Modern Auto Court
a.k.a. Nob Hill Motel
3712 Central Ave. SE., Albuquerque, NMThe Nob Hill Motel, or Modern Auto Court as it was first known, is one of the best examples of a relatively unaltered per-historic and Architectural Resources of Rt. 66 through NM Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
World War II tourist court remaining along Route 66 in New Mexico. Built in 1937, the year in which Route 66 was realigned along Central Avenue, it is one of the oldest tourist courts along the East Central Avenue commercial trip. Because of this close association with tourism along Route 66, the property is eligible under Criterion A. The property also qualifies under Criterion for the way in which its setting, location, design and materials reflect early tourist court construction in New Mexico. In particular, the spatial arrangement of the complex and its use of building materials such as double-hung and glass block windows and tile block associated with building in Albuquerque in the 1930s recall its early date.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
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.