Compass Bank Building (Albuquerque)

{{short description|Building in New Mexico, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox building

| name = 505 Marquette Avenue NW

| image = PNC_Bank,_505_Marquette_Avenue_NW,_Albuquerque.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Viewed from 6th Street NW

| former_names = Compass Bank Building, National Building

| location = 505 Marquette Avenue NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico

| coordinates = {{coord|35.0886|-106.6525|region:US-NM|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = 1965{{cite news | title=Groundbreaking | newspaper=Santa Fe New Mexican | date=January 24, 1965 | agency=AP | location=NM | page=A6}}

| completion_date = 1966{{cite news | title=New View from the Top | newspaper=Albuquerque Tribune | date=June 28, 1966 | location=NM | page=A1}}

| highest_prev = Bank of the West Tower

| highest_next = Albuquerque Plaza

| building_type = Commercial offices

| antenna_spire = {{convert|82.9|m|abbr=on}}

| roof = {{convert|72.5|m|abbr=on}}

| floor_count = 18

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| floor_area = {{convert|232900|sqft|abbr=on}}{{cite news | last=Moskos | first=Harry | title=Where It's Happening | work=The Albuquerque Journal | location=NM | date=August 15, 2004}}

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| references = {{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/129674 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022754/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/129674 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |title=Emporis building ID 129674 |work=Emporis}}{{SkyscraperPage|5693}}{{Structurae|20034889}}

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505 Marquette Avenue NW (originally known as the National Building) is a high-rise office building located at 505 Marquette Avenue NW in Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was the tallest building in New Mexico upon its completion and remained the holder of that title until the completion of the Albuquerque Plaza towers in 1990, making it currently the third tallest. It is {{convert|238|ft|m}} tall and has 18 stories, the lowest six of which are occupied by a parking garage. With the rooftop antennas included it reaches a height of {{convert|272|ft|m}}.

Ground was broken on the building on January 25, 1965, and it was completed in 1966, surpassing the Bank of the West Tower and becoming the tallest building in the city. The project was developed by the National Building Corporation of Tennessee.