Rosenwald Building, Commercial building in New Mexico, United States.
The Rosenwald Building is a three-story reinforced concrete building at 42,000 square feet in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Henry Trost of the El Paso firm Trost & Trost designed it in 1910 with a two-story recessed entrance and simple geometric ornamentation.
Built in 1910 to designs by Henry Trost of the El Paso firm Trost & Trost, the Rosenwald Building was Albuquerque's first reinforced concrete building. It opened as the flagship department store of Aron and Edward Rosenwald, which the Albuquerque Journal called "the handsomest, most up-to-date, and most complete department store in the southwest." McLellan Stores occupied the ground floor from 1927 for about 50 years. The building was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, renovated in 1981, and the city bought two floors in 2008.
The building's name comes from brothers Aron and Edward Rosenwald, whose flagship department store filled all 42,000 square feet when it opened. The Albuquerque Journal called it "the handsomest, most up-to-date, and most complete department store in the southwest." McLellan Stores then occupied the ground floor from 1927 for about 50 years.
The building stands in Downtown Albuquerque at the coordinates 35.08417, -106.65139. Its two-story recessed entrance and geometric ornamentation are visible from the street. The city of Albuquerque bought two floors in 2008, and the upper floors have held office space since the 1981 renovation.
The building's 42,000 square feet were entirely occupied by Aron and Edward Rosenwald's flagship department store when it opened; the Albuquerque Journal called it "the handsomest, most up-to-date, and most complete department store in the southwest." McLellan Stores then held the ground floor from 1927 for about 50 years.
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