4301 Central Ave. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. County/parish: Bernalillo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 30, 2004. NRIS 04000375.
Part of Route 66 through New Mexico MPS (NRIS 64500432).
8 contributing buildings. 1 contributing object.
The De Anza Motor Lodge was a historic motel located on former U.S. Route 66 in the Upper Nob Hill neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was built in 1939 by Charles G. Wallace, a local trader of Zuni art and pottery, who remained the owner until 1983. Wallace decorated the motel with a variety of Native American art, including a series of murals by Zuni artist Tony Edaakie in a basement room.
The motel was purchased by the city of Albuquerque in 2003 and remained vacant while various renovation proposals fell through. Ultimately, the city approved a plan to redevelop the site with mostly new construction, and all but two smaller buildings were demolished in 2017–18. The De Anza was replaced by a new apartment complex preserving some historic elements including the two surviving buildings, the neon sign, and the Zuni murals.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845925