A&P Superintendent's House

The A&P Superintendent's House is a historic house in the Barelas neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was built in 1881 for Frank W. Smith, who used it as his base of operations while supervising construction of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad from Albuquerque to Needles, California. It is built from red sandstone, believed to have been quarried near Laguna Pueblo, which was the same material used to build the A&P's maintenance facilities on the opposite side of Second Street.[3][4] Those buildings were replaced by the Santa Fe Railway Shops beginning in 1912, leaving the Superintendent's House as the city's only surviving building associated with the A&P. The house was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1975[2] and the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Superintendent's House, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
The house in 2017
Location1023 2nd St. SW,
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates35°4′29″N 106°39′03″W
Built1881
NRHP reference No.78001808[1]
NMSRCP No.398[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1978
Designated NMSRCPJuly 25, 1975

The Superintendent's House is a one-and-a-half-story building with an intersecting gable roof and an open porch which wraps around the north and east sides. The walls are 18 inches (46 cm) thick and are constructed from sandstone blocks set in broken courses. The windows and door openings have stone lintels and sills with wood trim, and the porch features finely carved wooden pillars, cornices, and corbels ornamented with stars and arabesques. The north section of the house is side-gabled, with two dormers, and contains the living and dining rooms. The front-gabled south section contains two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen wing at the rear. The upper floor was originally constructed as servants' quarters but was later converted to a separate apartment.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "State and National Register Spreadsheet". New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Excel) on February 18, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Superintendent's House, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad". National Park Service. January 20, 1978. with seven accompanying photos
  4. Dewitt, Susan (1978). Historic Albuquerque Today: An Overview Survey of Historic Buildings and Districts. Albuquerque: Historic Landmarks Survey of Albuquerque. p. 74.


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