The Albuquerque Veterans Administration Medical Center, at 2100 Ridgecrest, SE, in

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

, was built in 1932. It was listed on the

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in 1983. The listing included 16

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and a

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on . It was built in a combination of

Spanish Revival architecture The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

and

Pueblo Revival architecture The Pueblo Revival style or Santa Fe style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States, which draws its inspiration from Santa Fe de Nuevo México's traditional Pueblo architecture, the Spanish missions, and Territorial ...

styles. Its National Register nomination states:

"Building 1 is asymetrical with box-like massing. It steps up in terraces, varying in height from one to four stories. A five story tower rises off-center of the main entrance, which consists of three portals surrounded by roughly hewn lintels and columns. The ceiling of the Main Lobby is finished in beautifully hand carved wood beams or vigas that are decoratively painted revealing the Indian motifs. These still remain. Building 2 features two rounded bell towers with battered walls on either side of the entry, giving the structure a resemblance to a pueblo church. Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4, and the quarters have pueblo and Spanish details such as timber framed porches, decorated corbels and lintel beams, vigas, patio gardens and pueblo style arcades, often randomly placed at the upper levels (in the case of buildings 3 & 4). Straight headed windows are set deep into the walls. The engineering support buildings are plainer with less detailing but their scale, massing, finish materials and minimal details are the same as the main buildings." With

It was listed in conformance with a 2011 study of veterans hospitals nationwide.

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Hospitals in New Mexico United States Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs medical facilities National Register of Historic Places in Albuquerque, New Mexico Buildings and structures completed in 1932 Pueblo Revival architecture in Albuquerque, New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub