Form No. 10-300 (Rev. 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS ______________TYPE ALL ENTRIES -- COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS______ 9 NAME HISTORIC Huning Highlands Historic District AND/OR COMMON _______same_______________________________________________ LOCATION STREET & NUMBER x LAT '-' ''',•'" City of Albuquerque .founded by' Grand Ave. on the north ? — NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN X-RC'T/ /< CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1-25 on the east, IlQgel4£qg- on ,T.& S.F. on the west STATE CODE COUNTY CODE New Mexico i1 1 n CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE —XDISTRICT —PUBLIC X-OCCUPIED —AGRICULTURE —MUSEUM —BUILDING(S) —PRIVATE —UNOCCUPIED —^COMMERCIAL X_PARK —STRUCTURE X-BOTH —WORK IN PROGRESS .^EDUCATIONAL X-PRIVATE RESIDENCE —SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE —ENTERTAINMENT X-RELIGIOUS —OBJECT —IN PROCESS —YES: RESTRICTED —GOVERNMENT —SCIENTIFIC —BEING CONSIDERED X-YES: UNRESTRICTED —INDUSTRIAL —TRANSPORTATION —NO —MILITARY —OTHER: OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME multiple ownership STREET & NUMBER CITY, TOWN STATE VICINITY OF LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC. Bernalillo County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER 415 Tijeras NW CITY, TOWN STATE Albuquerque New Mexico Q REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE 1. State Register of Cultural Properties 2. Historic Architecture of Albuquerque's Central Corridor DATE 1. August, 1976 2. September, 1977 —FEDERAL -X-STATE —COUNTY X-LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOR -^ New Mexico state Planning Office, Santa Fe, N.M, 87503 SURVEY RECORDS Historic Landmarks Survey, 1918 Mountain Road. N.W. CITY. TOWN STATE Albuquerque New Mexico 87104 Q DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE .^EXCELLENT ^.DETERIORATED _UNALTERED .XORIGINAL SITE _XGOOD _RUINS FALTERED _MOVED DATE_____ _XfAIR _UNEXPOSED __________£___________________________________________________________________ DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Huning Highlands district of Albuquerque is located between the railroad tracks and the sand hills at the edge of the flood plain of the Rio Grande; it lies north and south of Central Avenue (originally Railroad Avenue), the main east-west corridor of the city. When the subdivision was new in the 1880 f s, this avenue was more residential in character; from Iron, six blocks south of it, to Grand Avenue, three blocks north of Central, and from the railroad tracks on the west to the sand hills on the east, the neighborhood was home to many of the more prominent citizens of the city. The neighborhood was a mixture of large and small homes of various styles, which illustrate the history of the tastes and backgrounds of the residents who lived there. Increased commercial development and traffic along Central Avenue, and the conversion of Coal and Lead Avenues into one-way thoroughfares have divided the once integrally whole neighborhood into four isolated fragments. About 1925 the neighborhood began to decline. Homeowners began to move to newer sections of the city and less permanent residents moved in. Many homes were rented out; larger homes were subdivided into apartments. The general upkeep of the neigh­ borhood declined to the point that some units were vacated. Apartment complexes out of scale and character to the neighborhood started to replace them. Recently, however, the increased interest in the city's downtown neighborhoods and historic areas and the formation of a neighborhood association in the Huning Highlands have led to an increase in preservation/rehabilitation and owner-occupied units. The more prominent and important structures are: 1. Albuquerque High School, Central and Broadway, N.E.; 1914-1938, red brick, Collegiate Gothic. A campus of five buildings. 2. Old Public Library, 1925-1947, Pueblo Revival. 3. Old Occidental Life Insurance building, Central and Broadway, S.E.; 1905, four-story brick building in the Chicago School style. 4. C. L. McClanahan House, 201 Arno S.E.; 1910, cast stone Queen Anne. 5. Jack Korber House, 301 Arno S.E.; 1916, a mixture of Prairie School, mission and bungalow. 6. A. B. McMillan House, 119 Walter S.E.; 1893-96, frame Queen Anne. 7. J. E. Learnard House, 210 Walter S.E.; prior to 1898, Queen Anne. 8. E. J. Alger House, 124 Walter S.E.; ca. 1900, Italianate. 9. D. A. Bittner House, 120 Walter S.E.; 1901, frame Dutch Colonial revival with gambrel roof. 10. H. G. Coors House, 116 Walter S.E.; ca. 1920, cast stone bungalow. 11. Mrs. Hill's Boarding House, 321 Walter S.E.; early 1890's, brick Victorian. £see continuation sheet) Form No 1fl-300a |(Hev 10-74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR NFS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED JUto 1 U |3/C> NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MOV 17 1978 INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER PAGE 12. 317 Walter S.E.; ca. 1890, brick Victorian. 13. G. E. Brewer House, 215 Walter S.E.; 1901, frame Queen Anne duplex with gambrel roof. 14. Edward Buxton Cristy House, 201 Walter S.E.; 1896-97, a unique square plan broken by three octagons; designed by its architect-owner. 