It started as an offhand suggestion and turned into a passion project that consumed Audra Bellmore’s attention for nearly four years.
Bellmore, the John Gaw Meem Curator at the University of New Mexico, was visiting the 19th century El Zaguán, home to the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, and she was handed an old copy of Old Santa Fe Today , a survey of the homes and properties that make up the local historic register. The professor noticed that several homes had been added to the registry since the last edition’s 1991 publication date, and she suggested that the foundation update it.
Bellmore, by dint of her vocation and ambition, immediately became the perfect candidate to do exactly that. But it wasn’t easy.
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Barrio de Analco, as seen from East De Vargas Street, is one of the geographic sectors highlighted in the latest edition of Old Santa Fe Today
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T. Harmon Parkhurst, Birds-eye view of Morley residence,
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George and Margaret Preston purchased the land in 1885 for $3,250 and started building the Queen Anne style George Cuyler Preston House the next year.
Courtesy Historic Santa Fe Foundation
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The Edwin Brooks House was remodeled by William Penhallow Henderson and includes much of his detailed craftwork like hand-adzed wood beams, corbels, and lintels.
Courtesy Historic Santa Fe Foundation
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New Mexico Museum of Art, formerly the Museum of Fine Art, was built by the firm Rapp, Rapp, and Hendrickson. Images courtesy Historic Santa Fe Foundation
Courtesy Historic Santa Fe Foundation
