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reservation N EW M EXICO The newsletter ofP the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division Camino Real Honored During Preservation Month 39th Annual Heritage Preservation Award Winners

Perhaps no road changed the cul- the nation’s first international tural and physical landscape of New highway. Mexico more than the Camino Real. “For three centuries, the Eleven segments are listed in the State Camino Real facilitated the inter- Register of Cultural Properties, and change of ideas, values and cus- nominations for up to 17 more are toms … that created the social, being prepared. religious, economic and political HPD chose to honor El Camino landscape of the border region,” Real de Tierra de Adentro during according to the State Register Heritage Preservation Month 2011 in nomination written by Merlan light of concerted efforts to preserve Associates, LLC, a consulting and the trail’s 300-year legacy, but also as a historical research firm based in look forward to celebrating the State Santa Fe. Centennial in 2012 and the recent des- Events ignation of the Mexico section of the trail as a World Heritage Site. The theme and recent efforts When the Spanish codified what to raise awareness of the Camino many believe were Native American sparked interest up and down the trade trails into the “Royal Road” link- trail prompting approximately 35 ing Mexico City first to San Gabriel Preservation Month events that de Yuque-Ouinge-and a few years never had been held before. In later to the permanent northern capi- all, there were nearly 70 events tal of Santa Fe, they brought changes DCA Secretary Veronica Gonzales and interim SHPO statewide during May. They that forever transformed the cultural Jan Biella present Acoma Pueblo Preservation Director included archaeological hikes, his- and physical landscape of New Theresa Pasqual on her award. toric district tours, ceremonies, Mexico. and Territorial styles, new language, re-enactments and educational ses- The State Register listing is under European agricultural practices and sions that have become Preservation consideration for the National crops, sheep, cattle and other domesti- Month traditions. In addition, special Register by the National Park Service. cated livestock. New art forms, reli- tours of the Camino’s infamous The nomination highlights numerous gious expression, music, household Jornada del Muerto and New Mexico innovations we take for granted that furnishings, textiles, clothing, and Spaceport, which is built along the first appeared in the state via the transportation means that had never trail, a documentary film class focused Camino Real. Architectural influences been used in New Mexico first on the road’s legacy, and numerous that led to the Spanish-Pueblo Revival appeared with settlers who came up other events were staged for the first see Preservation Month, page 4 12 HPDIntern 12 FutureofPreservation isYouth 11 Manhattan ProjectNationalPark 11 OASRecovers PrehistoricBisonRemains 10 NMSiteWatch Involves Youth 2 Tom Drake 12. HighBay LANL courtesy 11 Robert Dello-Russo; 10 BobShiowitz Nelson andNorman “Mudder’s Day” HPDfilephoto; 9 Woodall property: MotherMary ShannonPapin; Interior: 8 Martinez 6&7 Tom Drake &Harvey Kaplan Tom Drake 5 David SalmonRuins, Talease Shipley; Camera: p.4 EdBoles AztecMotel: p.3 HPDfilephotos: p.2 Robert Selina 1 Tom Drake photo credits Summer 2011 9 VOTE! ThisPlaceMatters 8 NewintheRegisters 6 Preservation Award Winners 5 WindowRestoration College 2 NewsBriefs— 1 89CSre,NW,Wsigo,DC 20240. D.C. Washington, N.W., 1849 CStreet, NationalPark Service, EqualOpportunity, Officeof to: pleasewrite you information, desirefurther orif above, orfacilityasdescribed activity, against inany program, you believe you have beendiscriminated If grams. disabilityorage initsfederally assistedpro- origin, national color, race, hibits discriminationonthebasisof pro- theInteriorDepartment 1975, Discrimination Actof andtheAge 1973, the Rehabilitation Actof Section504of 1964, theCivilRightsActof Title VIof Under historicproperties. identification andprotection of theInteriorDepartment. ly reflecttheviews orpoliciesof Thecontentsandopinionsdonotnecessari- other sources. theInteriorand Dept.of U.S. the NationalPark Service, Cultural Affairs. of Department Mexico Division, Historic Preservation SummerDrake, HPD’s website. Thispublicationalsoappearson forarticles publication. 2011 Readers areinvitedtosubmitinformationand Relations. HPDPublic designed andproduced by Tom Drake, Resources, CAMPandmore HPD programs receive federal financialassistancefor This publicationisfinancedwithfederal fundsfrom edpoorps storiesandideasby e-mailtoTom Send photographs, Heritage Preservation Month New Mexico Historic Preservation Division New Mexico HistoricPreservation www.nmhistoricpreservation.org Preservation New Mexico Preservation ac;BySot:Ja utn posterby Tom Drake JeanFulton; Boy Scouts: Rasch; courtesy BethO’Leary courtesy Tom Drake CPRC; HPDFilePhoto: Katharine: PRESERVATION NEWMEXICO [email protected] H ISTORIC Volume 25

