Simms Building
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About Simms Building
The Simms Building is a historic high-rise office building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Designed by Flatow and Moore and completed in 1954, it was the city's first large-scale modernist building and is regarded as "Albuquerque’s best example of the International Style". The building was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1997 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998, only 44 years after it was completed.
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PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 89 MB · National Archives↗1954 to today
- 1954Built
- 1998Added to the National Register of Historic Places
- 2026On the Register for 28 years
Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes
400 Gold Ave. SW, Albuquerque · about 0.1 miles on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Simms BuildingStart here
- 2
Old Post OfficeBuilding · next door - 3
Federal BuildingMediterranean · Built 1930 · next door - 4
McCanna-Hubbell BuildingBuilding · next door - 5
S. H. Kress BuildingBuilding · next door
International Style style, nearby
Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as International Style.
Memories of Simms Building
The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 77847063 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.