Castle Apartments
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Castle Apartments | |
 The Castle Apartments in 2004 | |
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| Location | 1410 Central Ave. SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°5′20″N 106°39′49″W / 35.08889°N 106.66361°W |
| Built | 1922 |
| Architect | Trost & Trost, George P. Hill |
| Demolished | 2010 |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000219[1] |
| NMSRCP No. | 1213[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 13, 1986 |
| Designated NMSRCP | November 22, 1985 |
Castle Apartments was a historic apartment building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, which was destroyed by fire in 2009. It was located on the southeast corner of 15th Street and Central Avenue, roughly halfway between Downtown and Old Town, and took its name from the Huning Castle mansion, which originally stood on the other side of 15th Street.
Built in 1922, it was a two-story, U-shaped building with a central courtyard and 20 residential units ranging in size from 600 to 750 square feet. The architects were Trost & Trost of El Paso, with George P. Hill. The Castle Apartments were added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1985 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[2]
The apartments were built in 1922 by Arno Huning, the son of well known local businessman Franz Huning. At the time, the city was growing rapidly and there was an increasing demand for new apartment housing. Huning built the apartments on a piece of his late father's estate near the Huning Castle mansion, for which the building was named. The apartments cost approximately $75,000, a significant amount for the time.[3] Contemporary advertisements reported that the apartments would "help to fill a long felt need in this city in providing homes for those of the most exacting requirements. The architect, while not restricted as to cost, has not permitted fancy to wander at random but has kept his product within the bounds of refined elegance."[4] Due to the building's high quality of construction, it remained a fashionable address through much of its history.[3]
