Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center | |
Built: | 1932 |
Added: | August 19, 1983 |
Area: | 40acres |
Mpsub: | United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS |
Refnum: | 83001614 |
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 40acres.
It was built in a combination of Spanish Revival architecture and Pueblo Revival architecture styles.
Its National Register nomination states:
"Building 1 is asymetrical with box-like massing. It steps up interraces, varying in height from one to four stories. A five storytower rises off-center of the main entrance, which consists of threeportals surrounded by roughly hewn lintels and columns. The ceiling ofthe Main Lobby is finished in beautifully hand carved wood beams orvigas that are decoratively painted revealing the Indian motifs. Thesestill remain. Building 2 features two rounded bell towers with batteredwalls on either side of the entry, giving the structure a resemblance toa pueblo church. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, and the quarters have pueblo andSpanish details such as timber framed porches, decorated corbels andlintel beams, vigas, patio gardens and pueblo style arcades, oftenrandomly placed at the upper levels (in the case of buildings 3 & 4).Straight headed windows are set deep into the walls. The engineeringsupport buildings are plainer with less detailing but their scale,massing, finish materials and minimal details are the same as the mainbuildings."[1]
It was listed in conformance with a 2011 study of veterans hospitals nationwide.[2]