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A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SANTA FE (Part 4)

July 11, 2023

Part 4: The Battle for a Preservation Ordinance The Santa Fe Planning Board recommended architectural controls for Santa Fe as early as 1912, but no controls were enacted into law, and every individual continued to have the right to build in whatever style they wished throughout the first half of the twentieth century. For the … More A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SANTA FE (Part 4)

A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SANTA FE (Part 3)

July 11, 2023

Part 3: 1917 to 1956 The purpose of the “Campaign of 1912-1913,” as expressed by Sylvanus Morley, was for “awakening public sentiment in the preservation of our historic buildings and for the education of the public to the appreciation of the Santa Fe style of architecture.”[1] The outcome of this effort was mixed. While “the … More A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE: HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SANTA FE (Part 3)