Rosenwald Building

Rosenwald Building

Rosenwald Building, May 2010
Location 320 Central Avenue SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°05′03″N 106°39′05″W / 35.08417°N 106.65139°W / 35.08417; -106.65139Coordinates: 35°05′03″N 106°39′05″W / 35.08417°N 106.65139°W / 35.08417; -106.65139
Built 1910
Architect Henry Trost
NRHP Reference # 78001806[1]
NMSRCP # 588
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 29, 1978
Designated NMSRCP January 20, 1978[2]

The Rosenwald Building is a historic building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Designed by Henry Trost of the El Paso firm of Trost & Trost and built in 1910, it was the first reinforced concrete building in the city.[3] It is a massive three-story building with a two-story recessed entrance and simple geometric ornamentation. The building was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties[4] and the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Originally the entire 42,000-square-foot[5] building was occupied by Aron and Edward Rosenwald's flagship department store, which was praised by the Albuquerque Journal as "the handsomest, most up-to-date, and most complete department store in the southwest" upon opening. McLellan Stores moved into the ground floor in 1927, remaining there for about 50 years. The Rosenwald Building was renovated in 1981 and the upper floors were converted to office space.[3] The city of Albuquerque bought two floors of the building in 2008.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Mexico State and National Registers". New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  3. 1 2 "Rosenwald Building". City of Albuquerque Planning Department. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Properties by County" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Architecture firm buys Rosenwald Building". Albuquerque Journal (NM). June 10, 1997. p. D5.
  6. ↑ "Museums To Join at Downtown Site". Albuquerque Journal (NM). February 15, 2008. p. D2.
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