[3] It is a massive three-story building with a two-story recessed entrance and simple geometric ornamentation.

[1] Originally the entire 42,000-square-foot[5] building was occupied by Aron and Edward Rosenwald's flagship department store, which was praised by the Albuquerque Journal as "the handsomest, most up-to-date, and most complete department store in the southwest" upon opening.

McLellan Stores moved into the ground floor in 1927, remaining there for about 50 years.

The Rosenwald Building was renovated in 1981 and the upper floors were converted to office space.

[3] The city of Albuquerque bought two floors of the building in 2008.