Old San Ysidro Church
966 Old Church Road
Corrales, New Mexico 87048
Old San Ysidro church is a classic example of the New Mexico Hispanic religious village architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries. It is in the shape of a cross. The massive masonry adobe walls are nearly three feet thick and hand-plastered with adobe on both the exterior and interior. The adobe blocks are made of clay, sand and straw, 20″ x 10″ x 5″. Hand-hewn corbels support the vigas and there are hand-adzed lintels above the doors and the windows. In 1980 Old San Ysidro Church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Church is owned by the Village of Corrales and is used for many community activities including art exhibitions, craft shows, a lecture series, classes, community celebrations, Heritage Day events, Village Council meetings, musical programs, chamber groups, concert pianists, choral groups, blue grass and folk music.
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Los Poblanos Inn & Farm
4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107
Set among 25 acres of lavender fields, enormous cottonwood trees and lush formal gardens, Los Poblanos is one of the most magnificent historic properties in the Southwest and is listed in the National Registry of Historic Place. Designed in 1932 by the region’s foremost architect, John Gaw Meem, the “Father of Santa Fe Style”, Los Poblanos combines 20 guest rooms, a working organic farm and the ideal setting for meetings and special events. The Los Poblanos land was originally inhabited by the Anasazi in the 14th century. Many of the original settlers in this area were thought to have come from Puebla, Mexico, a citizen of which is called a “Poblano”. The land became part of the Elena Gallegos land grant around 1716. The original ranch land was owned by Ambrosio and Juan Cristobal Armijo through the 19th century but was reassembled by the Congressman, Albert Simms, and his wife, Ruth Hannah McCormick Simms in the 1930s.
Los Poblanos today encompasses the original headquarters of the 800-acre ranch owned by the Simms that extended to the crest of the Sandia Mountains. The historic inn was their private residence and the center of operations of their dairy, farming, nursery, art businesses, and dynamic cultural and educational endeavors. In 1932, Ruth Simms commissioned Meem and numerous WPA artists and craftsmen to renovate the ranch house and create the Cultural Center for political and community events and recreation with gardens designed by Rose Greeley.
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