Garcia-Stevenson House

The Garcia-Stevenson House is a nineteenth-century adobe farmhouse that grew and changed over time, providing a home for the Garcia family and their descendants. During the 1920s, the house was extended and remodeled by designer Kate Chapman. Chapman sold the remodeled property to novelist, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter Philip Edward Stevenson and his wife Janet. In 1952, the house was sold to Thomas Brown, who divided the house into two portions for different owners. In 1954, Santa Fe architect John Gaw Meem purchased the eastern half and refashioned it for Marianne Gebhardt, who used the property for her home and popular business, the Children’s Patio Day School. Although the García-Stevenson House experienced many more changes and additions through the years, the essence of the house is still intact.

From Old Santa Fe Today, 5th edition by Audra Bellmore. Photograph by Vincent Foster, circa 1991. Historic Santa Fe Foundation Collection.