Luna Lodge

Historic place in New Mexico, United States

United States historic place
Luna Lodge
The motel in 2010
35°4′25″N 106°32′43″W / 35.07361°N 106.54528°W / 35.07361; -106.54528
Built1949
NRHP reference No.98000600[1]
NMSRCP No.1694
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1998
Designated NMSRCPApril 3, 1998[2]

The Luna Lodge is a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is notable as one of the best-preserved Route 66 era motels remaining in the city.[3] It was built in 1949 and was one of the easternmost Albuquerque motels, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city center. The motel eventually closed and fell into disrepair, but was restored and converted to low-income housing in 2013.[4] The property was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2]

The motel consists of three buildings arranged in a narrow U shape around a central parking lot, with 28 rooms in total. The building on the west side has a two-story portion at the front, containing the office on the ground floor and the manager's residence above. The remainder of the motel is one story. The eastern building had a small cafe at the front. The architecture is southwestern vernacular with some Streamline Moderne elements including the rounded front office.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Luna Lodge". National Park Service. June 11, 1998. with one accompanying photo
  4. ^ Ziff, Deborah (March 19, 2013). "Route 66 hotel to house 30 units". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luna Lodge.
  • Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-13, "Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM", 17 photos, 8 measured drawings, 11 data pages, 2 photo caption pages


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