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| is publishedby theNew ,505-827-4067. ., Number 3 D PRESERVATION IVISION is edited, news briefs news briefs screen freechildren’s matineesinsummer andpoliticalevents,Opera concerts owners show viasatelliteMetropolitan current The architectural stylein1930. was completedinanatmosphericMoorish theater The income taxes forfive years. state credits thatcanbetaken against thelobby areeligiblefor of fronts off electrical work totwo andrepairs store- andheatingsystem, Anewroof June. state taxcreditsapproved by theCPRC in loanfromHPDandalsoby preservation Repairs financedby were a inpart Raton. placeindowntowncommunity gathering tives available owners. tohistoricproperties incen- afewbricks-and-mortar are oneof credits The eral incometaxes for19years. for $1.4millionincreditsthatoffsetfed- thebuildingqualified managing member, Lifetime Achievement winnerWidSlick is city’s historiccore. tourism andeconomicdevelopment inthe expansion was projectedtoincrease The banquet andmeetinghallfacilities. providing downtown LasVegas in phases, was completed construction mately ayear, Openedforbusinessapproxi- Plaza. which facestheLasVegas the front, connectorthatisnotvisiblefrom story fully joinedthetwo buildingswithathree- tion taxcredits. has beenapproved forfederalpreserva- at theHistoricPlazaHotelinLasVegas rooms that nearlydoubledtheamountof 19th century Tax CreditSuccessStories restored withstatetaxcredits. Constancio Mierra HouseinSanAntoniowas El Raton Theater Theater El Raton 2011 LLC, Owned by PlazaIlfeld, theprojectcare- Adjacent tothePlaza, 69mlinaatv eueo the A $6.9millionadaptive re-useof Ilfeld Department Store Ilfeld Department 2 has becomea first buildersandbusinessmen. oneits thehomeof small town’s history; the Selinas have restoredanotherpiece of The ation withtheManhattanProject. the NationalRegister foritsassoci- inpart known forthehistoricOwlCafélistedin SanAntoniohaslongbeen or restuccoed. interior woodwork andtheexteri- repaired anewelectricalsysteminstalled, bished, frontporch was The refur- original height. reroofed andchimneys rebuilttotheir housewas The and installingthem. reassembling repairing, removing, hand— wood-framed window themselves by Selinasrestoredthehistoric The June.. and inJune approved by theCPRC ain ing madeiteligibleforstatetaxcredits list- The totheStateRegistererty in2009. successfully nominatingthehistoricprop- by whobegan Robert andDeniseSelina, entire projecthasbeenhands-onby The a1907lateVictorianadobehouse. of Antonio have invested intotherestoration House Constancio Mierra fe regular and run Chaco LandscapeEndangered endangered. to Native Americans—also was namedas with themonument toprevent damage. companieshave gas cooperated Ruins, Aztec wells areinsidetheboundariesof vibrating effects.” with the by, go when big trucks damaged architecture alsocanbe The Farmington.” toldthe Monument, atAztecRuins ranger National chief Tracy Bodnar, though we’re asmallsite,” even development, by energy endangered theTrust said. Mexico, New development innorthwestern gas Historic Park arethreatenedby oil-and- Ruins andChacoCultureNational and arachaeological sitesincludingAztec cultural Hundredsof Historic PlacesList. landscape onits11MostEndangered placedtheChaco cultural Preservation usd fScro h weso the theowners of Socorro, Outside of Bear ButteinSouth Dakota—sacred Bodnar saidthatwhilethreeactive gas AztecRuins is “To someextent, The NationalTrustThe for Historic atures. Daily Times in San in Released June 14, the list also includes strategy for the most effective protection that for the second time in our collective memories, jazz great John Coltrane’s House on Long of local historic sites and landmarks. the request for funding for SHPOs ($50 million) Island, which has deteriorated due to lack Workshop topics focused on commis- and $11 million for THPOs was what the of funds for making it an art-and-educa- sion training in historic preservation and Administration requested. tion center. included topics ranging from legal basics The $70 million HPF request has $9 mil- The Trust for the first time placed an related to local ordinances, development lion included for Save America’s Treasures and entire city on its Watch List. It named of preservation plans, standards and Preserve America in 2012; however, the Charleston, S.C., as threatened by expand- guidelines for design review, and public Administration has zeroed out funding for those ed cruise ship tourism that could harm involvement in local preservation activi- programs. The delegation representatives expressed the city’s historic character. Residents and ties. Held at New Mexico Highlands their interest and willingness to continue funding environmentalists sued Carnival Cruise University, attendees, included representa- SAT and PA, recognizing the importance of Lines alleging the company’s ships create tives from the Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Silver grant monies, especially bricks-and-mortar money, noise pollution and congestion in their City and Taos CLGs. Architects qualified to projects in New Mexico. We stressed the preserved city. for 10 Architectural Continuing Education importance of leveraging federal dollars, tax One listing is devoted to historic sites credits in health, safety and welfare. More incentives and the number of jobs created.” imperiled by state actions as legislatures than 25 people participated in the training. nationwide consider preservation funding CAMP “counselors” were John Demise of a Route 66 Icon cuts. Michigan eliminated historic preser- Williams, founding partner of Hoshide vation tax credits, and Texas has consid- Williams Architects from Snohomish, ered deep cuts with one proposal to elimi- Washington and a member of the nate its state historic preservation agency. Advisory Council on Historic The list has identified more than 200 Preservation; Dan Becker, Executive threatened one-of-a-kind historic treasures Director of the Raleigh Historic Districts since 1988. The entire list can be viewed Commission; Pratt Cassity, Director of Demolition of the Aztec took two weeks in June. at www.preservationnation.org. the Center for Community Design and Preservation at the University of Georgia; It was the oldest continuously operat- Preservation Summer “CAMP” and Ramona Murphy Bartos, an attorney ed Route 66 motel in New Mexico and based in Rincon, Georgia. East Central Avenue’s first auto court. New Mexico CLGs can apply each Built in 1933, four years before Route year for grants to cover related education 66 was realigned to bypass Santa Fe and costs for local design review board mem- come down Central Avenue through bers and staff. Albuquerque, the Aztec Auto Court succumbed in part to a fragile economy. Preservation Advocacy in D.C. It had structural problems that com- For the second year, HPD could not bined with its small size of 20 guest- attend the annual Natational rooms would have made rehabilitation Conference of State Historic economically unfeasible, according to Sessions were held at the Ilfeld Auditorium, listed in the State and National Registers. Preservation Officers and meet person- owner Jerry Landgraf. ally with New Mexico’s Congressional Listed in the State and National reg- Local preservation commissioners, delegation. So, former SHPO Katherine isters in 1993, the building became a planners, architects, lawyers and code Slick and Navajo Nation THPO Alan local and mostly beloved icon less for its enforcers met with nationally recognized Downer volunteered to take on the task. modest use of Southwest Vernacular experts at a day-and-one-half CAMP ses- They lobbied for NPS preservation fund- Style than as a folk art installation sion held in Las Vegas this month. ing for New Mexico and the nation’s beginning more than a dozen years ago. The city, one of eight New Mexico SHPOs. Ms. Slick sent the following sum- An Albuquerque Journal article chronicled Certified Local Governments, hosted the mary of their meetings. the Aztec’s last incarnation beginning June 2 and 3 sessions, covering expenses Armed with an introductory letter from with an empty whiskey bottle left on the through a grant from HPD. The annual Interim SHPO Jan Biella, the 2009-2010 property and converted into a flower Commission Assistance and Mentoring HPD “Activities Report” and supporting docu- vase. More bottles appeared, more flow- Program, or CAMP, provides interactive ments from the National Trust for Historic ers and eventually people dropped off training for historic preservation commis- Preservation, National Park Service and broken tiles, statuary and found objects, sions with a focus on fundamentals that NCSHPO, we met with the delegation and staff enhancing an earlier attempt to restore every commission member and local to discuss preservation issues and requests. The the old auto court’s original landscaping. preservation advocate should know. The agreed-upon-by-all-partners request for 2012 for The neon sign, a replacement of the training arms commissions with progres- the Historic Preservation Fund is $70 million or original is expected to remain as a mem- sive local regulation expertise and outlines 10% less than the 2008 funding level. We said ory of the motel. 3 Preservation Month thank the Camino Real de Tierra from page 1 Adentro Trail Association for its efforts to infuse many of the new events into our calendar. At the same time, New Mexico State Parks, the Salmon Ruins Museum and Research Center, the Folsom Museum, Tinkertown Museum and many others have sponsored Preservation Month

