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Old Town is a popular tourist destination with a large number of restaurants, shops, and galleries, and is also home to the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History. The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science and the Explora science center are located a short distance to the northeast.
By 1900, Albuquerque had a population of 6,238, with another 1,200 recorded for Old Town; in 1910, the population was 11,020. [18] The city's largest employer was the American Lumber Company sawmill, which employed over 850 people in 1906.
1926 – Courthouse relocated to New Town from Old Town. [3] 1927 Rio Grande Zoo opens. KiMo Theater built. [27] 1928 Oxnard Field, Albuquerque's first airport, is constructed. KGGM radio begins broadcasting. [28] 1929 First commercial airline service by Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport; West Mesa Airport constructed.
New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885, with Henry N. Jaffa its first mayor. It was incorporated as a city in 1891. [23]: 232–233 Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s, when it was absorbed by Albuquerque. Old Albuquerque High School, the city's first public high school, was established in 1879.
San Felipe de Neri Church (Spanish: Iglesia de San Felipe de Neri) is a historic Catholic church located on the north side of Old Town Plaza in Albuquerque, New Mexico.Built in 1793, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city and the only building in Old Town proven to date to the Spanish colonial period. [2]
Old Albuquerque High School Central and Broadway NE 35°5′3″N 106°38′38″W / 35.08417°N 106.64389°W / 35.08417; -106.64389 ( Old Albuquerque High
The Albuquerque Museum, formerly known as the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, is a public art and history museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico.It is located in the Old Town area and is operated by the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture.
The Antonio Vigil House is a historic building in the Old Town neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico.It was built in 1879 as a rental property by Santiago Baca, a wealthy landowner who moved with his family to Albuquerque from Pecos, New Mexico in 1874.