Capital from Castle Huning

Association Franz Huning (1827 - 1905 Albuquerque, New Mexico)

Dateca. 1883

Mediumwood, paint

Dimensions9 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (22.9 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm)

ClassificationsBuilding Components

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Hap Crawford

Terms

Object numberPC2002.19.1

DescriptionCastle Huning was a Mediterranean style "castle" built with clay roof tiles and terrones (sod blocks) carved to look like masonry. Its design bridged old and new architectural styles in Albuquerque while being situated between Old Town and New Town during the railroad era. This was a pillar salvaged from the house that fell into disrepair by the 1950s and was demolished in 1955. Painted to look like stone with curved floral design and a flower in the center, it has a circular base and grows to a square top.The mansion was owned by Franz Huning was a German settler who traveled over the Santa Fe Trail to California during the gold rush but stopped short around 1852 to settle in Albuquerque. A prominent businessman and landowner, he built Castle Huning around 1883. Huning had a hand in much of the city from his company publishing the city's first newspaper, the Albuquerque Daily Journal, to powering his own flour mill, the Glorieta Flour Mill.The house had a 700-acre farm, 14 rooms, a park-like garden, the flour mill, and a family bural plot.

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