6. 127 E De Vargas St. 2022-005472-HDRB

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HDRB Minutes July 26, 2022 Page 16
H. NEW BUSINESS
1. 2022-005473-HDRB. 127 and 127 ½ E. De Vargas St. Downtown and
Eastside Historic District. Dale Zinn, applicant for Betty Caldwell Irrevocable
Trust requests historic status review and primary facades designation for
two non-contributing structures and one non-statused structure. (Angela
Schackel Bordegaray)
STAFF REPORT
127 and 127 ½ E. DeVargas Street is a .25-acre property in the Downtown and Eastside
Historic District with two main buildings, one known as the “Cider Press,” the other is a
studio/storage building. Both structures currently are designated non-contributing. The
property and buildings are surrounded by various types and heights of yard walls and
fences. The yard walls and fences are non-statused.
The main house, known as the “Cider Press,” was built as a one-bay garage in 1910. The
owner added two adobe rooms and converted it into an apartment in the 1950s. Per the
recent applicant-commissioned Historic Cultural Properties Inventory form (HCPI), the
former garage was a square brick building “laid in an English pattern of alternating
courses of headers and stretchers. Its north, south, and west walls are topped with a high
parapet, obscuring a wireglass skylight. Capping the walls is a simple coping made of a
course of rowlock bricks, topped with another row of headers. This construction is
exposed along the west and south elevations.” The Cider Press building style currently
can be described as Spanish-Pueblo Revival Style with its flat roof and parapets, still
topped with brick coping on its north, south, and west walls. The north façade has two
projecting windows that were likely used for display when the building worked as antique
shop and art gallery. The larger unit is boxed and holds four six-light casements. The
smaller window has a single pane. The building overall features a combination of
windows, including paired casements, single-hung, fixed casements, and sliding. The
west elevation has a pair of swinging wood doors that now cover a bedroom window. The
south elevation has one opening holding an older 2/1 wood sash window. The north (river-
facing) elevation is stuccoed and has a few remaining paintings from the building’s use
as an antique shop.
The second building to the south of the Cider Press, the studio, was built in the 1960s as
a storage room. It is a rectangular, flat-roofed, stuccoed building with a portal in the
Spanish-Pueblo Revival Style. The north elevation has one window; there are no windows
on the other elevations. The building faces west toward the New Mexico Supreme Court’s
parking lot.
There are several yard walls on the property that vary in height, mortar techniques, and
vintage. See attached numbered wall diagram and photographs. On the north side, a

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historic rock wall, Wall #1, runs along the front of the Cider Press facing the Santa Fe
River. The HCPI suggests it includes “pieces of sandstone bearing fossils and other
anomalies.” The northwest corner portion of the rock wall appears to have been increased
in height to about 5’ in or around 1988.
On the west elevation, Wall #2, is approximately 5’ tall, 40’ linearly, and runs across the
west side of the Cider Press. It postdates 1988. Wall #3 is the stuccoed block wall
attached to the west rock wall that runs east to connect with north studio wall. It is not
historic. Wall #4 runs along the entire east property line and is historic. Walls #5 and #6
form an interior low rock wall that connects the Cider Press to Studio, running north south.
It has two segments. It is historic.
Wall #7 is the south property line that separates the Cider Press property from the
property to the south. Currently, there exists a tall wrought iron gate recently erected by
the south neighbor. Wall #8 is a low coyote fence that runs from the storage unit west
toward the street. It is not historic.
Both the Cider Press and studio currently are designated as non-contributing. The new
HCPI form includes additional information provided by the current owners. The applicant
requests historic status review and primary façade designation as applicable for three
structures on the property: the main house Cider Press, the studio, and the yard walls.
The “Cider Press Compound,” as the applicant refers to it, is a unique and curious group
of historic structures sandwiched between two public institutional buildings, sited on the
river to its north and a historically significant home to its south up a hill to East DeVargas
Street (erroneously identified as the “Roque Tudesqui” building-see HCPI). In addition to
meeting the historic preservation age threshold, the buildings and original low river rock
walls continue to project a historicity through historic material, styles, building site pattern,
and scale as an early 20th century settlement of multiple uses in downtown Santa Fe. It
is uniquely sandwiched between public institutional buildings while continuing to function
as a residence. The Cider Press building's boxed windows, remaining “Cider Press” sign,
and faded murals remain character familiar to many generations of Santa Feans and
visitors.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommended the historic status of the main house (“Cider Press”), inclusive of its
north elevation wall-mounted “Cider Press” sign and faded murals, and the studio be
designated contributing, per 14-5.2(C) Designation of Significant and Contributing
Structures.
Staff also recommended that the following yard walls be designated contributing: Wall #1
along the entire north elevation, Wall #3, along the entire east elevation, and interior walls