Documentary filmmaking on the Camino Real was presented by filmmaker Jason Van Camp and CARTA with funding by the National Park Service. The late May ses- Larry Baker, Salmon Ruins Museum direc- sion was held on the Jornada del Muerto tor, leads a pictograph tour at and is one of several held at the end of Events help raise awareness. Mr. Baker’s tour included a look at an entire rock art Delgadito Canyon as part of the Dinetah each month through July. Chance Gordon Archaeological Tour on May 14. participated through a sponsorship by Rob panel was removed by thieves. and Rhonda Spence, of Hatch events for many years and time. their continued participation The events are a key component forms part of the backbone of Preservation Month. They draw of Preservation Month. public participation in the thousands. State and national parks, cities and Boy Scout Troop 85 improved towns, organizations and neighbor- the Yost Escarpment trail head hoods stage the events and HPD pub- on the Camino during a May camp out. lishes them in a Calendar of Events. HPD would like to especially Poster Corporate Sponsors Bureau of Land Management The annual poster—the office’s 23rd, Camino Real De Tierra Adentro Trail Assoc. featured a mid-1800’s improvement to National Park Service the Camino by the military on top of Watson Conserves La Bajada, approximately 20 miles Sponsors south of Santa Fe. Archaeological Society of New Mexico Like all roads, the alignment of the Atkin Olshin Schade Architects; Crocker LTD; Camino changed during its 300 years El Camino Real International Heritage Ctr; of use and this later cut provided an Victoria Jacobson, AIA; Marron and Assoc., alternative route for wagons and large Inc.; MNMF-Friends of Archaeology/Ofc of cargo from an earlier one that fol- Archaeological Studies; Sal Martino; Will B. lowed the Santa Fe River Canyon. Murphey; National New Deal Preservation The segment is very near the two Assoc.; NM SiteWatch; NMDOT; Red Brick alignments of Route 66 that traversed Bldg Restoration Foundation; Katherine Slick; La Bajada, 600 feet above the Rio TRC Environmental Corp; Van Citters Historic Grande Valley that were the Mother The poster is free to the public and funded Preservation, LLC; In Memory of Robert J. entirely by sponsorships through an HPD Road’s primary route until La Bajada and New Mexico Heritage Preservation and Florence M. Victor; XTO Energy, Inc. was bypassed in 1937. Alliance partnership.

