El Zaguan, at 545 Canyon Rd. 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. ...
, is a historic complex started in 1854. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2008. The listing included two
contributing buildings
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, three
contributing structures
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, two
contributing objects
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, and a
contributing site
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on .
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It is Territorial Revival in style. A ]zaguan
Zaguan refers to a house plan configuration where a central passageway leads from a front door to a patio or a courtyard. This is found in historic houses in Mexico and in the southwestern U.S. Usually rooms are one deep, with each facing the str ...
is a compound with a street doorway entrance usually leading back to a courtyard, which is surrounded by one-deep rooms.
This has also been known as the James L. Johnson House, and is a former residence of Margretta Stewart Dietrich, and later housed the Historic Santa Fe Foundation The Historic Santa Fe Foundation, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a nonprofit organization for the preservation, protection, and promotion of the historic properties and diverse cultural items considered worthy of preservation. These properties are list ...
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It was purchased in 1928 by Dietrich. Changes were made under direction of Santa Fe designer Kate Chapman.][ With ]
References
External links
National Register of Historic Places in Santa Fe County, New Mexico
Buildings and structures completed in 1854
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