The Historic Santa Fe Foundation (HSFF) is an organization that has thrived since it was founded in 1961. Our mission is to own, preserve and protect historic properties and resources of Santa Fe and its environs and to provide historic preservation education. We own eight properties in Santa Fe and holds historic preservation easements on others.

The Historic Santa Fe Foundation is a valuable asset to our treasured community.  We are here to protect what we all love about Santa Fe and to ensure that it is here for our grandchildren, and their grandchildren.

Lost
1850s Simon Nusbaum House: home built by pioneer Jewish merchant Solomon Spiegelberg one block from Santa Fe Plaza torn down for an 85-car parking lot. The destruction of this early Territorial era building was the impetus for the founding of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation in 1960. photo property HSFF

Restored
1851 Oliver P. Hovey House (formerly known as the Pinckney R. Tully House): Territorial era adobe house that the HSFF rescued from demolition, purchased in 1974, and restored to 1890s style. The exterior reproduction features white rectangles painted on red plaster, a popular turn-of-the-century style that simulated brick, the high-status building material of the time. photo ©Hope Curtis

Protected
Pre 1840s "Original Trading Post": protected by New Mexico's first preservation easement, which was donated by owners John and Merry Schroeder in 1998 and is held by the HSFF through its Preservation Easement Program. The easement specifies that the building cannot be demolished or obstructed from view and the property cannot be subdivided. photo ©Hope Curtis

Saved
Pre-1925 Rivera Barn: an historic stone and adobe structure saved by a group of Upper Canyon Road residents, the Canyon Preservation Trust, and the HSFF, who joined forces with the barn's owner to raise funds to replace a leaking roof and rotting vigas. photo HSFF