Preserve the Albuquerque Rail Yards
Photo by Susan Greene 2011
The WHEELS Museum, an all-volunteer organization, is working hard to ultimately acquire Albuquerque’s original rail yard buildings, plus offer all levels of educational programs, interactive exhibits, traveling shows and much more, showcasing the past, present and future of transportation. To find out more about this railroad-loving group, see their website at www.wheelsmuseum.org or call 505-243-6269 .
This Place Matters: The Albuquerque Indian School Building
Isadora Shattuck, Agnes Shattuck Dill, Veronica Shattuck, AIS Alumni. 2011. Photo by Ted Jojola
The Albuquerque Indian School’s Employees’ Club Building was selected as one of the top 100 sites in the nation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in its “This Place Matters” contest. This contest is designed for communities to feature places of architectural and cultural significance that matter to them. We need your support to help save the Indian School Building from demolition. For more information about the building, click here. For background on the Albuquerque Indian School, click here.
We Want To Know Your Business
Historic Albuquerque wanted to know and we found out…. that in 1944 Max Pollack, with his brother-in-law Frank Farkas, opened People’s House of Flowers and People’s Juvenile Shops (furniture) sharing space at 214 West Central Avenue. …that the maternal grandfather of Doug Collister (who ran Kistler-Collister department store) was Oscar Huber, the owner of Madrid (the town) and the Albuquerque Cerrillos Coal Company, and that Oscar Jones, owner of Vanity Cleaners, worked in the dry cleaning business for over 60 years. If you would like to know more about our efforts to collect the history of long-time businesses in the Albuquerque metropolitan area, please click here.
Fairview Cemetery Documenter Wins 2011 HALS Challenge
The local historic preservation firm of Van Citters: Historic Preservation (VCHP) was recently nationally recognized for its study of the history and evolving landscape of Albuquerque’s Fairview Cemetery, currently operated by Daniels Family Funeral Services. The National Park Service awarded first place to VCHP in the 2011 Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS) Challenge. This challenge is to document historic landscapes that reflect ethnic heritage to increase awareness of the role of various cultural groups in shaping the American landscape.
The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent New Mexicans and Albuquerque leaders. Fairview retains many of its original character-defining features such as its layout, traffic patterns and grave markers. This historic cultural landscape is truly one of our city’s many historic gems. For more information about the history of the cemetery, click here.
Photos of Architectural Details
All photographs of architectural details on Historic Albuquerque’s websites were taken and provided by Bob McRae, 2011. Thanks, Bob!