Downtown in Albuquerque in Bernalillo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Berthold Spitz House
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023
1. Berthold Spitz House Marker
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce. 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 1910.
Location. 35° 5.324′ N, 106° 39.497′ W. Marker is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Bernalillo County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of 10th Street Northwest and Marquette Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling north on 10th Street Northwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 323 10th 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. 1101 Tijeras Ave. (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Pollock/McCanna House (about 600 feet away); Kate Nichols-Chaves House (about 600 feet away); Thomas F. Keleher, Jr. House (about 700 feet away); J.H. O'Rielly House (about 700 feet away); J.E. Saint House
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Regarding Berthold Spitz House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Erected about 1910 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Berthold Spitz House was originally the residence of one of Albuquerque's most important businessmen and political figures. Significant as the city's best example of the "Prairie School" of architectural design, the house also has historical importance as the home of two prominent German-Jewish families long active in the community's commercial and civic affairs. Extending from 1880, when the railroad first came to Albuquerque, to the 1960's when the city had become a center of space age technology, the Berthold Spitzes and, later the Leopold Seligmans, saw the community change from a bustling frontier town to one of the largest and most important cities in the Southwest. Used as an office building since the 1960's the Berthold Spitz House remains today as a landmark of Albuquerque's early years and reminder of the two families who contributed to its development.
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Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 11, 2023
2. Berthold Spitz House Marker
1. Berthold Spitz House (PDF). National Register nomination for the property, which was listed in 1977. (Prepared by Sylvia Cook of New Mexico State Planning Office and John O. Baxter of New Mexico State Records Center and Archives; via National Archives) (Submitted on November 16, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Berthold Spitz Residence. An anomaly among contemporary residences in Albuquerque, the Prairie Style Spitz House was built for a prominent businessman and demonstrates how the city’s urban landscape mediated local patterns of development with people and ideas imported from the Midwest. (Regina N. Emmer, Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia) (Submitted on November 16, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 53 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