4 Preservation Month — Window Restoration College

replacement window and usually for handymen, includ- less money,” says Yapp. “Original win- ing two Youth dows define being ‘green’.” Conservation Restoring wood-frame windows Corps members, keeps them out of landfills, preserves enrolled in the important architectural elements of workshop at no historic homes and buildings, and does cost. The City of not require the use of petrochemicals Albuquerque was and nonrenewable resources to manu- able to sponsor facture replacement windows. The the training ses- School founder Bob Yapp restores a window. problem, Yapp says, is that there are sion through a fewer and fewer people who know $14,000 grant it Derryk Sena was how to maintain wood-frame windows, received for being one of two YCC An estimated 16-million wood- which has made their repair for many enrolled in the members who re- enforced skills he framed, sash windows end up in land- an unaffordable specialty. Certified Local fills every year. More than six-million of acquired restoring “If we want people to keep wood Government pro- historic buildings in them were made from old-growth windows, we have to train them how to gram administered Bernalillo. wood, and in most cases they are maintain them,” Yapp said during the by HPD. trashed unnecessarily in the name of Window Restoration College held at a Maryellen Hennessey, preserva- energy efficiency. These are among the Second Empire Victorian-style home. tion planner for the city, made her facts students of the Belvedere historic home available for the School for Hands-On workshop after two other resi- Preservation learn during win- dences previously selected fell dow restoration bootcamps. through. She contacted workshop Bob Yapp, who founded participants by circulating fliers the school based in Hannibal, through contracting networks. Missouri, in 2008, and has trav- Yapp said her home’s original win- eled the country for 20 years dows would last another 100 years conducting similar workshops, because of how they were restored. debunked what he called “the All of the workers volunteered lie” of vinyl windows at a five- their time to attend the sessions day workshop held in and were certified by the school Albuquerque as part of The 108-year-old windows were removed, tracks added after the five-day training, which Heritage Preservation Month. and rubber stripping installed that will make them air tight. concluded with a business session. According to Yapp, even an Original counterweights were restrung and re-installed in They can be contacted for window unrestored, double-hung wood- the original framing. restorations through the frame window with a storm is Albuquerque Landmarks and more energy efficient than a vinyl His theory, train more people to Urban Conservation Commission by replacement window. maintain historic windows so the cost reaching Ms. Hennessey. “This madness is unnecessary of restoring them, which can reach a because original windows can be made staggering $800 to $1,200 per window, to be as or more energy efficient than a can be more than cut in half. “If the price is brought down to $400 per window and the owner can get New Mexico’s 50-percent state historic preservation income tax credit, then it’s competitive,” Yapp said referring to the credit available to properties listed in the State Register or that contribute to an historic district. With the credit, a Built in 1903, the home was surrounded by restored window could cost an econom- Not only did Ms. Hennessey make her home orchards and market gardens at the edge of available for the sessions, she provided a ical $200 a piece. town. Constructed of adobe, it was a stand home-cooked lunch daily for the participants. Approximately 10 contractors and out with its shake-shingled, mansard roof.

5 2011 Heritage Preservation Awards Winners An even dozen Heritage Preservation Awards were presented to 19 individuals and organizations on Friday, May 13. It was the 39th annual awards ceremony, a time when the Cultural Properties Review Committee rewards outstanding achievement in the field. The committee is HPD’s policy and advisory panel. Department of Cultural Affairs Secretary Veronica Gonzales was master of ceremonies, personally presenting awards signed by Governor Susana Martinez, CPRC Vice-Chairman and the interim State Historic Preservation Officer Jan Biella. Awards this year included important architectural rehabilitations that have made major changes in their communities. The CPRC also recognized outstand- ing efforts to preserve other elements of New Mexico history, including language, the growth of medicine, El Camino Real and downtown areas statewide. HPD hosts the ceremony, pulling out all the stops to make the occasion mem- orable for award winners. Held in the auditorium of the historic Scottish Rite Center, it opened with Chris Abeyta’s Spanish guitar music followed by award presentations by CPRC members and closed with “Las Mañanitas.” The center has donated the building for eight years for the awards in part because it believes strongly in preserving architectural and cultural heritage. A reception catered entirely by staff with refreshments followed, along with additional congratulations in the courtyard and dining hall of the 1912 Moorish-style temple.

L i f e t i m e A c h i e v e m e n t HOTEL PARQ CENTRAL — For the adaptive re-use of WILLIAM “WID” SLICK — For 30 years the Santa Fe Hospital for dedicated to preserving, investing and AT&SF Railway Workers in believing in some of the City of Las Vegas’s Albuquerque by David most significant historic architecture. Oberstein, Marc Bertram, Beginning with the Plaza Hotel in Marquita Russel and 1982—built in 1882, it is a cornerstone in Elizabeth Cavasos. A crown- town—Mr. Slick has been involved in more ing achievement in the than 16 rehabilitations. He recently complet- Huning Highlands Historic District, the hotel’s Apothecary Lounge, its ed an adaptive re-use of the historic Ilfeld wide hospital hallways, windows rooms and other features conform to Building adjacent to the Plaza. Wid says the hospitals’ original design. what he is most proud of is being part of a MIMBRES VALLEY BREWING COMPANY — larger effort to preserve so many buildings For Bryan Reedy’s adaptive re-use of his- downtown. toric 200 South Gold Avenue in Deming into a microbrewery and restaurant. Mr. A r c h i t e c t u r a l H e r i t a g e Reedy overcame financial challenges in a small town where downtown revitalization HOTEL ANDALUZ — For Goodman Realty can be challenging. The converted 1886 Group’s rehabilitation of Albuquerque’s his- stables and meat market opened a year toric Hilton Hotel and re-opening it as the ago and is drawing visitors and locals Hotel Andaluz. The hotel’s lobby, restaurant downtown. and lounge are again an Albuquerque desti- H e r i t a g e P u b l i c a t i o n nation and its presence is changing the dynamics of downtown. One of Conrad CHRONICLES OF THE TRAIL — For Jean Fulton Hilton’s first hotels, U.S. Senator John F. and Catherine Kurland (pictured with CPRC mem- Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson and ber Ronald Toya) who publish the quarterly jour- actress Zsa Zsa Gabor stayed there, she as nal of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Hilton’s bride. Darin Sand accepted the Association. This chronicle of the Royal Road is award on behalf of the hotel and worked closely with HPD using fed- informative and has made the rare transition from eral rehabilitation income-tax credits that were part of a complex a largely in-house publication to attracting a financial package. The building is one of only two U.S. historic hotels to broad readership. Recent Camino preservation be certified at the Gold level by LEED for energy saving innovations. efforts and historic accounts are featured.

