Downtown in Albuquerque in Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Harwood School

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023

1. Harwood School Marker

Inscription. Built 1925. This Neo-Classical Revival style building was originally the Harwood Girls' School, a Methodist vocational and high school.
Site No. 737
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and the New Mexico, Historical Society of New Mexico series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 35° 5.693′ N, 106° 39.214′ W. Marker is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on 7th Street Northwest north of Granite Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1114 7th St NW, 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. Blythe House (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Madonna of the Trail (approx. ¼ mile away); McClellan Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); W.E. Mauger House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Villa Mathias (approx. 0.4 miles away); Harry Mann House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Kate Nichols-Chaves House

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(approx. half a mile away); Thomas F. Keleher, Jr. House (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albuquerque.

Regarding Harwood School. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the site:

The origins of the Harwood Girls School go back to 1882, when the New Mexico Methodist missions asked Rev. Thomas Harwood to look for a site for a Methodist high school. This first school, called the Albuquerque College, opened in 1887, and was reformed in 1891 as the Harwood School. The school was divided into a Boy's Industrial School and Girl's School; the Boy's School, in the north valley, closed in 1926. The Girl's School, located first at 14th Street and then on 7th, was open through the early 1970's. Like Menaul High School, the Harwood Schools concentrated on the education of New Mexico Hispanos, and were in part what would now be called vocational schools, teaching trades and skills as well as reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Also see . . . Harwood School (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the school, which was listed as part of the Albuquerque Downtown

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023

2. Harwood School Marker

Neighborhoods multiple-property submission in 1980. (Prepared by Susan DeWitt, Mary Davis and Kathleen Brooker, Historic Landmarks Survey of Albuquerque; via National Archives) (Submitted on November 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Harwood School Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller

3. Harwood School Building

It is now known as the Harwood Art Center.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 15, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.