Carrizozo Women's Club

Built by the WPA in 1939

Mary Colter

(Wikipedia) Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter (April 4, 1869 – January 8, 1958) was an American architect and designer. She was one of the very few female American architects in her day.
She was the designer of many landmark buildings and spaces for the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railroad, notably in Grand Canyon National Park.
Her work had enormous influence as she helped to create a style, blending Spanish Colonial Revival and Mission Revival architecture with Native American motifs and Rustic elements, that became popular throughout the Southwest. Continued

Adobe Gazebo

 

You don't have to be a Santa Fe millionaire to enjoy a picnic in this fine building. It's available free, first come first serve, courtesy of the National Park Service, at the Abo Salinas Pueblo Missions. It's located just a few miles east of Mountainair, New Mexico on U.S. 60.

Mary Colter

(Wikipedia) Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter (April 4, 1869 – January 8, 1958) was an American architect and designer. She was one of the very few female American architects in her day.
She was the designer of many landmark buildings and spaces for the Fred Harvey Company and the Santa Fe Railroad, notably in Grand Canyon National Park.
Her work had enormous influence as she helped to create a style, blending Spanish Colonial Revival and Mission Revival architecture with Native American motifs and Rustic elements, that became popular throughout the Southwest. Continued

‘Cathedral of the Desert’: New Mexico Museum of Art celebrates 100 years in Santa Fe

Photo courtesy of PerryPlanet

(Albuquerque Journal) A faded amber program trumpets the 1917 opening of the “Temple of St. Francis and the Martyrs/The New Museum of Santa Fe” beneath a familiar image of its towers overlooking the Santa Fe Plaza.
It’s now known as the New Mexico Museum of Art; the longer title dissipated as this repository of some of the finest art in the state became known as the Art Gallery of the Museum of New Mexico.
This linchpin of Santa Fe style is celebrating its 100th anniversary on Saturday, Nov. 25. The festivities will include the opening of three exhibitions, a major face-lift and a community birthday party scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend, as well as a yearlong series of public programs. Continued

A Little Pueblo, a Little Modern

Clovis, NM

Courthouse: Mountainair, New Mexico

Portales Woman's Club

Easily the nicest clubhouse in town.