Hilltop Lodge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
The site of the former motel in 2004
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Location	5410 Central Ave. SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°4′56″N 106°41′47″W / 35.08222°N 106.69639°W / 35.08222; -106.69639
Built	1946
NRHP reference No.	97001597[1]
NMSRCP No.	1679
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 9, 1998
Designated NMSRCP	May 9, 1997[2]

The Hilltop Lodge was a historic motel on Central Avenue (former U.S. Route 66) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was notable as one of the best-preserved Route 66 motels remaining in the city. It began as a small three-unit lodging in 1941, and was expanded to 12 units by owner E. H. Stopple in 1946.^[3] The property was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties in 1997 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[2] The motel was demolished in 2003 after being shut down by the city as a nuisance property.^[4] The remainder of the site, including the neon sign, was cleared around 2017 for a realignment of Yucca Drive due to the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project.

The motel was a one-story, L-shaped building with 12 rooms. The office and manager's residence were at the front of the building, which had a decorative stepped parapet and a small porch.^[3]

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