The Santa Fe House: Historic Residences Enchanting Adobes and Romantic Revivals
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About this book
This book presents in detail forty architecturally rich and picturesque houses ranging from the earliest one-story adobe structures with flat roofs and an emphasis on utility and simplicity to todays "Santa Fe style " showing deep roots in Pueblo Indian Spanish Mexican and Anglo traditions. It includes the best of the "Territorial style " introduced by newcomers from the East after 1846 as well as a variety of ornate Victorian architectural styles. All-new color photographs show Santa Fes most beautiful houses as they have been carefully preserved today. Historic black-and-white photographs maps drawings floorplans and other original illustrations further enhance the architectural story of this hugely popular tourist destination.
