Gutierrez-Hubbell House added to National Register

Gutierrez-Hubbell House, Albuquerque

The Gutierrez-Hubbell House that’s sat along a stretch of old Route 66 south of Albuquerque since the 1860s has been designated to the National Register of Historic Places, according to an email this week from the National Park Service.

The listing was effective Aug. 3. The house, which now is a cultural center owned by Bernalillo County, also sits along the historic El Camino Real. That section of Isleta Road was Route 66 from 1926 to 1937.

The history from the website:

The Gutiérrez-Hubbell House is a symbol of the joining of colonial Spanish grace, Native culture, and Mexican traditions with Anglo-American entrepreneurship: it was the home of Juliana Gutiérrez, descendant of some of the wealthiest and most powerful families in Pajarito and New Mexico. With her marriage to James Lawrence “Santiago” Hubbell, a Connecticut Yankee who came west to seek his fortune the two produced at least 12 children, all of whom were born in the Hubbell House. Juan “Lorenzo” Hubbell was the second son and third born of James and Juliana. Like his father, Lorenzo became a merchant and trader with the “Indians” and established the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona, which today is a historic site managed by the National Park Service. The final inhabitant of the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House was Louisa Hubbell, who died in 1996.

Situated along El Camino Real, the oldest continuously used European roadway in North America, the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House was once a private residence, mercantile, trading post, stagecoach stop and post office. Today, the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House History and Cultural Center is a center developed to document, research and preserve history, maintain open spaces, protect wildlife habitat and teach agricultural heritage. The property is a venue for retreats, workshops, meetings, weddings, festivals and farming workshops.

The house is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, although the trails and parks on the property are open from dawn to dusk daily. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children and senior citizens.

That part of Route 66 north of Los Lunas is a fascinating mix of urban and agricultural settings — the latter thanks to the proximity of the Rio Grande.

(Image via the Hubbell House Alliance’s Facebook page)

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