In 1912, State Librarian Lola Chávez de Armijo filed a gender discrimination law suit after the governor sought to replace her by court order, claiming that as a woman, she was unqualified to hold office under the constitution and laws of New . . . — — Map (db m45333) HM
God's plan
Building love at first site since 1880...
For 110 continuous years, God has blessed our city through
the many who have worshipped and worked here in his service.
We do now resolve to keep this faithfulness growing
as we . . . — — Map (db m236622) HM
Isleta, or "little island" in Spanish, is the largest of the Rio Grande pueblos. Many Isletans moved to El Paso with the Spanish during the 1680 Revolt, others resettled the pueblo around 1710. Parts of the mission, San Agustin' de la Isleta, date . . . — — Map (db m183765) HM
This 18th century Spanish settlement was established on the site of an ancient Tiwa Indian Pueblo that was destroyed following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The pueblo was reestablished in 1702, but in 1708 the Spanish moved its Tiwa inhabitants to . . . — — Map (db m45435) HM
The Champion Grocery and Meat Market was
established in 1904 by Italian immigrants Alessandro
and Amadeo Matteucci. The store was long
considered one of the finest in New Town. Alessandro
Matteucci operated the store until 1938, he and . . . — — Map (db m236168) HM
One of Albuquerque's Italian community centers and one of the city's early grocery stores.
Site No. 521
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236167) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
This Dutch Colonial Revival house with zipper brick corners was owned by Mr. Saint, manager of International Exploration Company.
SR No. 745
Historical Society of New . . . — — Map (db m236326) HM
Tijeras Canyon Road was the
original wagon road that linked
Old Town Plaza to the
community of Carnué in Tijeras
Canyon. This thoroughfare was
used as early as 1706 after the
founding of the Spanish Villa de
Albuquerque, the origin . . . — — Map (db m236627) HM
This Parker through truss located on the historic Route 66 was built in 1933. It was fabricated by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company and erected by F.D. Shufflebarger of Albuquerque. Its 250 foot long length is one of the longest in New . . . — — Map (db m88404) HM
Dr. Gonzales was a pioneer in bilingual and bicultural education. She developed educational materials for students in New Mexico and Latin America and trained teachers in the curriculum. Born in Pecos, “Lola” taught in the area for . . . — — Map (db m45227) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the war dead of the University of New Mexico by alumni and friends Architect: Meen, Holien, Buckley & Associates Contractor: Bradbury & Stamm Construction Co. Inc. 1960 — — Map (db m182066) WM
In this structure hangs the ship's bell of the
USS New Mexico as a memorial to those men and women who served their country in World War II.
Dedicated April 17, 1948
On loan courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command and . . . — — Map (db m181493) WM
Clarita Garcia de Aranda Allison
1921-1989
Among the most renown teachers and performers
of flamenco in the state, Clarita grew up in a musical
family and was heavily influenced by her mother
and her brother Antonio, a professional . . . — — Map (db m181925) HM
University of New Mexico President 1968-1975
Ferrel Heady was president of UNM during a period when campuses across the country, including UNM, were experiencing demonstrations and protests over issues of civil rights, academic freedom, and the . . . — — Map (db m181486) HM
[Top plaque]
Historic Landmarks Survey
Hodgin Hall 1892, 1908
[Bottom plaque]
Registered cultural property
Hodgin Hall
Originally built 1890-1892,
remodeled into Pueblo/Spanish
style in 1908.
Site no. 336 . . . — — Map (db m196355) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
Built 1921
Original Home Economics
Building. Architect E.B.
Cristy's interpretation of the
Spanish-Pueblo Style.
Site no. 1455
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m196357) HM
Scholes Hall
Completed in 1936,
this building was designed by
John Gaw Meem.
A Registered Cultural Property State of New Mexico
Scholes Hall Named for France Vinton Scholes 1897-1979
Professor of History
Dean of the . . . — — Map (db m182063) HM
The Estufa
Built 1906
Created by President Tight
and the students of the
University of New Mexico.
1st social fraternity meeting
hall at UNM. A Registered Cultural Property State of New Mexico — — Map (db m182067) HM
[Top plaque]
Registered Cultural Property
University House
Built 1930. An extraordinary
example of Spanish Pueblo
Revival architecture.