6 NEW MEXICO MEDICAL SOCIETY — For H e r i t a g e O r g a n i z a t i o n enriching New Mexico’s bookshelf by chronicling the sometimes overlooked histo- MAINSTREET DE LAS VEGAS — For ry of modern medicine in the state since uniting citizens, students, businesses World War II. Modern Medicine in New and others into a successful Façade Mexico: the State Medical Society from Squad that preserves historic archi- 1949-2009 is illustrated with historical tecture. The Facade Squad is an photos and anecdotes. It tells of New entirely volunteer effort with local Mexico’s growth from a quaint medical businesses donating supplies and backwater—at times dominated with what food for weekend repairs to historic the book refers to as “aging buildings in need of a facelift. quacks”—into the national healthcare Volunteers scrape paint, refinish sur- innovator it is today. Writer and faces and paint building facades. Local MainStreet director Cindy researcher Michael Dupont (speaking; members Paul Akmajian & Collins accepted the award for the organization from Secretary Daniel Derksen are behind him) researched newspapers, the Society’s Gonzales and CPRC member Douglas Boggess. archives, meeting minutes and interviewed more than 75 people to complete the 300-page book. HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION — For 50 years of preservation advocacy and innovation and the recent T r i b a l H e r i t a g e Gustave Bauman House restoration. Co- founded by architect John Gaw Meem and THERESA PASQUAL — For pre- serving Native American lan- writer Alan Vedder, the organization has guage and the cultural heritage initiated and holds several preservation of Acoma Pueblo. Ms. Pasqual easements. It restores some of Santa Fe’s created materials for teachers most remarkable architecture and rents and volunteers to teach the Keres buildings to artists, preservationists and oth- language to Acoma children. She ers. Many of the properties are opened to forged a successful partnership the public for tours each Mother’s Day dur- between Acoma and the National ing Heritage Preservation Month. Director Trust for Historic Preservation, and Elaine Bergman is pictured at the ceremony. in 2006 was named site director NEW MEXICO MAINSTREET — For 26 years of community work to of Acoma-Sky City. She is one of preserve New Mexico’s historic downtowns and providing a preserva- two New Mexico advisors to the Trust and is recognized as national tion framework for economic revitalization. New Mexico MainStreet preservation leader. She is pictured with nominators and former CPRC emphasizes preservation by encourag- members Nancy Meem Wirth and Beth O’Leary; former CPRC ing its 24 communities to complete Chairman Alan “Mac” Watson, interim-SHPO Jan Biella and interim- State Register of Cultural Properties Director Sam Cata. nominations, often the foundation for C i t i z e n A d v o c a c y “ R i t a H i l l ” building community preservation. It provides economic incentives for down- DIANE PRATHER & GARY COZZENS town improvements and helps initiate — For preserving on site, the last new preservation programs. MainStreet surviving Civilian Conservation Corps partners with HPD on the MainStreet structure from the Great Depression Revolving Loan Fund and Arts and in Smokey Bear Ranger District. U.S. Cultural Districts. The agency’s Julie Forest Service management wanted Blanke, Heather Barrett and Director to disassemble Nogal Mesa Barn Rich Williams are pictured. and rebuild it on a more convenient site. Diane and Gary knew that would destroy the barn’s historic integrity, worked with HPD and recruited summer interns to restore the barn on site. Diane is pictured with CPRC member Ronald Toya.

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OLD CANYON ROAD POWER PLANT — For the success of the Canyon Neighborhood Association, Victor Johnson Architects, and City of Santa Fe in preserving Santa Fe’s first hydroelectric plant. The once derelict property was preserved through a Current and former CPRC members Clarence Fielder, partnership initiated by the Neighborhood associ- Beth O’Leary, Mac Watson, Rick Hendricks, award Chris Abeyta opens ation. Accepting for the city is Mayor David Coss. winner Catherine Kurland and Ronald Toya. the ceremony.

7 New in the State Register— What’s Been Added, Removed and Changed —New CPRC Meets for First Time The Cultural Properties Review property never was altered. by buttresses and several interior adobe Committee has listed a Hispanic resi- Carmen Acosta Johnson, who is the walls form high-ceilinged, smoothly dential complex built on property second owner of the property with her plastered rooms, many with marble fire- included in a 1796 land grant in the husband Dale, attended the meeting and places. The “Our Lady of Guadalupe of State Register of Cultural Properties. It said they did not necessarily purchase it the Americas” fresco painted by also determined that much of the St. for its long history. Edward O’Brien surrounds one of Catherine’s Industrial Indian School “It was cheap enough that we could them in a reception room. campus in Santa Fe comprises an his- afford it and we’ve been rehabbing it Interested parties addressed the toric district. ever since,” she said. committee regarding the campus and New CPRC members attended their Its history was researched by con- the boundaries for the district. One sug- first meeting June 10. They delisted a sultants Heather Barrett and Shannon gestion was to include the athletic field Depression-era relocation farm in seri- Papin and funded by Taos through a to recognize the importance of athletics ous disrepair south of Albuquerque, Certified Local Government grant. Ms. to the school’s students, but the CPRC and removed a saloon heavily damaged Papin traced descendants of the original declined. The campus is partially bor- by fire from a State and National his- owners using FaceBook. From informa- dered by the Veterans Administration toric district in Truth or Consequences. tion gathered online, she telephoned all Santa Fe National Cemetery, which is 20 Denver telephone book listings for looking for adjacent land for expansion. Martinez Property Alvarado, to find a descendent of the original owners. Emily Alvarado was able to provide oral history that helped ascertain the Martinez family likely donated part of their land to establish the Nuestra Senora de Dolores-Cañon Chapel— across the street— which is historically significant to the community. Douglas Boggess, Clarence Fielder, Reginald St. Catherine’s Richey, Rick Hendricks and Ronald Toya

