Skinner Building

The Skinner Building is a historic building in Albuquerque, New Mexico, considered to be one of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the city.

Photo: Karen Blaha, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Historic building
Description: listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Address: 722 Central Avenue Northwest, Albuquerque, NM 87102

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum and El Rey Theatre.

New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum

Museum

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The New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum is a Holocaust museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. New Mexico Holocaust & Intolerance Museum is situated 450 feet east of Skinner Building.

El Rey Theatre

Theater building

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El Rey Theatre is a theater building, which is situated 370 feet east of Skinner Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Albuquerque and Martinez Town.

Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, is a vibrant, sprawling city near the center of New Mexico. Cradled in the Rio Grande Valley beneath the Sandia Mountains, it is by far the largest city in the state, acting as the media, educational, and economic center of New Mexico, as well as the home of the state's only major airport, making it a common entry point into New Mexico.

Martinez Town

Neighborhood

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Martineztown-Santa Barbara is a neighborhood in central Albuquerque, New Mexico, immediately northeast of Downtown. Originating as a small farming village in the 1850s, it is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and retains a distinct character, with winding streets, irregular lots, and adobe vernacular buildings reminiscent of other old Hispanic communities in northern New Mexico.

Old Town Albuquerque

Suburb

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Old Town is the historic original town site of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for the provincial kingdom of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, established in 1706 by New Mexico governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdés.