Hayt-Wientge Mansion

The Hayt-Wientge Mansion is one of the finest examples of vernacular, French Second Empire Style remaining in Santa Fe. It is now one of only two residential buildings in Santa Fe with a mansard roof, once prominent in the town due to the influence of French-born Archbishop Lamy. Walter V. Hayt, a local merchant from New York, and his wife Alice built their home in 1882. The Hayts owned a store on San Francisco Street, selling books, toys, and stationery. Hayt also operated his own book press, which produced prints of stereoscopic views of New Mexico for tourists. The Hayts left New Mexico in 1888 and sold their house to Christina Wientge, wife of Frederick W. Wientge, a jeweler and silversmith from New Jersey who operated a small jewelry store in an adobe workshop on the property. Frederick Wientge was a Rough Rider in the Spanish American War. The Hayt-Wientge Mansion remains a private home.

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