Interior of the Martinez Property The school is New CPRC Members significant for the Buildings on the Martinez property education of For two of the members, it was their in Cañon near Taos date back to the Native Americans, first official meeting. Douglas Boggess, 1820s. Although they have been altered its architecture, of Albuquerque, is the committee’s his- over time, most retain integrity in and for its associa- toric archaeologist; and Ronald Toya, a design, workmanship and setting. The tion with wealthy member of Jemez Pueblo is the tribal committee also felt it is significant the Philadelphia member. There are nine positions on family was associated with the property heiress Katherine the committee with three of them for approximately 200 years, and that it Drexel who estab- Mother Mary Katharine vacant. Vice-Chairman Rick Hendricks, represents New Mexico settlement pat- lished the school the New Mexico State Historian, serves terns. It was one of six small parcels and later was canonized. by statute while the others are appoint- that were part of the original Don Though many campus buildings ed by the governor. Clarence Fielder, of Fernando de Taos Land Grant located were listed in the State Register in 2001, Las Cruces, specializes in history; archi- near Taos Pueblo. the nomination needed clarification to tect Reginald Richey, of Lincoln, is the “The buildings date through the identify the property as an historic dis- architectural history member. Architect 1940s and represent the vernacular evo- trict and to give the district a boundary. George Bolling, of Elephant Butte, was lution of a property owned for close to The CPRC voted that campus buildings appointed June 15. 200 years by the Martinez family,” Terry and a small cemetery comprise the dis- Removed from the Register Moody, HPD Register coordinator said. trict and represent the school’s 101-year Family members continued to live history. Contributing buildings were The committee agreed that the on the four-acre parcel through 1998 as landmarked by the City of Santa Fe in Woodall Farmstead in Bosque Farms a multi-generational household, accord- 2006. in Valencia County had fallen into disre- ing to census and other records. The The campus is dominated by the pair and lost much of the historic layout of buildings around a central 1887 adobe, three-and-one-half story integrity that made it worthy of listing courtyard is typical of Hispanic archi- Main Building, thought to be the tallest as a Depression-era property. It was one tecture from the period and common in earthen building ever built in New of many such small farms built with New Mexico. Mature landscaping Mexico. The building can be seen from federal funds to resettle owners and includes several heritage trees, and the numerous Santa Fe vantage points. Its workers at failed farms in Taos and acequia’s original path bordering the thick adobe exterior walls are fortified Harding counties to Bosque Farms as 8 Vote on Preservation — This Place Matters

A church in Las Cruces and two sored by the National Trust for Historic Northern New Mexico College historic schools—one the sole reminder Preservation. To view a list of the nom- The Spanish American Normal of the Albuquerque Indian School—can inees nationwide and to vote for one of School—known now as The El Rito be voted for as the best candidate for a New Mexico’s candidates, please visit: Campus of Northern New Mexico cash award in the 2011 “This Place http://www.preservationnation.org/take College—has long provided access to a Matters Community Challenge.” -action/this-place-matters/. Voting is curriculum that allows students to com- More than 100 cultural sites, and open through June 30, and the top three pete in a changing economy while sus- organizations working to preserve them, candidates receive $25,000, $10,000 and taining traditional practices. are nominated in the challenge spon- $5,000 respectively. The El Rito Campus currently hous- Phillips Chapel es the Traditional Arts Programs of Adobe Construction, Spanish Colonial Phillips Chapel CME symbolizes Furniture Making, Weaving, Retablo community preservation in action. It is painting, Bulto wood carving and stan- being restored through private dona- dard academic and vocational programs. tions, and volunteer and student labor. Students in an advanced adobe con- People of all backgrounds work on the struction class learn hands-on tradition- chapel, one handful of adobe mud at a al building practices. The school is nom- time. inated for its commitment to maintain- The church was listed in the State ing sustainable traditions that have When the Woodall property was listed in served the community for generations 2001, its nearly abandoned state made it an and National Registers in 2003 for its idea candidate for preservation. Unfor- association with Las Cruces’ African and promoting them as models that can tunately the Register nomination did not lead American Community. When Las help support communities near and far. to saving it and it continued to deteriorate. Cruces segregated its schools, Phillips Albuquerque Indian School part of a New Deal program that assist- Chapel became a school solely for black Historic Albuquerque, Inc., is draw- ed rural, poor and migrant workers. The children from 1925 -1934. ing attention to the remaining building Village of Bosque Farms plans to pur- chase the property from the Woodall on the Albuquerque Indian School cam- estate for a recreational field. Both the pus. Faced with demolition, the village and the estate petitioned HPD to Employees Dormitory and Club remove it from the State Register. Building is one of the few surviving The committee determined the for- California Mission-Revival-style build- mer Buckhorn Saloon, grocery and ings in the city. apartment located in the Hot Springs In 1931, it was designed and built by Bathhouse Commercial and Main Street Native American students under the Historic District in Truth or leadership of Joe Padilla, of Isleta Consequences no longer could be Pueblo, who headed the school’s car- included as one of the district’s approxi- “Mudder’s Day” team at the Preservation pentry division. The in-house effort mately 150 contributing buildings. Month chapel event in May. saved the federal government $40,000 in Severely damaged by a fire in 2005, the related costs. roof partially collapsed and the building The humble chapel was built in The club building had spacious liv- suffered significant water damage. Some 1912. Past efforts to maintain the build- ing quarters for single and married AIS of the adobe walls were partially demol- ing resulted in a coating of painted employees, a lounge, and a large dining ished. HPD surveyed the property in cement plaster that trapped moisture in room used for proms and other festivi- May, finding few salvageable materials. the adobe walls. They began to crumble ties. The school operated for 101 years. The property owner hoped the commit- and melt resulting in rotting floor joists providing off-reservation industrial tee would allow additional time to and serious structural problems. Many training to Native Americans. By 1912 explore ways to fund the necessary of the chapel’s adobe blocks are being repairs. The committee deliberated and more than 300 students attended its concluded that the integrity of original replaced with ones built on site and tra- eight primary grades. By 1925 enroll- materials, workmanship and design had ditional plaster applied. Restoration ment increased to 800 students when been lost. Damage is not apparent from began with a Doña Ana Community grades 11 and 12 were added. the street facade, but the city con- College course in adobe preservation, The Albuquerque Indian School demned it as unsafe and a health hazard but the class was dropped. Now, dedi- continued operating until 1982, when its in 2010, requesting it be designated as cated volunteers are completing the program was transferred to the Santa Fe noncontributing. project on their own. Indian School, also largely demolished.

