Last updated: May 14, 2024
Place
Trujillo, Prince & Sena Plazas
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Quick Facts
Location:
109, 111 & 115 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Significance:
The plazas that date back to the Santa Fe Trail era
MANAGED BY:
Occupied by commercial businesses.
At 109, 111 & 115 East Palace Avenue, peek into the plazas that date back to the Santa Fe Trail era, located behind the buildings along Palace Avenue - they host shops and restaurants today.
In 1828 to the mid-1830s, the home that became Trujillo and Prince plazas was the modest residence of French-Canadian fur trapper and trader Antoine Robidoux, Brigadier General Kearny’s interpreter in 1846. His widow sold it to Territorial Supreme Court Chief Justice L. Bradford Prince in 1879. Sena Plaza, the home of Juan Estevan and Maria de Rosario Sena y Alarid was given to their son, Manuel, in 1844. He and his son, Civil War hero Jose, Sr., expanded it into a 33-room home by the 1860s; Prince bought it in 1886.
Site Information
Location (109, 111 & 115 East Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico.)
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
Santa Fe National Historic Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Old Spanish Trail, Santa Fe Trail: Santa Fe, New Mexico Itinerary
Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the US, founded in 1610, and the highest in elevation at 7,000 ft. The city is the historic hub of the southwest, connecting three national historic trails: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Santa Fe Trail, and the Old Spanish Trail. This tour leads your from the busy plaza and other major tourist locations to lesser known sites along quiet, old Santa Fe streets.