Bronson Cutting House

Born in 1888 to a wealthy New York family, Bronson M. Cutting came to Santa Fe in 1910 accompanied by his sister, Justine Cutting Ward, to recover from tuberculosis at Sunmount Sanatorium. Cutting remained in Santa Fe and became a central figure in social and political life, purchasing the Santa Fe New Mexican in 1912. He served in the US Senate from 1927 until his death in a plane crash in 1935 at the age of 47. The home called Los Siete Burros (The Seven Burros) that he and his sister built on Old Santa Fe Trail is a fine example of the California Mission Style, predating the popularity of the Spanish Pueblo Revival Style. Today, the Bronson Cutting House remains a private home.