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that run north/south inside the property (walls #5 and #6) connecting the studio to the
Cider Press.
With respect to primary façade designations, staff recommended facades #1 north, #2
west, and #3 east elevations of the Cider Press building be designated primary facades
and that the studio’s #1 west elevation be designated its primary façade.
Member Bienvenu said the staff report did not include Wall #3.
Ms. Bordegaray said the yard walls were misnumbered. She explained yard wall
#1 is the north and #4, not #3, is east and #5 and #6 are interior walls. She said she
recommends four, yard walls to be designated contributing: # 1, 4, 5 and 6.
Member Bienvenu said that was different than what she said in her presentation
and report.
Ms. Bordegaray said to amend her recommendation: yardwall #1 (#3 on the east
property line) and the interior wall that runs north/south (wall #5) and #6. Northwest,
east, and the interior.
Vice Chair Katz asked if there is a graphic showing the numbers.
Ms. Bordegaray said there is and was part of her staff report and, in the packet,
but now sees it was not included. She said it is on page 5, building diagram, in her staff
report.
Vice Chair Katz said some of it is there but not all.
Chair Rios asked if the interior fireplace made of river rock was included.
Ms. Bordegaray said yes, it is part of the east wall and the wall west of there.
Vice Chair Katz asked for clarification. He thought she said on façades #1, #2, #3
of the Cider Press Building, that #3 is the east wall. The diagram 3 is the south wall. He
said he was concerned the record is not clear.
Ms. Bordegaray said for the record, to address the discrepancy in the numbering,
“the yard wall that runs along the north perimeter, is #1 and connects on the entire east
lower river rock wall and the north/south rock wall which are correctly numbered as 5 and
6.” Not the west wall or the parking lot yard walls.
Member Bienvenu asked if Wall #3 is the east wall that the number is obscured in
the diagram.

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Ms. Bordegaray said that was Wall #4. She recommends Walls #1, #4, #5 and #6
on that diagram.
Ms. Piccarello noted they are looking at the diagram on page 4 of the staff report.
Member Biedscheid said Ms. Bordegaray is recommending the northwest and east
façades of the Cider Press house as primary. The building only has four façades and she
wondered what ruled the south out from the significant.
Ms. Bordegaray said she believes those three walls are primary. The south wall,
has historic features and character, recommending a designation of primary would kick it
into a significant status. She said the building does not warrant significant status.
Member Bienvenu asked if correct that the Board could put into the record the
specific features of the façade (the window opening, the header), even though the façade
itself is not primary or character defining. Those were clearly character defining when on
the site.
Ms. Bordegaray said that is correct and she agrees on the window.
Member Biedscheid noted that the HCPI calls out the south and says the south
elevation "communicates admiral elements of the Pueblo Revival style." She wondered
if that should also be primary. She said she doesn’t understand why it does not warrant
significant status.
Ms. Bordegaray said staff believes the east façade embodies the Spanish Pueblo
Revival character. It has the historic elements with the river rock wall integrated with the
upper stucco walls. Staff differs from the HCPI author's opinion. She said as mentioned,
the south elevation has features on the elevation that the Board may call out as worthy of
preservation without the façade being designated as primary.
APPLICANT PRESENTATION
Dale Zinn, PO Box 756, Santa Fe. He said he agrees for the most part with staff’s
recommendation. The property is incredible, and the Trustees are the Caldwell's. Jimmy
Caldwell put this together. He and his wife Betty lived in the house and recently
relinquished control to the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, who sold it. Their intent is to
keep this faithful to the history of the property and never relinquish the property again.
The tall brick building was built by the Cartwright family. The property is sandwiched
between two State buildings. The Supreme Court and Legislature wanted the property,
but the family saved the building.

