The Old Custom House at Monterey Bay is California’s oldest and arguably its most historically significant government building. Between 1814 and 1868, officials working in the Old Custom House regulat…
Built at the start of the nineteenth century, the Garcia House is the only extant example of Spanish Colonial vernacular architecture in Santa Fe that was not remodeled in the Spanish-Pueblo Style in …
The most famous and iconic building in the state, the Alamo today is the product of many hands and many events. On May 1, 1718, Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares founded the Mission of San…
Barrio Viejo is one Tucson’s oldest neighborhoods and is the name given to an area originally known as Barrio Libre that was settled south of the original Spanish Presidio. Established in the 1800s, t…