Designed by Miles Brittelle,
with a 1952 addition by
John Gaw Meem.
Site no. 1454 . . . — — Map (db m196350) HM
Martineztown is at the crossroads of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and Tijeras Canyon Trail, two important trade routes begun by Native Americans. The trail though Tijeras Canyon linked the Rio Grande Valley to the plains east of . . . — — Map (db m189456) HM
Built circa 1906. A prairie style home with Queen Anne and Classical architectural features. Fourth Ward Historic District.
Site No. 733
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236302) HM
Designed by Henry Trost and built about 1910 for merchant-politician Spitz and family, its Prairie Style harks back to the Midwest.
SR 371
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236303) HM
James B. and Ella Blythe built this unique pitched-roof adobe house about 1904-1905.
Site No. 710
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236229) HM
Built in 1883, this house is the only one in the Robinson Park area to survive virtually unchanged since the railroad period.
Site No. 661
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236330) HM
Built about 1882 as a duplex, a unique Albuquerque memorial of the railroad period.
Site No. 496
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236277) HM
Built about 1907, this New Mexican Vernacular Style cottage [unreadable] in Albuquerque.
SR 1286
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236268) HM
Built 1923. An outstanding example of a modified mission style house. A contributing structure to the Fourth Ward Historic District.
Site No. 733
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236271) HM
A rare surviving example of building styles and techniques following the arrival of the railroad in Albuquerque.
Site No. 529
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236291) HM
Designed as a residence for her husband and family, this Tudor Revival brick building was constructed in 1909.
Site No. 522
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236282) HM
Built in 1904, in a Dutch Colonial Revival Style, this residence is a significant structure within the Fourth Ward Historic District.
Site No. 733
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236293) HM
Built circa 1904-08. An example of early Albuquerque Greek Revival architecture.
Site No. 519
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236287) HM
Built 1926. Foundation House, Brothers of the Good Shepherd since 1951.
Site No. 754
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m236230) HM
Doña Elena Gallegos was a daughter of early seventeenth - century Hispanic colonists, Antonio Gallegos and Catalina Baca. They fled New Mexico with their newborn daughter during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt, and she returned in 1693 with two brothers . . . — — Map (db m124926) HM
Microsoft, Inc., founded at this site
in 1975 - and headquartered in Albuquerque
until 1979 - was established by Paul G. Allen
and Bill Gates. The opportunity to write a
version of BASIC for the MITS Altair drew
them to the area and sparked . . . — — Map (db m180827) HM
(West Face):
N.S.D.A.R. Memorial
to the
Pioneer Mothers
of the
Covered Wagon Days
(South Face):
Into the primitive west
Face upflung toward the sun
Bravely she came
Her children . . . — — Map (db m45445) HM
Designed to resemble an old mission church, this was the city's main library for fifty years.
Designated by City Council
September 1979 — — Map (db m235905) HM
Built in 1910, this house is an early example of the California Bungalow influence in Albuquerque.
Site No. 510
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235902) HM
The 280MM Atomic Cannon was the largest nuclear
capable mobile artillery piece manufactured by the United
States. On May 25, 1953, a 280 mm cannon fired an atomic
projectile a distance of 7 miles at the Nevada Test Site.
Twenty 280mm cannons . . . — — Map (db m181278) HM
Designed in 1940 by The Boeing Company, the first B-29 made its maiden flight on Sept. 21, 1942. In December 1943, U.S. Army Air Forces leadership committed the Superfortress to Asia. Its great range made it particularly suited for the . . . — — Map (db m181093) HM
Design
The B-47 Stratojet was a long-range, six-engine, jet-powered
strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speeds and at
high altitudes to avoid enemy interception. The B-47's mission
was primarily to deliver nuclear ordnance . . . — — Map (db m181467) HM
The B-52 is the longest serving strategic aircraft in the United States Air Force. Since the mid-1950s B-52 crews stood ready to deliver nuclear warheads, flying from bases in the United States. Until the late 1960s, aircraft equipped with live . . . — — Map (db m181309) HM
Designed by the Boeing Company, the first flight of the B model was made on January 25, 1955. Of the first thirteen B-52s delivered to the United States Air Force, ten were B models.
