Last updated: May 14, 2024
Place
Edgar Hewett House (Museum of NM Foundation Office)
Photo/NPS
Quick Facts
Location:
116 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, New Mexico
Significance:
Surviving Fort Marcy officers’ quarters
MANAGED BY:
This surviving Fort Marcy officers’ quarters, once the Quartermaster’s home, was remodeled in the Pueblo Revival Style in 1916. Fort Marcy was built in 1846 and was the first in New Mexico Territory (and is the only fort left in the United States from the Mexican American War).
It became the lifetime home of the Edgar Lee Hewett, the Director of the Museum of New Mexico (in 1909) and School of American Research (1917). Hewett died in 1946 and his wife in 1960. After President Teddy Roosevelt gave downtown Ft. Marcy’s 17 acres to the city in 1904, the other 5 officers’ quarters (and military post buildings) were eventually razed.
Site Information
Location (116 Lincoln Ave., Santa Fe, New Mexico)
This is currently the site of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation office.
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