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Albuquerque Independent Society formed. [23] "First meeting of the New Mexico League of Municipalities was held in Albuquerque" [24] 1914 Albuquerque High School building constructed. Home Circle Club chartered. [23] 1917 – City Charter adopted. [14] 1919 – New Mexico Workers Chronicle begins publication. [25] 1920 – People's Sanatorium ...
This is a list of historic landmarks in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as designated by the City Council. To date 24 individual properties (two of which are no longer standing) have been so designated. [1] Historic landmarks may not be demolished or significantly altered without approval from the Landmarks and Urban Conservation Commission. [2]
A major factor that brought many people to Albuquerque in the early 20th century was the dry climate, which was believed to be ideal for tuberculosis patients. The first sanatorium opened in 1902, and eventually there were as many as 16. These facilities were concentrated in the sandhills leading up to the East Mesa, particularly on East ...
Old Town occupies an area of about 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2), roughly bounded by Rio Grande Boulevard, Mountain Road, 19th Street, and Central Avenue. [4] At the center is Old Town Plaza, surrounded by approximately ten blocks of one- and two-story buildings.
Spanish settlers arrived at the site of Albuquerque in the mid-17th century. [15] ... [24] In 1706, colonists in New Mexico first recorded the Comanche; by 1719 they ...
During the 21st century, Albuquerque's population has continued to grow rapidly. ... In 2010, the age distribution was 24.5% under 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from ...
The Hope Building is typical of the small commercial buildings built in Albuquerque during the second wave of railroad-related construction in the 1890s, almost none of which survive today. It is a two-story building occupying the entirety of its 25-foot (7.6 m) by 142-foot (43 m) lot, part of the original Albuquerque townsite established in 1880.
The Sunshine Building was built in 1923–24 by Joseph Barnett (1866–1954), an Italian-American businessman who arrived in Albuquerque penniless in 1896 and worked his way up through the saloon and theater business to become one of the city's largest property owners. [5]