The Donaciano Vigil House is an adobe house built in 1832 in

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...

. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1972. It was home of Donaciano Vigil, the first Hispanic governor of New Mexico. It was a very active site of civil and political activity. Vigil lived in the property with his large family. The Donaciano Vigil House is a single-story adobe structure with a large interior patio. It is constructed in

Territorial style Territorial Style was an architectural style of building developed and used in Santa Fe de Nuevo México, popularized after the founding of Albuquerque in 1706. Reintroduced during the New Mexico Territory from the time of the Mexican and American ...

. A restoration of the house began in 1959. with

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