Architecture: New Mexico

Barrio de Analco, Santa Fe

Barrio de Analco Historic District is a historic district in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which includes one of the oldest houses in the continental United States, and the oldest church in the continental United States.

The district includes seven historic structures as well as other structures in between them. The name "Analco" comes from the Nahuatl language spoken by the Tlaxcalteca Indians that accompanied the Spanish. "A" = water + "nal" = next to + "co" place of = next to the water (in this case a stream, the Santa Fe River)

Street Side Adobe Home with Ornamental Ironwork

Street Side Adobe Home
with Vigas and Ornamental Ironwork

Sculptured Adobe

Sculptured Adobe

Barrio Adobe Window

Barrio Adobe Window

De Vargas Street House

De Vargas Street House
The Oldest Houise in New Mexico

Chapel of San Miguel

Chapel of San Miguel
The Oldest Church in America

Tooth Capstone, Vigas, and Blue Fluted Windows

Tooth Capstone, Vigas, and Blue Fluted Windows

The district runs primarily along East De Vargas Street from College Street to Paseo De Peralta in Santa Fe and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.

Imaginative Entrance

Imaginative Entrance

Barrio Vigas

Barrio Vigas

Pueblo Decor

Pueblo Decor

Clay Earth Colors

Clay Earth Colors

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