Luna Lodge

Albuquerque, United States

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The Luna Lodge is a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, built in 1949 as one of the city's easternmost properties. Designed in southwestern vernacular style with Pueblo Revival elements and Streamline Moderne touches—notably its rounded front office—the motel comprises three buildings arranged in a narrow U-shape around a central parking lot, containing 28 rooms total. The west building features a two-story section housing the ground-floor office and manager's residence, while the eastern structure included a small café. Once among the best-preserved Route 66 era motels in Albuquerque, the property fell into disrepair after closure but was restored and converted to low-income housing in 2013. It was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Movement

Pueblo Revival Style architecture

Built: 1949
Type: motel, apartment building
Heritage: listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place: Albuquerque, United States

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35.07400, -106.54555