The B model was outwardly identical to the A model, but had . . . — — Map (db m181310) HM
This is a combination fuel and weapons pod developed for
use on the B-58 Hustler airplane. The pod provided a means
to deliver a thermonuclear weapon and carry extra fuel. The
pod, which is attached to the B-58 Hustler, is depicted in
the . . . — — Map (db m181307) HM
A land-based surface-to-air nuclear missile
powered by two ramjets, BOMARC was
designed to intercept and destroy bombers
up to 250 miles away. — — Map (db m181363) HM
F-105D Thunderchief
In 1951, Republic Aviation Corporation began a project to develop a supersonic tactical
fighter-bomber for the United States Air Force. The result was the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. Nicknamed "Thud", the aircraft was . . . — — Map (db m181232) HM
The Hound Dog was an air-launched supersonic nuclear missile designed to destroy heavily defended ground targets. Specially modified B-52 bombers carried two Hound Dogs, one beneath each wing. Typically a Hound Dog would be launched at 45,000 . . . — — Map (db m181313) HM
The Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), in service from 1960 to 1963, was an important link between early short-range rockets and later weapons that could reach any point on Earth. Its development began in 1956 as a joint U.S. . . . — — Map (db m181410) HM
The Peacekeeper served as the United States Air Force's most powerful, accurate, and technologically advanced Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) deterrent. Conceived to replace the Minuteman ICMS, its development began in the early 1970s . . . — — Map (db m181408) HM
The Mace was an early cruise missile, subsonic and turbojet powered. Its Automatic Terrain Recognition and Navigation guidance system corrected any deviation from the programmed route. — — Map (db m181362) HM
The Matador was the first guided missile ever deployed by
the United States Air Force. This surface-to-surface missile was capable of carrying a conventional or nuclear warhead. Development began in 1945 and the first Matador unit was
deployed . . . — — Map (db m181364) HM
Our MiG-21 S/N 13-2313, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, single seat, single engine supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft was designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1960. The insignia is . . . — — Map (db m181185) HM
Three-stage solid-propellant rocket engines launched Minuteman from
hardened underground silos. The Minuteman reentry vehicle (RV-5) containing a single nuclear warhead would be all that survived reentry into the atmosphere to continue to its . . . — — Map (db m181424) HM
The Mark 17 was the largest nuclear bomb deployed by the United States. It was one of the first thermonuclear weapons stockpiled. When the bomb shape was test-dropped, the plane would soar upwards a couple hundred feet. The pilots said it was as . . . — — Map (db m181342) HM
The Mk53 thermonuclear weapon had an airburst, contact
burst, and "laydown" (delayed action detonation) capability. The
Mk53 was equipped with 5 parachutes; one 5 ft. pilot chute,
one 16 ft. chute and three 48 ft. chutes. If free-fall delivery . . . — — Map (db m181314) HM
New Mexico Air Guard, "The Tacos"
The New Mexico Air Guard was activated on July 7th 1947 as the 188th Fighter Bomber Squadron. In 1948 the 188th's mission changed from fighter bomber to fighter interceptor. In 1957, the unit was . . . — — Map (db m181182) HM
The Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) system of the U.S Navy includes both the nuclear-powered submarine and its missiles. Each of 16 Polaris A-3 missiles could be launched in as many minutes either while the sub was surfaced or submerged. A . . . — — Map (db m181427) HM
Silverplate was the code word for the
aircraft modification project for the B-29
Superfortress bomber to enable it to carry
atomic bombs. Silverplate B-29s had their
bomb bays modified. The gun turrets and
most of the aircraft's armor . . . — — Map (db m181180) HM
The Snark was the only intercontinental cruise missile deployed. It carried a nuclear warhead and was controlled by an internal celestial guidance system. The first operational Snark unit was activated by the United States Air Force Strategic Air . . . — — Map (db m181346) HM
Built by Ling-Temco-Vought Corporation and based on the F-8 Crusader fighter, the A-7 was a single seat United States Navy attack aircraft introduced in February, 1967. The A-7 was powered by a single turbofan engine with no afterburner. Outboard . . . — — Map (db m181183) HM
The 100 Foot Tower
Kenneth T. Bainbridge, Director of the Trinity Project,
contracted with the Blaw-Knox Company of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania to manufacture the steel tower to
Bainbridge's specifications. It was then shipped in
sections . . . — — Map (db m148717) HM
The SM-75/PGM-17A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) was the product of the early Cold War race to deploy nuclear armed missiles before the Soviet Union. The Thor Missile was designed to be an interim nuclear deterrent while the . . . — — Map (db m181411) HM
The Titan II Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was the largest silo
based missile produced by the United
States. These liquid fueled missiles were
on around the clock operational status
during the Cold War. The Titan II had . . . — — Map (db m181409) HM
Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon. It was
conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 am on Monday, July 16, 1945, as
part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto
desert . . . — — Map (db m181267) HM
USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645/SSN-645)
The USS James K. Polk (SSBN-645) was a Benjamin Franklin class fleet ballistic
missile submarine. She was built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics.