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Mr. Zinn said on the facades, he agrees with the west, north, and east. The west
part of that building was converted to a bedroom. The garage door was retained and
opens to some windows. He also agrees the part of the garage facing south should
probably be designated but not the rest with the meters, etc. He thought the owners
would be acceptable to the designation and noted they were monitoring on Zoom. The
other building is unique and was a combination doll and gun space with a unique studio.
They also agree with designating the west façade. On the walls, he agrees with the north
walls all the way down, facing the river, and the east wall in front of the State Land Office.
The yard walls #5 and #6, between the casita and studio show evidence of a lot of things.
Their intent is to keep that wall. Now that the owners will occupy the compound, they will
open up the east garden for a visual connection from the courtyard. He said they will
probably ask permission for the wall to be possibly a lower height.
He said he would first like the designation. He wants to discuss the portion that is
not identified by a number from the buttress to the property line on the south side in the
southwest corner. There are some historic aspects of that wall as well and he would like
the entire wall on the south side to be designated. However, it is not before the Board.
He wants the record to show that the wall has significance in terms of context for the
entire property of 129 and 127. He said that was important because someone may want
to modify the wall.
Chair Rios referenced John Eddy's comments. She said it is very important to
have public input and she agreed two minutes is not too long.
PUBLIC HEARING
Ms. Lamboy indicated there were no hands raised on Zoom.
There were no public comments.
BOARD DISCUSSION
Member Guida said status cases should not take this much time. The Board
should have a clear façade map and diagram of the property. They should have an
executive summary of what the HCPI states, and little else. Especially when the
information is being augmented by a Board field trip.
Chair Rios said in reference to time, the Board is not here to rush things. They are
here to review a project. She said we have to get all of the facts and understand what
they are looking at. Not all of them are architects, understand or recognize certain things
on a property. She said they are here to ask questions and clarify. The Board wants to
see after they have made a decision, and something is built that they asked the right

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questions. She said she appreciates wanting to move quickly but disagrees about going
quickly on everything. As a review board they need to take their time.
Member Guida said respectfully, the comments he made pertain to staff's use of
the Board and the public's time. Because the case load is short tonight, it should not be
the case that we extend each case. In general, we as a board have discussed that status
cases should take relatively less time. He said these are points he was making. Not that
they should rush the applicants or the public, or Board discussion. They should receive
information presented in a clear way so they can expedite discussion and input from the
public in a reasonable amount of time. He said that was his point.
Chair Rios said she thought sometimes when things are complicated, in this case
the walls, there is more need to clarify everything. They need to be sure they have
everything in the proper order to make the proper motion.
MOTION: In Case 2022-005473-HDRB. 127 and 127 ½ E. De Vargas St., Member
Guida moved to designate both structures as contributing, with the following
building facades as primary: on the studio building the west façade; on the
main building, the west, north and east façade; and to designate the yard
wall on the north property edge and along the far east property edge of the
building, as contributing. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Katz with
a friendly amendment to add as primary the west portion of the south
façade, the brick portion of the original garage.
Member Guida accepted that as a friendly amendment.
Member Bienvenu said the staff report pointed out that the north primary
façade of the main house record specifically reflects that designation
include the wall-mounted sign stating Cider Press, as well as the murals.
Member Guida that accepted as friendly.
Chair Rios said Mr. Zinn indicated the south side wall has significance. She
asked if Member Guida wanted to add that to the motion.
Member Guida said the applicant read that into the record and it is not part
of this property.
VOTE: The motion passed by unanimous (4-0) roll call vote with Members
Biedscheid, Bienvenu, Guida, and Katz voting in favor and none voting
against.

