- Estufa
Infobox_nrhp | name =Estufa
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location= Southeast corner of University Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther king Boulevard,Albuquerque, NM
lat_degrees = 35 | lat_minutes = 5 | lat_seconds = 1.77 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 106 | long_minutes = 37 | long_seconds = 31.27 | long_direction = W
locmapin = New Mexico
area =
built =1908
architect= Charles Lembke (Tri-Alpha member): University President William G. Tight: members of the Alpha Alpha Alpha Fraternity
architecture= Mission/Spanish Revival, Pueblo, Other
added =September 22 ,1988
governing_body = State
mpsub=New Mexico Campus Buildings Built 1906--1937 TR
refnum=88001542 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]The Estufa is a historic structure on the
University of New Mexico campus inAlbuquerque ,New Mexico . It was built between 1906 and 1908 as a meeting room for the local social fraternity Alpha Alpha Alpha, which in 1915 became the Beta Delta chapter ofPi Kappa Alpha . The project received support from university presidentWilliam G. Tight , who was seeking to establish Pueblo architecture as a campus-wide style. The Estufa was one of the first buildings in the country to employ the Pueblo Style.The building was loosely modeled after a
kiva atSanto Domingo Pueblo .ref|casaus-1 It is roughly circular, withadobe walls 14 inches (36 cm) thick. The interior of the Estufa has been described as a pit with seating around the edge.ref|tourThe Estufa continues to serve in its original role as a fraternity meeting place, with the Pi Kappa Alphas holding their weekly chapter meetings there. The building is veiled in secrecy: non-members are not allowed inside, and according to legend no
woman has ever seen its interior.ref|casaus-2 There have been many reports of items mysteriously disappearing into the Estufa.ref|hookerref|uyttebrouckThe Estufa was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1988.An estufa [Sp., a stove, a warm room. Cf. Stove] is an assembly room in a dwelling of the Pueblo Indians [ie, a kiva] , per Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1998.
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References
# Casaus, Phill (October 28, 1995). "It's dumpy and frumpy, but UNM's Estufa packs a lot of history." "Albuquerque Journal".
# [http://www.unm.edu/~unmarchv/Tour/Hist/stop05.html History of UNM campus tour]
# Casaus (1995).
# Hooker, Van Dorn (2000). "Only in New Mexico: An Architectural History of the University of New Mexico, the First Century 1889-1989". Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, p. 27. ISBN 0-8263-2135-6
# Uyttebrouck, Olivier (February 23, 2002). "Frat Items Stolen Long Ago Resurface at UNM." "Albuquerque Journal".External links
* [http://media.www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2008/03/03/News/Building.Represents.Bond.Of.Fraternity-3247380.shtml Photo and article on the Estufa]
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