Leverett, William J., House
301 Dartmouth NE, Albuquerque, NMThe Leverett House is significant as an outstanding local example of the Pueblo Revival style and as the home of one of the major figures in Albuquerque's early suburban growth. The house was designed and built by William J. Leverett as a model southwestern home to show newcomers and residents that the style was functional as well as romantically decorative. This was not the first, nor the last, such house in Albuquerque -- a similar purpose motivated James Gladding to build his Pueblo Revival home on Cedar NE in the Spruce Park area (listed on National Register 11/17/80) in 1926 -- but the Leverett House is the equal of the Gladding House in quality and design and its owner and builder went beyond Gladding in the creation of an especially innovative subdivision, the Monte Vista Addition.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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