billy Graham Tabernacle

"Albuquerque’s Sanderson family, however, had a pile of wood and steel sitting on a lot on San Mateo just south of Central. They had planned to put up a roller-skating rink, but construction restrictions during World War II had delayed the building. Community leaders who wanted to bring Graham to town met with the family, and a deal was made to erect a 55,000-square-foot building at a cost of $79,000. Later, it would become the Rainbow Gardens Roller Drome, but it was first known as the Billy Graham Tabernacle. Graham appeared in crusade there for most of November in 1952."
Quoted from Albuquerque Journal February 21, 2018

Cromwell Building

El Cortez Building

El Fidel Hotel

Fraser Mill

Freed Building

Giomi Building

Henrietta Hotal

Iceberg

Iceberg

First opened in 1931, the Iceberg Cafe was a piece of far-out architecture: an iceberg with a bear climbing on top. The primary offering of the cafe was custard and it moved several times, eventually moving to the town of Bernalillo.


Source: LOC via Farm Security Administration

Ilfeld Building

Ilfeld Building

The Charles Ilfeld Company Warehouse, built 1911-1912, was part of a large chain of wholesale stores in New Mexico. Designed by the firm of Trost and Trost, the industrial structure with its bands of simple metal, sash windows, projecting cornice and use of graphics makes a bold design statement.


Source: LOC

La Placita Restaurant

La Placita Restaurant

Built in the 19th century on the edge of Old Town Plaza and opened as La Placita Dining Rooms in 1935.

King's Hotel

Kistler Collister

Knights of Pythias Building

Monte Vista Fire Station

Monte Vista Fire Station

New Mexico State Fairgrounds

New Mexico State Fairgrounds

Occidental Building

Occidental Building

Source: Wikipedia

Rosenwald Building

Selvia Hotel

Sturges Hotel

Sturges Hotel

Advertisement in the Albuquerque Journal June 29, 1913

Sunshine Theater

Sunshine Theater

"The six-story building was designed by the El Paso firm of Trost & Trost and built in 1924, originally housing offices and a 920-seat movie theater, the first "movie palace" of its kind in Albuquerque. The first film shown there was Scaramouche, starring Ramón Novarro and accompanied by a special orchestra for the occasion. The theater stopped showing first-run movies in 1974 and closed completely in the 1980s, but has since been remodeled into a popular live music venue."

From Sunshine Theater website

YMCA

YMCA

In January 1957 there was a campaign to raise money for the renovation of the YMCA at 101 Central Avenue, NW and construction of a new facility on Indian School Rd.