She served from 1965 to 1999. The James . . . — — Map (db m181469) HM
The first permanent Spanish settlement brought new foods and cooking methods to the region in the late 1500s. Wheat became an important staple because it was easier than corn for making bread. Pueblo men learned to harvest wheat while the woman . . . — — Map (db m120169) HM
One of the Largest Petroglyphs Sites
Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in
North America, featuring designs and symbols carved onto basalt boulders by
American Indians and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 . . . — — Map (db m182649) HM
In 1598, long before Jamestown, New Mexicans settled the interior of what would
become the United States. The founders of the Atrisco Land Grant were among the
early pioneers of New Mexico, and as frontiermen, they established genealogical . . . — — Map (db m182081) HM
Dr. Sophie Aberle, a noted anthropologist, lived in this adobe-style house. Named the "Measuring Lady" by the people she worked with, her research focused on Puebloan women's lives, including pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, diet, and healing. As . . . — — Map (db m120168) HM
Los Padillas is an extended family settlement which was resettled in 1718 by Diego de Padilla. His grandparents had lived on the site prior to the 1680 Pueblo Revolt at which time they were forced to abandon it. In the 1790 census the town, . . . — — Map (db m67067) HM
The McClellan Park site (formerly bounded by Slate Street, Third Street, Marble Street and Fourth Street) was acquired through citizen contributions for the
creation of a neighborhood park, Judge W.W. McClellan donated 25% of the purchase cost . . . — — Map (db m236628) HM
The Redstone missile program, begun in 1951 by the U.S. Army, was designed to be mobile, capable of being launched by combat troops under battlefield conditions. The picture on the left was taken on May 5, 1961, when a powerful Redstone
rocket . . . — — Map (db m181470) HM
Constructed in 1914, this building was designed by Atanacio Montoya, a progressive educator who introduced many reforms into early 20th century rural schools. It served as the school for the Village of Armijo until 1948. This school incorporated . . . — — Map (db m45221) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1928 by carpenter Chas. W. Wingfield. This Bungalow style house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774
Historical . . . — — Map (db m235821) HM
Built of adobe by carpenter Frank Eash, this Mediterranean-style house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 — — Map (db m235819) HM
Built in 1937 this house with its unique bay window contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235608) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1931 by contractor John E. "Slim" Cope. This Spanish Eclectic style house contributes to the Granada Heights Historic District.
SR No. 2069
Historical . . . — — Map (db m235606) HM
First occupied in 1942 by watchmaker Thomas Howard & family, this picturesque house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View National Register Historic District.
SR 1774
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New . . . — — Map (db m235582) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1930 by contractor Hilbert Sterner. This Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774
Historical Society . . . — — Map (db m235818) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
First occupied in 1931 by J.B. Calhoun of Calhoun Oil Co. This Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235666) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Designed in 1930 by Beula Fleming, among the first female architects in New Mexico, this Spanish Pueblo Revival house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic . . . — — Map (db m235670) HM
First occupied in 1931, this Southwest Vernacular style house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View National Register Historic District.
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m235610) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Built in 1930 by carpenter Alvin Emerich and wife Augusta this Mediterranean house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235672) HM
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
Purchased in 1931 by G. Allen Lowery for $5,000. This Mission Revival house contributes to the Monte Vista and College View Historic District.
SR No. 1774 . . . — — Map (db m235815) HM
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