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Trumbull-Hesselden House

 Cross Luna Blvd. and turn south, deviating slightly from the official tour to see the best example of Prairie School–style architecture in Albuquerque. Located on the west corner of Marquette Ave. and 10th St., the Berthold Spitz House was named for one of the many German Jewish merchants who contributed to the early economic development of New Albuquerque.

 Turn west on Marquette Ave. and go one block to 11th St., also known as Judges’ Row. Before turning up that street, note the neon sign on the historic El Portal Apartments on the southeast corner. The U-shaped single-story building has a courtyard, ten units, and seldom a vacancy.

 Turn north and head back toward Roma Ave. The house at 415 11th St. was home to John Simms when he served as a Justice for the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1929 to 1930. His sons John F. Simms Jr. and Albert G. Simms would later serve respectively as governor of New Mexico and a U.S. congressman.

 Turn west on Roma Ave. to rejoin the official route. The Tudor Revival home on the northwest corner of Roma and 11th was designed by Kate Nichols Chaves and completed in 1909. Daughter of architect Nicholas Nichols, she lived here with her husband, Amado Chaves, until her sudden death in the home in 1914.At 1211 Roma, the Trumbull-Hesselden House has the distinction of being one of Albuquerque’s few stone houses and possibly its first duplex. The mansard roof is another unique feature in this region known for flat rooftops, though at the time of its completion in 1882, not another structure stood near it. Its first owner, Walter Trumbull, died in 1891, and the house served for the next 11 years as the Goss Military Institute. The 1896 city directory mentions that the institute “furnishes for boys and young men, a training in military tactics as well as a mental training.” Wallace Hesselden bought the duplex in 1902, using half for immediate family and the other half for other relatives.