Franz Huning

Franz Huning (October 1827 – November 6, 1905) was a German-American pioneer and merchant who was influential in the development of the city of Albuquerque.

He purchased the hacienda La Glorieta, expanded it, and built a flour mill and a sawmill nearby.

Huning and fellow Albuquerque merchants Elias S. Stover and William Hazeldine formed the New Mexico Town Company as a subsidiary of the railroad and quietly bought up 3.1 square miles of land about two miles from the existing town center.

Franz Huning's two-story Italianate mansion at 15th Street and Central Avenue was one of Albuquerque's most famous landmarks.

[7] The building contained 14 rooms and was filled with opulent furnishings including a pipe organ and Steinway grand piano.

This decision attracted little controversy at the time but has come to be viewed by local historians as one of the city's greatest architectural losses.