15. P. G. Cornish House, 123 Walter S.E.; ca. 1900, portions of late Queen Anne and Mansard styles. 16. Andrew Hatch House, 218 Walter S.E.; 1901, brick Victorian with cast stone porch. 17. William Whitney House, 302 Walter S.E.; 1907, brick "World's Fair Classic". 18. 306 Walter S.E.; 1907, elaborate brick Victorian, 19. I. J. Mize House, 316 Walter S.E.; ca. 1900, brick Victorian cottage. 20. D. R. Boyd House, 123 High S.E.; ca. 1895, Victorian. 21. 212 High S.E.; ca. 1890, Queen Anne cottage. 22. St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, High and Silver S.E.; 1940's. 23. Whittlesey Guest House, 718 Gold S.E.; 1908, rustic log cabin style. 24. Whittlesey House, 201 Highland Park Circle S.E.; 1903, log, modeled after a Norwegian villa by owner-architect. 25. Mary S. Strong House, 802 Silver S.E.; 1910-11, California bungalow in the Greene & Greene tradition of the Prairie School. 26. Memorial Hospital, 800 Central S.E.; 1928. 27. 204 Arno N.E.; ca. 1882, cobblestone cottage. 28. R. D. Stevenson House, 209 Edith N.E.; 1895, brick Victorian. 29. P. C. Williamson House, 204 Edith N.E.; ca. 1900, brick Victorian cottage. 30. 201 Walter N.E.; ca. 1898, elaborate variation of Victorian cottage. 31. Mrs. T. I. Butts House, 201 High N.E.; ca. 1909, cast stone with frame pediment, Queen Anne. 32. F. J. Patchin House, 207 High N.E.; ca. 1905, Dutch Colonial revival. 33. 209 High N.E.; ca. 1913, cast stone bungalow. 34. A. E. Walker House, 202 High N.E.; ca. 1900, brick Period revival. 35. Regina Hall, 806 Grand N.E.; 1920's, brick, early Prairie School. This lists some of the better structures; there are many more that are fine architectural examples of the period between 1885 and 1925. 01 SIGNIFICANCE PERIOD AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW —PREHISTORIC _ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC X_COMMUNITY PLANNING —LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE —RELIGION — 1400-1499 _ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC —CONSERVATION —LAW —SCIENCE — 1500-1599 _AGRICULTURE —ECONOMICS —LITERATURE —SCULPTURE — 1600-1699 _&RCHITECTURE —EDUCATION _MILITARY _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN — 1700-1799 _ART —ENGINEERING —MUSIC _THEATER _Xl 800-1899 —COMMERCE —EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT —PHILOSOPHY —TRANSPORTATION —Xl 900- _COMMUNICATIONS —INDUSTRY —POLITICS/GOVERNMENT —OTHER (SPECIFY) —INVENTION SPECIFIC DATES BUILDER/ARCHITECT STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The significance of the Huning Highlands neighborhood to the city lies chiefly in its historical background, architectural character, and location within the city Its homes, lawns, trees, and its proximity to the downtown center set this neighborhood apart from the rest of the city's residential suburbs. iMrf f6" 1*6 railr°a* f±rst arrived in the Rio Grande Valley in 1880, the tracks were laid 2 miles east of the small Hispanic villa of Albuquerque, and a "new town" was 1?fp :/? H? V'f architecture, Platting, scale and tempo, the tastes and life styles of the "Anglo" midwesterners that came with it. Unlike the villa, a small, quiet village of adobe houses, New Town was an expanding center whose brick, wood, and stone buildings reflected the new technologies imported which^ ? ,L°Cf bUn?ing traditions were ignored in favor of the new sources which the railroad made available. Huning Highlands gets its name from one of Albuquerque's early and most important pioneers, Franz Huning, a German immigrant who made New Mexico his home, establishing in'the^d S6886* ^««n ? ^ V&S*S ' "nd the" ln Santa Fe ' and flnally ln Albuquerque fn™ ™"'186? *' .?yl880 he was a Pro-inent "tizen with land holdings east of the town. Along with William Hazeldine and Elias Stover, he was instrumental in getting the railroad to establish their regional headquarters and shops at Albuquerque, bf selling them the land for those purposes for one dollar. This assured the future of Albuquerque as an important commercial center for the surrounding region, and made Huning's name the rai?rn^Caf *? /"l ' ^^ *"* llvelihood - '***** that Huning owned east of Hiehlan^ 3 ^ •' uand S°ld aS buildinS lots ! this "• the beginning of the Huning Highlands subdivision, which continued to grow and develop up until about 1925. The ce"n^rof°the "wV3" 1 *** ^^^ *""*• and sePa™tedby them from the commercial the earlv homeTr A^ lts ,°ther more closely related residential sections, became the early home for Albuquerque's more prominent business and professional citizens. It doctors UP:a"d™nS neighborhood; the place to live. Bankers, merchants, lawyers, doctors - and the town's first architect - built homes there. *nH i^ archltec!ural environment of the Huning Highlands, including its streetscape and landscaping, is significant not only in its 19th and early 20th century styles of building but also in its variety of scale. It is not a neighborhood of large mansions c"ta^rlnSiln "-tality, but one of a variety of "substantial homfs "odest a unitv^hat no" T7 f" ^ ^ ^^ ^^^' *" °V6ra11 SC3le °f the «^«nity has HuninfH^M ^ " deYelopment seems able to a^ieve with monotonous repetition.