Constructed 1900. Casa Benavides offers 39 luxury rooms just one half block from the Taos Plaza. The Casa Benavides is ideally located on Kit Carson Road with easy access to local attractions and landmarks such as Kit Carson Park, Mabel Dodge Luhan House, The Couse-Sharp historic site, and a rich Read more…
Constructed 1835. The historic Site includes not only the home and studio of E.I. Couse, but the garden designed by his wife, Virginia, the workshops of his son, Kibbey, and the two studios of his neighbor and fellow artist, Joseph Henry Sharp. The Site also reflects the contributions of a Read more…
Constructed 1930. The Couse pasture and house gardens together interpret open horse pasture lands neat the plaza and also a cultivated garden of one the Taos communities leading art families. Bucolic pastures with magnificent mountain views are common in the Taos valley, but the Couse pasture is distinctive for its Read more…
Constructed 1950. The luxurious El Monte Sagrado Living Resort and Spa, located in Taos is a place as unique as the philosophy that guides it. Renowned for its commitments to ecological preservation and sustainability, the lush sanctuary of El Monte Sagrado is where you can nurture your mind, body and Read more…
Constructed 1912. The main lobby and nearby Casita building at the El Pueblo Lodge were originally built in 1912 as a ranch. In 1945, four guest rooms were constructed on the south side of the property. Then in the early 1950s, another seven rooms were added to the South building. Two Read more…
This 84-mile loop takes the visitor though some of New Mexico’s spectacular high country. Much of the Byway traverses land formerly part of the Maxwell Land Grant, once the largest private individual holding in the western hemisphere. See ghost towns, ski resorts, and landscapes that have inspired artists from film Read more…
Constructed 1860. Ernest L. Blumeschein was among the first professional artists to discover the many charms of Taos in 1898. According to legend, Blumenschein and artist friend Bert Phillips supply wagon broke down on the outskirts of Taos, and they found the adobe village by chance. They remained for decades Read more…
Constructed 1830. The town doctor, T.P. Martin, initially purchased one house from a cluster of old adobes around a small plazuella, anchored by a community well. The original building dates back to the early 1800s and was once owned by Arthur Manby. The doctor and his second wife, Helen, eventually Read more…
Constructed 1937. There has been a hotel at this location since 1820. The first establishment, called the St. Vrain Mercantile Store, supplied locals and travelers with everything from tack and seed to rooms and a saloon. While there were numerous fires in the Plaza, the hotel was never affected. In Read more…
Constructed 1868. The gravesite of Kit Carson and his wife, Josephine, is located in what is today known as the Kit Carson Memorial Park. The cemetery was originally established in 1847 and called El Cemeterio Militar. After the Carsons were buried there, it was renamed the Kit Carson Cemetery. The Read more…
Constructed 1860. Kit Carson gained national fame during the Santa Fe Trail era as a scout and military leader. Originally from Missouri, Carson settled in Taos and married into the local Jaramillo family. His house on Kit Carson Road near the plaza retains its distinctive Territorial style portal and is Read more…
Constructed 1850. The High Road to Taos departs Santa Fe and climbs through picturesque mountain valleys home to some of New Mexico’s oldest settlements. Proceed through Pojoaque, Nambe, Chimayo, Cordova, Truchas, Trampas, Penasco and Ranchos de Taos onto the arts center of Taos. Some of the state’s most spectacular scenery Read more…
Constructed 1916. In 1937, UNM and the Works Projects Administration (WPA), working in cooperation to create an enhanced facility, embarked on a major expansion and renovation project of the Harwood complex. Designed by John Gaw Meem, one of the best known architects of the Southwest, the Harwood addition became one Read more…
Constructed 1870. For the price of one cow and five pesos, Santiago Martinez acquired the one-half acre property in 1864 located less than a block from the Historic Taos Plaza. Actual construction on the property dates to the early 1870’s when the New Mexico Vernacular style building known as the Read more…
Constructed 1997. VETERANS MEMORIAL Dedicated to the memory of all Taos County Veterans who served their country gallantly as true patriots and at the risk of their own lives in order to preserve and protect freedom and democracy in the United States and throughout the world in honor of those Read more…
The Taos Plaza is the historic center of the town of Taos. Once a Spanish fortified walled plaza with houses and businesses, it now has a park with shady trees, park benches, and a gazebo surrounded by retail businesses made of adobe. An anchor of the plaza is the Hotel Read more…
Constructed 1990. Born in Saguache, Colorado, artist and muralist George Chacon inherited his fathers and grandfathers good hands, as he says in a YouTube interview.Since childhood, those hands have gripped crayons, held paintbrushes, and cut through stone and wood. He studied art at Colorado State University and Western Washington University, Read more…
Constructed 1850. After the period of Mexican rule, New Mexico was claimed as a territory for the United States in 1846. President Fillmore established New Mexico as an official territory in 1850, and Taos became a county in 1852. Taos Valley flourished during this period and other cultures found their Read more…
“The acequias of southern Colorado and New Mexico are the oldest water-management institutions in the United States of European origin. These irrigated agro-systems date to the time of Spanish settlement in the northern borderlands of Nueva Espana during the late 16th century with the Juan de Onate colony in 1598 Read more…
Constructed 1936. Closed cinema. Southwest Plaza Taos, NM 87571 Photo by Elmo Baca.