Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center

The Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center, at 2100 Ridgecrest, SE, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was built in 1932. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 16 contributing buildings and a contributing structure on 40 acres (16 ha).[1]

Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in New Mexico Location in United States
Location	2100 Ridgecrest, SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1932
Architectural style	Spanish-Pueblo Revival
MPS	United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS
NRHP reference No.	83001614[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1983

It was built in a combination of Spanish Revival architecture and Pueblo Revival architecture styles.[2]

Its National Register nomination states:

"Building 1 is asymetrical with box-like massing. It steps up in terraces, varying in height from one to four stories. A five story tower rises off-center of the main entrance, which consists of three portals surrounded by roughly hewn lintels and columns. The ceiling of the Main Lobby is finished in beautifully hand carved wood beams or vigas that are decoratively painted revealing the Indian motifs. These still remain. Building 2 features two rounded bell towers with battered walls on either side of the entry, giving the structure a resemblance to a pueblo church. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, and the quarters have pueblo and Spanish details such as timber framed porches, decorated corbels and lintel beams, vigas, patio gardens and pueblo style arcades, often randomly placed at the upper levels (in the case of buildings 3 & 4). Straight headed windows are set deep into the walls. The engineering support buildings are plainer with less detailing but their scale, massing, finish materials and minimal details are the same as the main

buildings."[2]

It was listed in conformance with a 2011 study of veterans hospitals nationwide.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center". National Park Service. Retrieved August 6, 2019. With accompanying 30 photos from 1932-40 and 1983
3. Trent Spurlock; Karen E. Hudson; Dean Doerrfeld; Craig A. Potts (October 24, 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals" (PDF). Retrieved August 6, 2019.