The Andaluz Hotel was built in 1939 as the Hilton Hotel and operated most recently for the past twenty-odd years as La Posada de Albuquerque. It is a historic building located at 125 2nd Street NW in downtown

Downtown Albuquerque

Downtown Albuquerque is the central business district of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is where a large number of the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region....

 Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico

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. Opened in 1939, it was Conrad Hilton

Conrad Hilton

Conrad Nicholson Hilton was an American businessman and investor. He is well known for being the founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.-Early life:Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico...

's fourth hotel

Hotel

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 and the first modern highrise hotel in the state. Architect Anton F. Korn designed the ten-story building in the New Mexico Territorial style

Territorial Revival architecture

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, with earthtone stucco

Stucco

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, brick

Brick

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 coping along the roofline, and southwest-style woodwork and furnishings. The hotel was renovated in 1984 and reopened as La Posada.

The old Hilton Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1984.

In March 2008, it was renamed "Andaluz" and reopened in 2009. The new property features Lucia restaurant, the rooftop bar Ibiza and 6000 square feet (557.4 m²) of conference facilities.

External links

• Andaluz Hotel (official site)
• La Posada de Albuquerque (Emporis)