9 SiteWatch — A High School Student’s First-hand Account A ldo Leopold High School in Silver City, the Youth Conservation Corps, the It’s hard for me to put into words my Southwest chapter of HPD’s New Mexico SiteWatch, and community partners are connection to these sites. “Sites” now working together to provide cultural resource employment opportunities for the seems too impersonal a word for my youth of southwest New Mexico. taste. These were real people, and their The goal is for students to learn job skills through experiential education, and property and legacy deserve to be gain appreciation for protecting, conserving, and enhancing local resources. At the respected and at least learned same time the project enhances natural, historical, cultural, and recreational assets. about—a belief I hold at the highest level of importance as I am also commit- The students join an archaeology crew to protect and preserve cultural resources, ted to maintain these sites as a and teach others about them while earning credit and getting paid. Partners include SiteWatch steward. the Gila National Forest, Town of Silver City, New Mexico SiteWatch, Gila I am the only one on the current Conservation Center, Grant County Archaeological Society, and Mimbres Culture crew, with the exception of our supervi- Heritage Site. sor, Marilyn Markel, who knows how to Aldo Leopold teacher Harolene Pitts started the program in 2009 and enlisted the fill out the SiteWatch forms and who Southwest SiteWatch chapter and local archaeological society to help encourage youth really has any archaeological experi- learn about the heritage that surrounds them. Interested students participated in an ence at all, and I am considered a men- HPD SiteWatch training and became stewards at sites including the Dragonfly Rock tor to the other crew members. I always Art Site at the Fort Bayard Game Refuge. The Town of Silver City, a Certified Local find it a pleasure to help my co-workers Government, and the national forest became partners. By the following spring, stu- find their own interpretation of a picto- dents formed the first YCC archaeology crew and began monitoring and document- ing the Dragonfly and Ursa Major sites, and filed reports with local SiteWatch. Their studies included New Mexico prehistory and Mimbres culture. The program was expanded in 2010 and 2011 when volunteer site steward and Mimbres site manager Marilyn Markel became staff supervisor of the student crew. ALHS student Adam Snider completed his YCC internship and graduated in May 2011. He plans to enroll in college this fall and pursue an archaeology career. He wrote an account of his experience.

“Sometime in late November or UNM-Valencia students receive SiteWatch December 2009, Harolene Pitts training from Professor John Anderson. approached me about a YCC crew that would be starting in the spring, the graph, or discuss why or why not a fami- Archaeology SiteWatch Crew. I signed ly of Native Americans may have lived up for the next semester. I’ve always in the area we’re studying. been interested in people, and interpret- Using the aforementioned reasons of ing the past through a place that still moral belief and personal interest and exists now seemed just to click with me. past experiences, I am now starting a After attending the SiteWatch train- preliminary internship with Bob ing held in Truth or Consequences with Adam Snider records prehistoric features near the Schiowitz, the USFS Archaeologist in the my crew, I really was inspired. I applied Burro Mountains. Gila Forest. My internship includes office myself a lot that semester so I would be work and field work in the Silver City guaranteed a spot on the crew the next people who lived here before us. Forest Service district. It is YCC that year. Gradually, I picked up the ability to helped me find my passion for archaeol- The crew worked at two different put historical, and pre-historical, artifacts ogy and got me onto what I think to be sites, the Ursa Major and Dragonfly sites. into a context I could imagine. In my my future career path—archaeology.” From the first day, I could tell I was senior year at ALHS, I began to emerge extremely bought into archaeological as a leader in my crew, the specialist, the Editor’s Note: New Mexico SiteWatch preservation. On many occasions I found one who really gets what’s going on. is coordinated by HPD archaeologist myself in bitter-sweet moods of discon- More importantly, I began developing a Norm Nelson. He provided background- tent with modern humanity’s blemish on type of respectful affection for the peo- information and Adam Snider's story. the past, our irreverence towards the ple whose sites I was preserving.

