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Delfina Gurule House

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Delfinia Gurule House, Albuquerque NM
Delfinia Gurule House, Albuquerque NM

The Delfina Gurule House is a historic house in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was built by Delfina Gurule (1883–1979), who bought the lot in 1912 from Dolores Otero Burg, the daughter of former Congressional delegate Mariano S. Otero. The house was probably built shortly afterward, and Gurule lived there until her death in 1979. The building was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1979 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.The house is an example of New Mexico vernacular architecture, with adobe walls and a corrugated metal roof. The original section of the house is T-shaped and has a symmetrical three-bay front elevation with a shed-roofed wooden porch. The main roof consists of a hipped front section intersecting a gabled rear section. The windows in the front of the house are set in wooden frames, while those on the other sides of the house are set directly in the adobe walls with a wooden lintel. An addition was constructed on the north side of the house in the 1980s.

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Delfina Gurule House
15th Street Northwest, Albuquerque Old Town

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15th Street Northwest 453
87104 Albuquerque, Old Town
New Mexico, United States
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Albuquerque Little Theatre
Albuquerque Little Theatre

The Albuquerque Little Theatre was founded in 1930 by a group of civic-minded citizens led by Irene Fisher, a reporter and the society editor for the New Mexico Tribune. The idea of a local theatre group was born when Fisher attended a lecture by a professional actress named Kathryn Kennedy O'Connor who moved to New Mexico for health reasons in 1927. Fisher led the campaign to raise an operating budget of $1,000 and O'Connor was hired as the theatre's director. ALT spent its first six years at the KiMo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque. The company presented its inaugural season in 1931, consisting of the three plays This Thing Called Love by Edwin J. Burke, Cradle Song by Gregorio Martínez Sierra, and Rain by John Colton. Notable performers during the first season included Mel Dinelli, later a successful writer of suspense films, and future I Love Lucy star Vivian Vance. In 1932, ALT staged The Trial of Mary Dugan as a benefit to raise money for Vance to study in New York, helping her begin a successful career on Broadway and television. In 1936, ALT moved into its present home located at 224 San Pasquale SW, just south of the historic Old Town section of Albuquerque. The original building designed by famed southwestern architect, John Gaw Meem, was the first structure in Albuquerque to be built by the Works Progress Administration as part of President Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal." O'Connor retired as the theatre's director in 1961 and the board named Bernard Thomas to succeed her as ALT's full-time director. Thomas served as ALT's full-time director from 1961 to 1980. He starred in many of the ALT's productions, including Teahouse of the August Moon and His and Hers. He was married to Reba Thomas, who hosted a daily matinée movie on a local Albuquerque television channel. He also appeared in the motion picture Roughneck. During Thomas's years as director, he brought many popular comedies, and a fair assortment of dramas as well, and he exposed Albuquerque audiences to some unusual fare as well, including the world premiere of David Madden's Cassandra Singing. Thomas retired from ALT in 1980 after the 50th anniversary season. He was replaced by his technical Director Michael Myers who served as producing director until 1986 when Sandy Brady replaced him, and Carol Fleming was named general manager in 1988. She stayed with ALT until 1996. In March 1997, Larry D. Parker was named as new executive director of the Albuquerque Little Theatre and continued producing quality theatre through the 2005-06 Season. The current executive director is Henry Avery. He took that role in spring 2008.