With each map, brochure, diary, or photograph we learn more about the highway—what it looked like, who used it, what it was like to drive it.
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Location:
Economic & Community Development/Main Street Program
829 Camino del Pueblo
Bernalillo, NM 87004
Phone:
505-867-3311
Web site: Economic and Community Development – Town of Bernalillo
Institution Type: Local government agency
Collections
Description: The Bernalillo Economic & Community Development department houses a vital document for those interested in identifying structures that remain from the original 1926-37 Bernalillo segment of Route 66, or in assembling data regarding present-day buildings on the highway for comparative or other purposes. When completed, the Mainstreet District Baseline Property Survey, comprising photographs, descriptive material, historical notes, and plat maps, will cover all of the Bernalillo Route 66 segment.
Regions Covered: Route 66 in New Mexico
Type of Materials: Photographs, maps, historic building surveys
Time Periods: 20th and 21st centuries
Access
Facility Hours:
Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM
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