717 Central Ave. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. County/parish: Bernalillo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 04, 2020. NRIS 100005731.
1 contributing building. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.
The Downtowner Motor Inn is a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It opened in 1965 as part of the Memphis-based Downtowner Motor Inn chain and has gone through several changes in branding, most recently reopening as Arrive Albuquerque in 2025.
The building was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 2020 as "an exceptional example of a mid-20th-century motel on Route 66 in Albuquerque."
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