Belen Hotel

United States historic place


Belen Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°39′36″N 106°46′08″W / 34.66000°N 106.76889°W / 34.66000; -106.76889 (Belen Hotel)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Architectural style	Decorative Brick Style
NRHP reference No.	80002574^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1980

The Belen Hotel, at 200 Becker Ave. in Belen, New Mexico, United States, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

It is a two-story red brick flat-roofed L-shaped building with a chamfered corner. The hotel primarily served Santa Fe Railroad personnel.^[2]

It was built for Mrs. Bertha Rutz, a German immigrant, who ran the hotel and its cafe until her death in 1953.^[2]

Since 1996 it has been the home of artist Judy Chicago and her husband Donald Woodman, who spent three years converting it into a home.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belen Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2018. With accompanying five photos from 1980
^ "Judy Chicago". Biography.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2018.