John Gaw Meem at Los Poblanos Tour - SOLD OUT
Sunday, June 23, 2024
11 am–4 pm
The John Gaw Meem at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm (1930-1933) Tour, takes place in Albuquerque’s bucolic North Valley on the banks of the Rio Grande. Here, afternoon tea will be served. A tour is arranged of the farm, gardens, original Meem-designed ranch house (now an inn) and the elegant Meem-designed La Quinta Event Center.
GUIDED BY AUDRA BELLMORE, PHD
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$100 PER PERSON FOR HSFF MEMBERS. $110 PER PERSON FOR NON-MEMBERS. LIMIT 25 PARTICIPANTS.
For more information email Hanna Churchwell at hanna@historicsantafe.org, or call the office at 505.983.2567
ABOUT THE TOUR
John Gaw Meem is New Mexico’s most influential historic architect, known for his popularization of the Southwest regional style and for his historic preservation activities, who worked out of his Santa Fe office from 1924-1959. The afternoon tour of the Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm (1930-1933) highlights Meem’s elegant residential ranch style in Albuquerque’s magnificent, pastoral North Valley.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Gain an awareness of the historic importance and current utilization of significant 1930s era farm and ranch buildings and gardens designed by celebrated Santa Fe historic architect, John Gaw Meem and landscape architect, Rose Greeley.
The Los Poblanos tour will emphasize the physical, emotional, and social well-being of occupants in the repurposing of historic buildings to modern projects for the community and the marketplace.
Discuss the mindful balance between historic preservation and improving the performance of the buildings for program needs, accessibility, life-safety, energy efficiency, and building systems.
Learn how both public and private partnerships worked towards goals of preserving existing buildings and bringing new life and activity to the properties and the surrounding neighborhoods, enhancing the human experience, social interaction and environmental awareness.
Explore how design contributes to Albuquerque’s unique take on the development of public and private buildings through an appropriation of myth and motif – contributing to the invention of a regional aesthetic coincident with the rise of cross-country tourist industry by train and car.
On this walking tour, you may encounter several flights of stairs, walking on uneven surfaces, longer standing and walking periods, various terrains, long driveways, steep driveways, and unpaved areas.
ABOUT THE GUIDE
Audra Bellmore, PhD, is the John Gaw Meem Curator at the University of New Mexico and oversees the John Gaw Meem Archives of Southwestern Architecture.
Join HSFF to get the discounted rate for this tour and other Member benefits.
CANCELLATION POLICY
A full refund for the tour only will be given if canceled on or before June 10, 2024. If there is a cancellation after June 10, the participant(s) will be issued a tax-donation for the amount retained at the foundation.
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Annual membership - Individuals $45, Household $80
Visit the Join & Give page, add to cart with the above links, email Giulia Caporuscio at giulia@historicsantafe.org, or call 505.983.2567.
Checks for Membership can be mailed to Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 545 Canyon Rd, Ste 2, Santa Fe NM, 87501