Luna Lodge

	Luna Lodge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	NM State Register of Cultural Properties
	The motel in 2010
Location	9119 Central Ave. NE,; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°4′25″N 106°32′43″W / 35.07361°N 106.54528°W
Built	1949
NRHP reference No.	98000600
NMSRCP No.	1694
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 11, 1998
Designated NMSRCP	April 3, 1998

The Luna Lodge is a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is notable as one of the best-preserved Route 66 era motels remaining in the city.^[3] It was built in 1949 and was one of the easternmost Albuquerque motels, located about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the city center. The motel eventually closed and fell into disrepair, but was restored and converted to low-income housing in 2013.^[4] The property was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2]

The motel consists of three buildings arranged in a narrow U shape around a central parking lot, with 28 rooms in total. The building on the west side has a two-story portion at the front, containing the office on the ground floor and the manager's residence above. The remainder of the motel is one story. The eastern building had a small cafe at the front. The architecture is southwestern vernacular with some Streamline Moderne elements including the rounded front office.^[3]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Luna Lodge". National Park Service. June 11, 1998. with one accompanying photo
^ Ziff, Deborah (March 19, 2013). "Route 66 hotel to house 30 units". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-13, "Luna Lodge, 9119 Central Avenue Northeast, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM", 17 photos, 8 measured drawings, 11 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[srlist-2] "State and National Register Spreadsheet" (Excel). New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[nrhp-3] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Luna Lodge". National Park Service. June 11, 1998. with one accompanying photo

[4] Ziff, Deborah (March 19, 2013). "Route 66 hotel to house 30 units". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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