Barela, Adrian, House
7618 Guadalupe Trail, NW, Albuquerque, NMA New Mexico Vernacular style adobe cottage, the Barela House was constructed between 1900 and 1910. It underwent one major change when it was converted from a flat roofed structure into a pitched roof building probably soon after its construction. The building's appearance from Guadalupe Trail,a tree-lined road that winds through most of the North Valley,is dominated by its steeply pitched intersecting" gable roof.The house also features its original Territorial decorative trim, large framed wood windows and doors, and strong proportions.
The house's original plan was L-shaped. A flat roofed stuccoed addition on the southeast (not visible from the street) has filled in the plan so that it is now rectangular.Centered on the front roof slope is a low pitched roof dormer featuring diamond-shaped wood shingles and a diamond-shaped wood window. The wood shingles and the diamond shaped opening are repeated on the slightly larged gables on the north and south; the rear gable is similarly shingled. The roof includes exposed rafters, asphalt shingles (replacing the original split wood shakes) and a single brick chimney which protrudes through the north facing pitch. The west facade is oddly off-center since the front door is not centered under the front dormer and is set closer to one of the two front windows. All the building's 1/1 wood sash windows are original and are capped with Territorial style lintels. Two wood panel single light doors, one in the front and one in the rear, are also original. An adobe wall extends from the building to the north and east enclosing a rear yard area. The wall attaches to answer flat roofed building which is not included in the nomination. Five large old cottonwoods grow to the west and north of the house.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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