Seton Village

Seton Village. . , Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) was a naturalist, artist, and writer, who was born in England and grew up in Canada. He studied art in Ontario, London, and Paris. In 1882, he moved to Manitoba, Canada, and began his writing career, producing important books and drawings of the natural world. As a naturalist, Seton founded the Woodcraft movement for educating youth about nature and stories of Indigenous people. He later served as the Chief Scout of the Boys [sic] Scouts of America from 1910 to 1915. , Seton moved to Santa Fe in 1930 and was part of Santa Fe's literary and artistic community. He designed and built his “castle,” a 32-room, 6,900-square-foot stone house and museum for his extensive collections, drawings, and writings. During the 1930s, he created Seton Village, which encompassed 2,500 acres with numerous adobe houses, a print shop, a craft shop, and a barn, all situated around a plaza. Seton died in 1946. His heirs sold the property to a nonprofit educational organization in 2003. In 2005, during renovations, Seton's Castle was destroyed by fire, leaving only the original walls.