National Register of Historic Places
Huning Highlands Historic District
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
The record
- Listed
- November 17, 1978
- Type
- Historic district
- Address
- Bounded by Grand Ave., I-25, Iron Ave. and AT & SF RR, Albuquerque
- County
- Bernalillo
- State
- New Mexico
- Period of significance
- 1875 to 1924
- Contributing resources
- 388 buildings
- Coordinates
- 35.08182, -106.64168
- Reference number
- 78001804
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The story
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The Huning Highlands Historic District is a district of 388 contributing buildings in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, bounded by Grand Avenue, Interstate 25, Iron Avenue and the AT & SF Railroad. It covers 147 acres, and its buildings date mostly from 1881 into the 1940s in a mix of Victorian, bungalow and period revival styles.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 1978 under criteria A and C, with state-level significance in community planning and development and in architecture. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1800 to 1899; contributing buildings date from as early as 1881 to about 1898 within that span.
Physical character
Walls are mostly brick, wood frame, cobblestone or log, and cast stone, stucco, shingle and Spanish tile also appear on the district's buildings. Many houses carry Queen Anne details such as wrap-around porches, turned posts and elaborate scrollwork, while other buildings show segmental brick arches and bracketed metal cornices.
Historical context
Franz Huning sold land to the Santa Fe Railroad for one dollar in 1880, the year the railroad first reached the Rio Grande Valley. The Terrace Addition was platted in 1891, and most of its buildings were built between 1910 and 1925. Huning Highlands stopped growing and began to decline in 1925. Longfellow School was built in 1927 and the Old St. Joseph Hospital in 1929.