National Register Listing

President's House

NE corner of Roma Ave. and Yale Blvd., UNM, Albuquerque, NM

The President's House is one of six buildings on the campus of the University of New Mexico included in this nomination. The President's House is significant because it is an excellent example of residential Spanish Pueblo Revival-style architecture. The architectural quality was considered so good that the building was used as a representative example of Spanish Pueblo Revival Style architecture in a major survey of American building styles. Miles Brittelle was the architect of the original building in 1930. Brittelle may have been working for Trost and Trost at the time he designed this building (Brittelle worked for Trost and Trost, no dates available, and then was in partnership with Trost and Trost from 1932 to 1934). John Gaw Meem designed an addition to the house in 1952. Although there have been various additions and renovations to the building, all additions have been true to the style and architectural integrity of the original building.

Local significance of the building:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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