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The Matteucci Compound, the almost two acre “entrance” to the Eastside, at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Acequia Madre and the home of one of Santa Fe’s most important art galleries, is for sale. The property consists of the gallery, attached main residence and guest quarters and three additional guest houses. With an incredibly colorful history, we thought we would ask If this house could talk:

House: The property then was an orchard and two farm houses that faced the Acequia Madre. There was farm land all along the Paseo from the Bandelier house, (now the Sherwood Gallery), to...

Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:35 PM
by Pat French • SantaFe.com

At a time when sumptuous “celebrity mansions” and “McMansions” are everywhere, One Mansion Drive, the single story, Territorial style home of New Mexico’s Chief Executive, is relatively modest. Its predecessors, The Palace of the Governors, built in 1609-1610, and then the Governor’s Mansion, built in 1904 on the northwest grounds of the Capitol (today West DeVargas Street), were, in their time, more grandiose. The latter was designed in a classical style, of yellow brick, with tall white columns. It had five bedrooms and two “servant” rooms. By the 1940’s, then-Senator Edwin L. Mechem...

Friday, March 28, 2008
by Pat French and Kate Russell (Photographer) • SantaFe.com

On the corner of Acequia Madre and Garcia, this historic adobe home, which once had an Acequia Madre address, appeared on the 1914 hydrographic survey map as one of largely irrigated farm lands and orchards. By 1980, it remained one of the few properties on the Eastside that still reflected the farming lifestyle. Reflecting back, we asked this house to reveal some of its more intriguing history.

What were the early years like?

House: Mine was a humble abode. It had no plumbing. The outhouse was in the yard. There was a well. The ceilings were covered with cloth so that the dirt used for...

Friday, March 21, 2008 at 9:05 AM
by Pat French and nadelbachphoto.com (Photography) • SantaFe.com

The house at 1002 Old Pecos Trail, at the corner of Coronado Road, is for sale. Once considered the entrance to Santa Fe, it has lived many lives. It was built in 1918 by the artist and architect of Spanish Pueblo revival, Carlos Vierra, for himself and his wife, Ada Talbert Ogle. Vierra was given the land (in a life estate) and $5000 to build the house by his patron and state senator, Frank Springer. In 1919, the local paper reported, “ It (the construction) promises to be the last word on original Santa Fe style houses with several sweeping porches.” Local artists, architects, and style...

Friday, March 14, 2008
by Pat French • SantaFe.com