National Historic Landmark · house · Taos, New Mexico

Blumenschein, Ernest L., House

Historic house in New Mexico, United States in Taos, New Mexico. Built 1823. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Ernest L. Blumenschein House

The Ernest L. Blumenschein House is a historic house museum and art gallery at 222 Ledoux Street in Taos, New Mexico. It was a home of painter Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960), a co-founder of the Taos Society of Artists and one of the Taos Six. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressLedoux St., Taos, NM
CountyTaos County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000495
Built1823
Type of placehouse
StylePueblo Revival Style architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressLedoux St., Taos, NM
Coordinates36.40581, -105.57670 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Union National Monument · 47 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyLas Petacas Campground 3 mi · La Sombra Campground 6 mi · Amole Canyon Group Shelter 15 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000495. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.