12/20/21 - Walking Tour of Santa Fe
12/20/21 - Santa Fe City Hall
A bench outside city hall
12/20/21 - The Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse
The concept for the courthouse had its beginning as early as 1848. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded what is now New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, Colorado, Utah and Nevada to the US following the Mexican-American War, a new territorial capital was needed for New Mexico, and Santa Fe was selected as the New Mexico Territorial capital and a territorial government was formed.
In 1851, Congress appropriated $20,000 for the construction of a "state house" and the federal courthouse.
The tall sandstone obelisk in front of the south entrance of the courthouse is a simple monument celebrating the life and career of Kit Carson, famed trapper, guide, U.S. Indian agent and brevet brigadier general of volunteers in the Civil War and Indian Wars.
The monument was unveiled and dedicated on Memorial Day 1885.
12/20/21 - The Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse
Due to limited funding and the Civil War, construction stopped and 30 years after the Civil War, the building was only half completed. It was finally finished in 1889 but never used as a government administration center. By the time New Mexico became a state in 1912, a new capital building was constructed on another site.
In 1930, a Greek Revival style edifice and addition were constructed around the courthouse.
12/20/21 - Scottish Rites Temple
After visiting the courthouse I headed to the Scottish Rites Temple which was almost across the street.
The building was constructed in 1912 in the Moorish Revival style.
12/20/21 - Scottish Rites Temple
The building was based on the design of one of the gatehouses to the Court of the Lions at the Alhambra in Spain.
12/20/21 - Scottish Rites Temple
The building is currently used as a clubhouse. The original building was the same shocking pink colored stucco as it is today.
12/20/21 - Scottish Rites Temple
This is the side of the building showing windows that reflect the Morrish style
12/20/21 - Thomas Macaione Park
Another find not on my tour was the Thomas Macaione Park and this bronze sculpture of artist, Tommy Macaione.
So beloved was Tommy Macaione to his chosen hometown of Santa Fe, that after his death in 1992 a bronze statue of him painting en plein air was erected.
12/20/21 - Thomas Macaione Park
A close-up of his face
12/20/21 - Thomas Macaione Park
Obviously I didn't take this picture, I found it on the internet and don't know who to give credit to. I wanted to include it as it shows the real Tommy Macaione.
Born in 1907 in New London, Connecticut, to Italian immigrant parents, Tommy was raised in Connecticut and for a period lived in his parents’ native Sicily. Before WWII he had returned to New London and started to receive art instruction from local artist Frank Zozzora. Tommy studied at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1943-45 and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps near the end of the war.
After his tour in the army, fortunes led Tommy to the Southwest and eventually, in 1952, to Santa Fe.
Tommy was what one might call “a character.” He was cherished, but stood out as well as made himself all the more famous (and notorious) in Santa Fe through his personality, not just his painting. Even among the 1960s and 1970s hippie counterculture that flourished in the city, Tommy was an outspoken, flamboyant, free-spirited, and earthy eccentric. It was as though he had stepped out of a Hollywood movie set, cast as the wild-haired cliché of what one would have conjured up as the quintessential Bohemian “artiste.” Tommy implored passers-by, in his raspy broken English, to behold the abject beauty right before their eyes. His passionate diatribes and rants are central to how he is remembered today.
As a full-throttle idealist, he ran for mayor, for City Council, House of Representatives, Senate, and for governor (where, in 1988, his platform involved the creation of a “Mutual Happiness Society”). And, yes, he ran for the White House (though not officially on any ballot). His everyday utopian attitude and ideals afforded him the duty and made him feel a need to run for public office.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
With war declared on Mexico in May 1846, Fort Marcy was built at the top of the hill to defend Santa Fe. The fort had adobe walls nine feet high and five feet thick and built in an irregular triangular-shape.
Just outside the fort they constructed a blockhouse to store artillery and weapons. The mounds in this picture are all that is left of the blockhouse.
The fort was abandoned in 1868. Spanish coins were found that had been hidden beneath the fort walls. The finding of these coins was published in the local paper and soon hordes of treasure seekers were digging around the fort. No additional coins were found but the chaotic prospectors ended up destroying all that was left of the standing walls of the fort.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
This was a very steep climb to Fort Marcy Park. I tried to capture the incline but the picture doesn't show how steep the climb was.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
The Cross of the Martyrs, erected in 1977, is 20-foot tall cross made of i-beams painted white. It was erected to commemorate the death of 21 Franciscan friars who were killed during the Pueblo Revolt in 1680.
Obviously this isn't historical but it offers a wonderful view of Santa Fe.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
Plaque on The Cross of the Martyrs listing the 21 Franciscan friars who were killed during the Pueblo Revolt in 1680.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
View of Santa Fe from The Cross of the Martyrs. The pink building in the center of the picture is the Scottish Rites Temple.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
View of Santa Fe from The Cross of the Martyrs.
12/20/21 - Fort Marcy Park
View of Santa Fe from The Cross of the Martyrs.
12/20/21 - Holy Faith Episcopal Church
This is the oldest Episcopal Church in New Mexico. The congregation began in 1863.
In 1879 a drive was started to build a church, which was completed in 1881. L. Bradford Prince, who later became governor of New Mexico, encouraged the wealth to donate $100. Some of the most generous donors included many prominent merchants in the Jewish community.
To honor its Jewish friends, Holy Faith included a Star of David on the stained-glass window over the entrance.
