Chavez, Rumaldo, House
a.k.a. See Also:Albuquerque North Valley MRA
10023 Edith Blvd., NE, Albuquerque, NMThe Rumaldo Chavez House, 10023 Edith Boulevard NE, is the architecturally outstanding member of a group of historic houses in Alaraeda built in the mid-19th century. Unlike other houses in the area, the Chavez house retains most of its historic architectural elements. The location of the house, at the edge of Edith Boulevard, the historic high road to Bernalillo and points north,makes it an especially visible and valuable component of the compound of old adobes which lies to the south and east.
The first recorded connection between the Chavez family and the property appears on the 1927 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District .map of the area.Aurelia H. de Chavez, who is listed as the owner in 1927, was married in 1901to Emiterio Chavez, son of Rumaldo Chavez and Maria Conception Tafoya, a daughter of Domingo Tafoya, whose house still stands just to the west of the Chavez House.The construction of the Chavez House indicates that it was built either at the time of Rumaldo Chavez 1 marriage in 1866 or possibly earlier since the Chavez family was resident in Alameda since at least 1846 when Rumaldo was born. As with the Domingo Tafoya House, the Chavez House has all the elements of traditional Spanish/Pueblo building: linear plan, 2-foot thick walls, low doorways (both interior and exterior), hand-adzed vigas and ceiling boards, and an exterior door and one window in each room. Of particular importance in the Chavez House is that these early ceilings and the early random width floor planks are exposed throughout the house. The traditional flat roof has also been retained.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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.