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ELCA Martineztown Feature Wall Timeline AD
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Timeline of Martineztown history
1706 - Villa de Alburquerque established
Pre-1800s- vicinity of current day Martineztown exists as resting place or paraje along El Camino Real
1820s- Casa Roma settlement cluster, first permanent settlement of Martineztown
1832 Acequia Madre constructed through Martineztown
1876- Friar Donato Gasparri, SJ. acquires land in Casa Roma Settlement Cluster, prevents area from being subdivided
1889- Second Spanish Presbyterian Church established
1891- Part of Martineztown is included in the Original Townsite of the Town, later the city of Albuquerque
1893 First Ward School built on southeast corner of Grand Avenue (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) and Edith Blvd
1902- Sisters of Charity found St Joseph Sanitarium
1916- San Ignacio de Loyola Church dedicated
1920- Electric and telephone service is extended to Martineztown
1924- Manuel's Market opens
1925- part of Martineztown is included in a 4,166-acre annexation by the City of Albuquerque
1927- the original Longfellow Elementary school is constructed
1939- City waterlines extended to Martineztown
1954- City’s first zoning code adopted. South Martineztown zoned for institutional and commercial activities
1957 Civic Auditorium constructed
Early 1960s- Interstate 25 built
1970 Urban Renewal Condemnation declared South Martineztown a blighted slum and substandard neighborhood
1971- May 17th Citizens Information Committee of Martineztown organizes community protest March on City Hall
1972- Community of South Martineztown turns condemnation into redevelopment
1973- Martineztown Park constructed
1979- Original Longfellow school building condemned residents fight to keep it in the neighborhood
1983- New Longfellow School opens with emphasis on Spanish and the Arts
1988- Southwest Pieta installed (its Sculptor Luis Jiménez Jr.)
1999- South Martineztown listed on Superfund National Priority Listing
1999- Southwest Pieta declared a National Treasure by Whitehouse Millennium Council
2004 South Martineztown area given Federal Disaster Declaration due to storm line and sewer line collapse
2007 Fruit Ave Plume Superfund becomes operational
2009 Longfellow school undergoes expansion
2011 Fortieth anniversary of Citizens Information Committee of Martineztown, gifting of Charity Commemorative “Angelitas de Caridad” (Artist: Linda Dabeau) to the citizens of Albuquerque, completion of fountain Plaza, Civic Auditorium Plaza and Acequia Madre Crossing commemoratives
2016 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail and Tijeras Canyon Crossroads Commemorative dedicated
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Audio Description of the timeline on the stone feature wall in Martineztown, Albuquerque NM. Part of walking tour and ELCA retracement.
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NPS
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