12/20/21 - Holy Faith Episcopal Church
In 2014, Holy Faith Episcopal Church marked its 150th anniversary with a new 10-foot statue of St. Francis.
A crane was used to lower the 500-pound bronze statue of St. Francis onto a massive rock used as a base.
Arizona sculptor Buck McCain, who has long ties to Santa Fe and New Mexico, was commissioned to make the statue.
12/20/21 - Holy Faith Episcopal Church
Adobe brick sidewalk outside the church
12/20/21 - Holy Faith Episcopal Church
Close-up of the adobe brick.
12/20/21 - After leaving the Holy Faith Church and on my way to The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, I passed the St. Francis Cathedral School with the Settlers mural.. another surprise not on the tour.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
In 1850, Santa Fe received its first Bishop, Father John Baptiste Lamy of France. Judging the 1714 old adobe church to be inadequate for the seat of the Archdiocese, Bishop Lamy ordered a new Romanesque church built, and brought French architects and Italian stonemasons to build his Cathedral.
Construction began in 1869 and continued until 1887. The new Cathedral was built around the former adobe church and, when the new walls were complete, the old church was torn down and removed through the front door.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
The cathedral was built between 1869 and 1886 on the site of an older adobe church, La Parroquia (built in 1714–1717). An older church on the same site, built in 1626, was destroyed in the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. The new cathedral was built around La Parroquia, which was dismantled once the new construction was complete. A small chapel on the north side of the cathedral was kept from the old church.
The Cathedral was elevated to a Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
During the restoration of 1986, new doors were created, each with ten bronze panels that portray events in the history of the church in Santa Fe.![12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi<br />
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This is a 7 and 1/2-foot-tall statue of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, who was the first Native American canonized as a saint. <br />
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She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon [in what is now central New York state]…<br />
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At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ. <br />
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Kateri was very devout and was known for her steadfast devotion…just five years after her conversion to Catholicism, she became ill and passed away at age 24, on April 17, 1680.<br />
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Her name, Kateri, is the Mohawk form of Catherine, which she took from St. Catherine of Siena. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012. She is the patroness of ecology and the environment, people in exile and Native Americans.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Trips-and-Travel/New-Mexico/122021-Walking-Tour-of-Santa-Fe/i-rQQQvzn/0/ab8a157b/XL/NM12-20-21SculptureStFrancisAssisi-XL.jpg)
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
This is a 7 and 1/2-foot-tall statue of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, who was the first Native American canonized as a saint.
She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon [in what is now central New York state]…
At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ.
Kateri was very devout and was known for her steadfast devotion…just five years after her conversion to Catholicism, she became ill and passed away at age 24, on April 17, 1680.
Her name, Kateri, is the Mohawk form of Catherine, which she took from St. Catherine of Siena. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012. She is the patroness of ecology and the environment, people in exile and Native Americans.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Built of yellow limestone bricks, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi blends in with the sand and dirt of the surrounding landscape.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Stations of the Cross Prayer Garden was dedicated in 2010. The bronze Stations were created by Gib Singleton. This statue is of John baptizing Jesus.
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Stations of the Cross Prayer Garden was dedicated in 2010. The bronze Stations were created by Gib Singleton. Station VIII : Jesus Speaks To the Women and Children
12/20/21 - The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Stations of the Cross Prayer Garden was dedicated in 2010. The bronze Stations were created by Gib Singleton. Station XIII : Jesus Is Taken Down From The Cross.
12/20/21 - Sena Plaza
As you enter, you can only imagine the grandeur of what it must have been like living in this home.
12/20/21 - Sena Plaza
The La Casa Sena restaurant is the primary occupant of what was once the 31-room Sena family adobe hacienda, built in 1831.
The Territorial legislature met in the upper rooms of the hacienda in the 1890's.
12/20/21 - Sena Plaza
Shops occupy what was once a magnificent home.
12/20/21 - Sena Plaza
Some of the items for sale
12/20/21 - Sena Plaza
Some of the items for sale
12/20/21 - La Fonda
The La Fonda Hotel & Restaurant is one of the most famous and historic in Santa Fe. The site of the La Fonda was where the first inn was build in 1607, making this the oldest "hotel corner" in America.
This building was constructed in 1922. In 1925 the building was leased to Fred Harvey and turned the inn into a Harvey House hotel chain with fine dining. The waitresses were known as the "Harvey Girls".
12/20/21 - Interesting door near La Fonda.
12/19/21 - Lynda bought some ponchos from this shop. This is the mother of the owner who graciously posed for me.
12/19/21 - Lynda bought some ponchos from this shop.
12/19/21 - Lynda buying some Christmas gifts from one of the vendors.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
The Loretto Chapel is also known as the chapel of our lady of light was constructed between 1873 - 1872.
In 1852, Archbishop Lamy, the first bishop of the diocese of Santa Fe and who was the role model for Willa Cather's book, Death Comes to the Archbishop", called upon the Sisters of Loretto for the purpose of opening a school for the girls in Santa Fe.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
The Loretto Academy operated on this property from 1853 until 1968 and this building was its chapel.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
Inside the Loretto Chapel
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
Video of performance inside the Loretto Chapel today.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
There was a performance inside the Loretto Chapel today.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
There was a performance inside the Loretto Chapel today.
12/20/21 - Loretto Chapel
Stained glass window inside the Loretto Chapel.