Roque Tudesqui House (East and West)

The two buildings of the Roque Tudesqui House (east and west) are one-story attached structures hidden from the street behind an adobe wall with brick coping and a wooden gate. While the exact date of construction is unknown, a portion of the structure is made of puddled adobe, an indigenous technique utilizing hand-packed mud rather than the adobe bricks introduced by Spanish colonizers after 1609. Roque Tudesqui, an Italian-born merchant on the Santa Fe Trail, purchased the property in about 1839. In 1895, it was divided into two separate residences, each associated with a succession of interesting owners through the years. In 1987, the Historic Santa Fe Foundation purchased the property to preserve it as a residential structure. HSFF recently sold the property to the Inn of the Five Graces.

From Old Santa Fe Today, 5th edition by Audra Bellmore with photographs by Simone Frances.