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 Walk south one block to find Zachary Castle. In 1976 Gertrude Zachary opened a jewelry manufacturing operation on 2nd St. and soon came to be regarded as one of Albuquerque’s most dynamic, if somewhat eccentric, business leaders. In 2006 construction began on her dream house, a Paris-inspired estate abutting an overpass just off Skid Row. The estimated cost: $2–$4 million. Zachary shared her estate with a Shih Tzu named Zipper until her death in 2013. The private compound includes a pool, a courtyard garden, and an 8,500-square-foot main house with four turrets, each rising 50 feet. A separate tower stands directly in front of a billboard that advertises her wares. Gertrude Zachary’s Castle Antiques, a quirky 12,000-foot showroom of American and European antiques, is directly south of the compound.

 Turn right on Lead Ave. and walk one block west. Reverend Nathaniel Gale, Albuquerque’s first Methodist pastor, arrived from Silver City in 1879 and began holding services in a newly built adobe church on this site in 1880. His congregation outgrew the church by 1904, prompting the construction of a bigger one, which stands on the southwest corner of Lead Ave. and 3rd St. Dedicated in January 1905 the Gothic edifice is constructed of cast stone and concrete blocks. Its 24 stained glass windows show a mastery of the technique of Louis Tiffany, founder of the American stained glass style. This church building is listed as Fellowship Hall on the National Register of Historic Places. A newer, much bigger brick church stands on the corner ahead, indicating the congregation has continued to grow.