Albuquerque Municipal Airport Building, Old
a.k.a. William Cutter Memorial Building
2920 Yale Blvd. SE., Albuquerque, NMThe Old Albuquerque Airport Building is significant under Criterion A, for Transportation and Commerce and Criterion C, for Architecture. Completion of the building in 1939 marked a major
step in the development of modern airports serving day and night transcontinental air passenger transportation. At the same time, the building recalls the cooperation between the federal
government and the City of Albuquerque and its boosters so vital to Albuquerque's commercial growth during the New Deal.
Architecturally, the building is distinctive as the only major airport building in the nation constructed in the Pueblo Revival Style. Since the opening of the new municipal airport building in
1965, the Old Airport has served as the location of the Albuquerque Museum (1968-1979) and is now the home of the Albuquerque Junior League whose members are seeking to preserve it.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.