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Rogers died of an enlarged heart when she was 50 in 1952 in Taos, New Mexico. [1] The museum was first opened in a temporary location in the mid-1950s. In 1968 the museum moved to its permanent site, a home built by Claude J. K. and Elizabeth Anderson in Taos. [2] [3] In the 1980s, it was renovated and expanded by noted architect Nathaniel A ...
Taos (/ t aʊ s /) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano ...
The Kit Carson House is a historic house museum at 113 Kit Carson Road in central Taos, New Mexico. Built in 1825, it was from 1843 until his death the home of frontiersman Kit Carson (1809-1868). An example of Spanish Colonial architecture, it is now owned by the local Masonic fraternity, and serves as a museum dedicated to Carson's life.
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Taos County, New Mexico" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Severino Martinez built a flourishing mercantile business trading goods from Northern New Mexico, allowing him to send [citation needed] [nb 5] his son Antonio José Martínez to study for the priesthood in Durango, Mexico. [18] Antonio José was a spiritual leader in Taos from 1826 to 1867. [3] Severino lived at the hacienda until his death in ...
Taos Plaza is a tourist destination with many shops displaying Northern New Mexico foods and cultural items, including products made in Taos, chile ristras, packaged food items, Southwestern jewelry, pottery, clothing, leather work, and Native American moccasins and drums. [15]
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Taos, New Mexico" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It was a home of arts supporter and writer Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962), where she orchestrated one of the most successful artistic salon environments in the early 20th century United States, hosting well-known writers, painters, photographers, and musicians, and nurturing the young Taos art colony.