The Santa Fe House: Historic Residences. Enchanting Adobes and Romantic Revivals

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 today’s 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 Fe’s 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.

Hardcover: 246 pages

Publisher: Rizzoli; 1st edition (September 22 2009)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0847831973

ISBN-13: 978-0847831975

Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 1.1 x 11.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds