Raynolds Addition in Albuquerque in Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
John Pearce House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023
1. John Pearce House Marker
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1905.
Location. 35° 5.096′ N, 106° 39.363′ W. Marker is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. It is in Raynolds Addition. Marker is on Central Avenue Southwest (U.S. 66) east of 8th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 718 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque NM 87102, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Skinner Building (a few steps from this marker); Hudson House (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Grunsfeld Hubbell House (about 800 feet away); J.E. Saint House (approx. 0.2 miles away); J.H. O'Rielly House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Champion Grocery and Meat Market (approx. 0.2 miles away); Champion Grocery Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); KiMo Building (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albuquerque.
Regarding John Pearce House. Excerpt from the National Register
this page online
The Pearce House was built for Dr. John F. Pearce, who purchased the lots from the First National Bank of Albuquerque in May, 1904, and had built his house by 1907, when it appears on a City Abstract map. Dr. Pearce, who was born in Maryland, came to Albuquerque after his graduation from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1883, and became one of the first physicians in the new city born of the railroad boom. Pearce played a major role in city life, serving as physician both for the city and for Bernalillo County. He was elected a city Alderman in 1901, and served on the City and Territorial Boards of Health. His offices in a downtown building a few blocks away must have been conveniently close to his home, where he lived until 1933.
Between 1933 and 1944, when the Pearce House became the Downtown Hotel, the structure passed through a number of uses. It served as a boarding house, the Brooks Inn, until 1940, when a group of chiropractors established a clinic and hospital there. Their short-lived enterprise lasted only a year, and the building stood vacant for a time until it became the Downtown Hotel, a boarding house which Mrs. Bessie Jackson was to run for the next 30 years.
Also see . . . John Pearce House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023
2. John Pearce House Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 10, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 51 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 10, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
