rains round off the corners of the wails, washing off some of the mud plaster and carrying it to the ground where it is deposited against the foundation portion of the wall. The mud plaster is renewed annually and, as the years pass, the lower two or three feet of wall become noticeably thicker while the tops of the walls become thinner, more rounded and sometimes uneven in height. The result is a wall which has a noticeable reverse curve—“in” at the top and “out” at
of the old missions with a mission entrance at each of the comers. Hand carved wooden doors with hand made hinges open into rooms with stone flagged floors and wooden-beamed ceilings. The “corbel” logs do not form the floor above, however, for a concrete slab covers them.
The tuberculosis hospital is another fine example of mission architecture. To preserve the clean appearance wanted for hospitals, the exterior walls were covered with a white rather than a
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, SANTA FE, N. M. THIS IS A STATE INSTITUTION
BUILT OF HOLLOW TILE AND STUCCO
the bottom. It is this curved and uneven wall which the present day builders are copying, using tinted cement stucco to imitate the mud plaster. The stucco of today is patted with a special trowel which closely imitates the finger marks on the old adobe walls.
The larger structures are patterned after the Spanish missions. Garages, hospitals, churches, hotels and government buildings are ornamented with belfries, the rounded corners of which imitate the rain washed belfries of long ago. The wooden roof beams or “corbels” which projected through the mud walls or formed an arcade in the old buildings have been faithfully copied in the structures of today.
The State Museum is an especially fine example of Spanish architecture. The exterior is a copy
mud colored stucco. Here also, the floors are of stone flags, the doors are hand carved and the hinges hand forged. Square-hewn beams with carved recesses support the floor of the second story while the too modern electric lights are concealed in niches like those which held holy figures in the missions.
Bungalows, and smaller buildings, also, are built like the old pueblos and Spanish houses, with “corbels,” arcades and slightly curved walls. Even the concrete bridges are designed with soft weathered corners and concrete beams which resemble the wooden beams of the past, much of the work being done by hand. This feature and the adherence to the old styles of architecture are making Santa Fe one of the most delightfully picturesque cities of our Southwest.
of the old missions with a mission entrance at each of the comers. Hand carved wooden doors with hand made hinges open into rooms with stone flagged floors and wooden-beamed ceilings. The “corbel” logs do not form the floor above, however, for a concrete slab covers them.
The tuberculosis hospital is another fine example of mission architecture. To preserve the clean appearance wanted for hospitals, the exterior walls were covered with a white rather than a
DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, SANTA FE, N. M. THIS IS A STATE INSTITUTION
BUILT OF HOLLOW TILE AND STUCCO
the bottom. It is this curved and uneven wall which the present day builders are copying, using tinted cement stucco to imitate the mud plaster. The stucco of today is patted with a special trowel which closely imitates the finger marks on the old adobe walls.
The larger structures are patterned after the Spanish missions. Garages, hospitals, churches, hotels and government buildings are ornamented with belfries, the rounded corners of which imitate the rain washed belfries of long ago. The wooden roof beams or “corbels” which projected through the mud walls or formed an arcade in the old buildings have been faithfully copied in the structures of today.
The State Museum is an especially fine example of Spanish architecture. The exterior is a copy
mud colored stucco. Here also, the floors are of stone flags, the doors are hand carved and the hinges hand forged. Square-hewn beams with carved recesses support the floor of the second story while the too modern electric lights are concealed in niches like those which held holy figures in the missions.
Bungalows, and smaller buildings, also, are built like the old pueblos and Spanish houses, with “corbels,” arcades and slightly curved walls. Even the concrete bridges are designed with soft weathered corners and concrete beams which resemble the wooden beams of the past, much of the work being done by hand. This feature and the adherence to the old styles of architecture are making Santa Fe one of the most delightfully picturesque cities of our Southwest.