Ernest L. Blumenschein House

	Ernest L. Blumenschein House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Ernest L. Blumenschein House in 1969
Location	222 Ledoux St., Taos, New Mexico
Coordinates	36°24′21″N 105°34′34″W / 36.40583°N 105.57611°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1823
Architectural style	Colonial, Spanish Colonial
Part of	Taos Downtown Historic District (ID82003340)
NRHP reference No.	66000495
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 21, 1965
Designated CP	July 8, 1982

The Ernest L. Blumenschein House is a historic house museum and art gallery at 222 Ledoux Street in Taos, New Mexico. It was a home of painter Ernest L. Blumenschein (1874-1960),^[3] a co-founder of the Taos Society of Artists and one of the "Taos Six". It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965.^[3]^[2]

Description and history

The Blumenschein House is located on the south side of Ledoux Street, 1-1/2 blocks south of central plaza in Taos. It is a single-story adobe structure, with eleven rooms, built in the Spanish Pueblo style with a central courtyard. A low wall with central opening separate the courtyard from the street. The house's construction date is uncertain, but its oldest sections probably predate the 1820s. The interior is furnished to appear as it might have been when the Blumenschein family lived there. It features family possessions, a collection of the family's art, works by other famous Taos artists, and fine European and

Spanish Colonial style antiques. The museum is owned and operated by Taos Historic Museums.^[3]

Ernest Blumenschein, a native of

Herbert Dunton, and was already well known as a gathering point for artists. The colony formed by these people was broadly influential in exposing the art world to Taos and the desert southwest.^[3]

The house remained in the Blumenschein family until 1962, when his heirs donated it to the organization that is now Taos Historic Museums. After a period as a multiunit residence, it was converted into a museum and gallery space.

Gallery

Dining room in Blumenschein Home. This section of the house was built in 1797.
Library in Blumenschein Home, 2010
Library, Blumenschein painting above daybed is Railroad Yard, Meeting Called (reworked 1951)
Bedroom in Blumenschein Home, 1989

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "National Historic Landmarks Survey, New Mexico" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Richard Greenwood (June 30, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination (pdf). National Park Service. and accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1969 (32 KB)

External links

E.L. Blumenschein Home and Museum

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nhlsum-2] "National Historic Landmarks Survey, New Mexico" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[nrhpinv2-3] Richard Greenwood (June 30, 1975). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination (pdf). National Park Service. and accompanying one photo, exterior, from 1969 (32 KB)

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