Sara Raynolds Hall

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Sara Raynolds Hall

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties

| designated_other1_date = July 8, 1988{{cite web|title=Listed State and National Register Properties|url=http://www.nmhistoricpreservation.org/assets/files/registers/2012%20Report_%20Section%202_%20Arranged%20by%20County.pdf|publisher=New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission|accessdate=20 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425030224/http://nmhistoricpreservation.org/assets/files/registers/2012%20Report_%20Section%202_%20Arranged%20by%20County.pdf|archivedate=25 April 2015}}

| designated_other1_number = 1455

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Sara Raynolds Hall, Albuquerque NM.jpg

| caption = Sara Raynolds Hall, May 2010

| location = 2001 Central Ave. NE{{cite web|title=UNM Building List by Campus, by Building Name|url=http://iss.unm.edu/PCD/docs/UnmBuildingsAlpha.pdf|publisher=University of New Mexico|accessdate=20 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128225738/http://iss.unm.edu/PCD/docs/UnmBuildingsAlpha.pdf|archivedate=28 January 2013}}
Albuquerque, New Mexico

| coordinates = {{coord|35|04|53|N|106|37|26|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New Mexico#USA

| built = {{start date and age|1921}}

| architect = Edward B. Christy

| architecture = Pueblo Revival

| added = September 22, 1988

| area =

| mpsub =

| refnum = 88001544{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Sara Raynolds Hall is a historic building on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Completed in 1921, it originally housed the university's home economics department.{{cite book | title=Annual Catalogue | year=1921 | publisher=University of New Mexico | page=24 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZHOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA24}} The building was privately funded by local citizens, including the $16,000 construction cost{{cite book | last=Hooker | first=Van Dorn | title=Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico | year=2000 | publisher=UNM Press | location=Albuquerque | isbn=0826321356 | page=312}} as well as several thousand dollars worth of equipment. One of the largest donors was Joshua Raynolds, whose mother was the building's namesake.Hooker, p. 48.

The building was designed by Edward B. Christy, who was also responsible for the Pueblo style remodeling of Hodgin Hall in 1908. As with nearly all subsequent buildings on campus, Sara Raynolds Hall also employed the Pueblo style. It is a one-story, brick bearing wall structureHooker, p. 47. with a beige stucco exterior. The building was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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