Hewett House

Hewett House. Museum of New Mexico Historical Note. , The building you see in front of you, called the Hewett House, is one of the few remaining military buildings dating from the period when the U.S. Army maintained two military reservations in Santa Fe (1846-1894). This adobe building was one of six constructed as housing for officers and their families assigned to the Headquarters of the Military Department (later District) of New Mexico in 1870-71. The building was also used as an officer's quarters for Fort Marcy, the military post established in Santa Fe in 1846 when the United States took possession of New Mexico during the Mexican War. Fort Marcy was abandoned in 1894. A few years later the former officer's quarters was acquired by the Museum of New Mexico. In 1916 it was modified into the prevailing Spanish-Pueblo Indian architectural style. At this time many of the 19th century buildings on the Plaza and in downtown Santa Fe underwent similar conversions. A virtually intact 1870s period military officer's quarters exists beneath this facade. Dr. Edgar Lee Hewett, founder of the Museum of New Mexico and advocate of the Spanish-Pueblo style, lived here for thirty years. This building is listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places., Caption: Hewett House (left) as it appeared ca. 1885