Hotel Andaluz
historic hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hotel Andaluz is a historic high-rise hotel in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It opened in 1939 as the Hilton Hotel, part of the Hilton Hotels chain. After operating under various names since the 1970s, the hotel was renovated and reopened under its current name in 2009. In 2019 it joined the Curio Collection by Hilton brand.
The property was listed (as Old Hilton Hotel) on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1983 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It has also been designated an Albuquerque historic landmark.
History
Opened on June 9, 1939, the Hilton was the first modern high-rise hotel in New Mexico. It was one of the first hotels in Conrad Hilton's Hilton Hotels chain and the first Hilton-branded hotel outside the state of Texas. Architect Anton F. Korn designed the 160-room ten-story building in the New Mexico Territorial Revival style, with earthtone stucco, brick coping along the roofline, and southwest-style woodwork and furnishings. After a new Hilton opened near the Big I freeway interchange in 1971, the older hotel was sold in 1974 and rebranded as the Hotel Plaza.
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