National Register Listing

Art Annex

NE corner of Central Ave. and Terrace St., UNM, Albuquerque, NM

The Art Annex is one of six buildings on the campus of the University if New Mexico included in this nomination. The Art annex is significant because it was the first library building on the campus, and it was built in the Spanish Pueblo Revival Style prior to designation of Pueblo as the campus style. Dr. Tight was dismissed as President of UNM in 1909 for his zealous efforts to get the Pueblo Style officially adopted at UNM. In 1927 the Pueblo Style was officially adopted. During the years between, the architecture was often haphazard and undirected. The library building (Art Annex), designed by Trost and Trost, had a design sensitive to the elements surrounding it. Hodgin Hall to the west and Sara Raynolds Hall to the east were both in the Pueblo Style. Trost & Trost used the Spanish Pueblo Revival Style in keeping with a consistent architectural style for that portion of the campus, which helped lead to the formal adoption of the Pueblo Style the next year.

Local significance of the building:
Education; Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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