Bottger, Charles A., House
110 San Felipe, NW, Albuquerque, NMThe Charles A. Bottger House was called "the pride of Old Town" when it was completed in 1912. Built by a temporarily wealthy entrepreneur from New Jersey who married into an Old Town family, the house was designed by prominent local architect Edward Cristy in the then-popular "American Foursquare" style. It was only the second non-traditional house built near the plaza and was far more modern than the first, incorporating such up-to date amenities as speaking tubes between rooms and a dumbwaiter as well as lavish decorative features. Unlike the other "Anglo-style" homes in Old Albuquerque it has escaped being remodeled into the Pueblo Revival Style. The house's significance in the history of Albuquerque lies in its contrast with nearby Old Town, for its a vivid record of the period when the old Spanish village made a last attempt to keep pace with bustling New Town a mile to the east.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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