10 Archaeology — DCA Scientists Recover Bison Bones Near Quemado Lake

The find on Buzz Easterling’s El Dello-Russo and Morgan estimate Caso Ranch, near Quemado Lake in the bones to be the remains of a mod- western New Mexico, was reported by ern era, adolescent or young adult, the owner and his assistant Cathy female Bison bison. No artifacts were Carrejo. They led the two researchers to observed in association with the bones. a moderately deep arroyo, known as The degree of preservation at the pale- Paradise Canyon, where the bones were ontological find was very high and every protruding from the steep arroyo cut skeletal element except the lower bank, about 3 meters (10 feet) below mandible (jaw) was present. the surface. From these observations, it is likely that the bison may be only 1,000 years The bison skull with a single horn core visible. old or less. The arrangement of the bones at a sharp bend in the arroyo, A bison that likely was killed in a along with details of the soils around flooded arroyo nearly 1,000 years ago the bones, suggest that it was swept was discovered recently on a ranch near downstream by a flash flood in an Quemado Lake. ancient arroyo and slammed into the Dr. Robert Dello-Russo, Deputy side of the drainage, where it remained Director at the New Mexico Office of buried until recently. Analysis of collect- Archaeological Studies in Santa Fe, and ed samples is on-going. Gary Morgan, Curator of Paleontology This research provides additional evi- at the NM Museum of Natural History dence for the prehistoric presence of in Albuquerque, spent a long day bison in western New Mexico. To date, recently excavating an extremely well- Some of the bones in the side of the arroyo only five or six prehistoric locations preserved bison skeleton. wall as they appeared prior to excavation. with bison remains are known, includ- ing the Water Canyon Paleoindian site, Tri-State Manhattan Project National Historical Park near Socorro, Bat Cave, and a site on private land near Pie Town. The El Mr. Silva said the senator is excited Caso bones are currently curated at the with a Department of the Interior study New Mexico Museum of Natural recommending the national park. The History. study has received Department of Energy concurrence. The park would comprise resources in Los Alamos; Oak Ridge Tennessee; and Hanford, Washington. DOE and NPS recommendations in support of the park are a crucial step in preserving The restored High Bay Building. Notes, dates Manhattan Project properties. By desig- and formulas jotted down by scientists on its nating portions of each facility a park, it interior walls still can be read by visitors. would make it possible for this and Tools used during the dig and bones in bags U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman’s office future generations to connect with a and buckets as delivered to the museum. will pursue legislation to bring three part of world history that continues to Manhattan Project sites in New Mexico shape world politics, economics, science Editors note: Dr. Robert Dello-Russo, and two other states into the National and society. deputy director of the Office of Park Service system. HPD has worked with preservation- Archaeological Studies, provided the The legislation, which he is co-spon- ists at Los Alamos National Laboratory photos and account of the bison remains soring with U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R- and others for more than a decade to excavated on May 24. Washington, would authorize NPS to preserve V-Site, which was largely develop a management plan and likely destroyed in the 2000 Cerro Grande involve a Congressional appropriation forest fire and is threatened by Las Gun Site. They are the last two stand- in Fiscal Year 2013 to establish the Conchas fire. The High Bay Building ing buildings at Los Alamos associated parks, according to Jorge Silva, an aide restoration was completed in 2007, and. with assembly of the world’s first to Sen. Bingaman. work is underway to restore the nearby nuclear weapons.

11 Preservation Month — Forum: Youth are the Future of Preservation

Is preservation about restoring build- Mexico—is targeted for elimination youth. Mr. Barrow’s nonprofit reaches ings, conserving the environment and both by the Obama Administration and out to youth. It recently enlisted 15 stu- our cultural landscapes, or is it about in the Republican Spending Reduction dents who manufactured 250 adobes to keeping alive the heritage that identifies Act and the National Trust has closed restore San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, a who we are? And how do we increase its SAT office. But still there are many Save America’s Treasures project involv- advocacy as the current generation of preservation triumphs as witnessed in ing HPD. preservationists age? this year’s Heritage Preservation Award Not that an older generation is ready These questions and more arose at a winners (see page 6). by any means to step down. Mr. forum sponsored by Cornerstones Barrow recounted the 25 execu- Community Partnerships at a tives with an age range of about Heritage Preservation Month 35 to 50 who spent six hours event that drew about 70 people making 350 adobe bricks to in Santa Fe last month. restore the Santo Domingo On the panel of “Historic Trading Post. It was nearly Preservation: Is it Relevant?” were destroyed in a fire 10 years ago. former executive director of the He also said there must be an National Trust for Historic effort to engage youth through Preservation Richard Moe; former portable media players and popu- New Mexico State Historic lar websites such as YouTube, Preservation Officer Katherine although Ms. Slick noted that Slick; Acoma Pueblo’s Historic Forum panel: Jerry Rogers, Richard Moe, Theresa Pasqual, Jake hands-on preservation requires Barrow, moderator Kak Slick. Robin Jones, Cornerstone’s execu- Preservation Office Director craftsmanship and suggested tive director. Theresa Pasqual; Jake Barrow, shop be resumed in schools. Cornerstones’ program director; and Preservation as Sustainability former Keeper of the National Register, HPD Intern Lauren Alberti Jerry Rogers. As Mr. Moe stated, it takes 45 years Most cities have preserved and revi- to make up the energy used to demolish talized parts of their historic cores. a building for a new one put up in its Buildings important for their architec- place. Certainly this is relevant in a time ture and community significance have when many question the effect of been saved. Scores of archaeological greenhouse gases on our environment sites have been recorded and some pre- since buildings account for 43 percent served in near museum quality for gen- of the gases spewed into our atmos- erations of visitors to experience. Road phere. and trail sections are being preserved The National Historic Preservation and the concept of historic preservation Act was one of the nation’s first broad today includes cultural landscapes, lan- based environmental acts, said Ms. Slick. Lauren Alberti, a senior majoring in guage preservation and many facets of Ms. Pasqual said Native American Anthroplogy at UNM, has been heritage. history is written on the landscape, not researching Hispanic heritage, assisted The question of preservation’s in the history books. The ongoing with the recent Martinez Property State ongoing relevancy comes at a time struggle to preserve cultural landscapes Register nomination worked on when the field is faced with financial ensures preservation’s continued rele- Preservation Month and helped digitize and political challenges. The last vance she said, for without it, we sever Register nominations for online access. remaining building on the Albuquerque our connection to place. She learned of the HPD internship on Indian School campus and one of “Preservation is about people and our website. Albuquerque’s few California Mission putting the ground under our feet so we Ms. Alberti, whose experience Revival Style buildings faces demolition. know who we are,” said Mr. Rogers. includes a dig at Ostia Antica near So does the city’s Aztec Auto Court, A Youth Movement Rome, Italy, said she diversified her which was the oldest operating motel preservation knowledge while at HPD, on Route 66 in New Mexico. Save All the panelists agreed—surveying a which had been focused on archaeology. America’s Treasures, which has made room filled mostly with middle-aged After five months at HPD, she is possible 1,100 preservation projects and older people—that to keep preser- returning to UNM for summer and fall since 1998—20 of them in New vation viable, there must be an appeal to classes.

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