Built in 1925 by the S. H. Kress & Co. department store chain, it is notable as a well-preserved early 20th century retail building.

[1] S. H. Kress & Co. purchased land for an Albuquerque store around 1909 but did not build until 1925, when market conditions were judged to be more favorable.

It’s intended to be “a gallery that draws in creatives across all fields – visual, music, performance arts and the culinary arts.”[4] The building is similar to many of the other Kress stores built in smaller cities during the 1910s and 1920s.

The display windows curve inward toward the two recessed entrances, which each have aluminum-framed double doors under a glass transom painted with the name of the company.

There are four pairs of wood-framed sash windows set off by decorative brickwork over a flat horizontal panel which was originally a sign.