City of Santa Fe
Land Use Department
200 Lincoln Ave.
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0909
PROJECT DESC: Historic Status Designation and Primary Facade designation for Main House, Storage building
and Yard Walls
LOCATION: 127 E DE VARGAS ST
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Historic Status ReviewPROJECT TYPE:
CASE NUMBER: 2022-005472--HDRB
DALE F ZINNApplicantCONTACTS: P.O BOX. 756
SANTA FE , NM 87504
Betty CaldwellProperty Owner 129 E. Devargas Units 1, 2, and 3
Santa Fe, NM 87501
This is to certify that the Historic Districts Review Board (HDRB) acted on your request at their hearing on
Jul 26, 2022. The decision of the Board was to designate the studio building contributing with the west façade and
the west portion of the south façade specifically the brick portion of the original garage as primary, designate the
main building contributing with the west, east, and north facades including the wall-mounted sign stating, “Cider
Press”, and the murals, and to designate the yard wall on the north property edge and along the far east property
edge of the building, as contributing.
For further information please call 505-955-6605.
BOARD ACTION
Angela Bordegaray
Sincerely,
NOTE: Applicant can use this action letter to apply for construction permit, but the permit shall not be released until the end of the appeal period which starts
on the date of filing of the Findings and Conclusions in the City Clerk’s office (SFCC 14-3.17(D)). Your permit will be denied if any changes on plans that were
not approved by the HDRB or if conditions of approval are not met. Please attach copies of this letter to all sets when submitting for construction permits.
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DATE: July 26, 2022
TO: Historic Districts Review Board Members
FROM:
Angela Schackel Bordegaray Senior Planner, Historic Preservation
Division
Case # 2022-005473-HDRB Address: 127 and 127 ½ E. DeVargas Street
Historic Status: Non-contributing – Main building
and studio; Non-statused - Yard walls
Historic District: Downtown and Eastside
REFERENCE ATTACHMENTS (Sequentially):
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the historic status of the main house (“Cider Press”), inclusive of its north
elevation wall-mounted “Cider Press” sign and faded murals, and the studio be designated
contributing, per 14-5.2(C) Designation of Significant and Contributing Structures.
Staff also recommends that the following yard walls be designated contributing: Wall #1 along
the entire north elevation, Wall #2, along the entire east elevation, and interior walls that run
north/south inside the property (walls #5 and #6) connecting the studio to the Cider Press.
CITY SUBMITTALS
District Standards & yard wall
& fence standards.
X Historic Inventory Forms
N/A Zoning Review Sheet
APPLICANT SUBMITTALS
X Proposal Letter
X Site Plan/Floor Plan
X Elevations
X Photographs

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With respect to primary façade designations, staff recommends facades #1 north, #2 west, and
#3 east elevations of the Cider Press building be designated primary facades and that the
studio’s #1 west elevation be designated its primary façade.
BACKGROUND & SUMMARY:
127 and 127 ½ E. DeVargas Street is a .25-acre property in the Downtown and Eastside Historic
District with two main buildings, one known as the “Cider Press,” the other is a studio/storage
building. Both structures currently are designated non-contributing. The property and buildings
are surrounded by various types and heights of yard walls and fences. The yard walls and fences
are non-statused.
The main house, known as the “Cider Press,” was built as a one-bay garage in 1910. The owner
added two adobe rooms and converted it into an apartment in the 1950s. Per the recent
applicant-commissioned Historic Cultural Properties Inventory form (HCPI), the former garage
was a square brick building “laid in an English pattern of alternating courses of headers and
stretchers. Its north, south, and west walls are topped with a high parapet, obscuring a wire-
glass skylight. Capping the walls is a simple coping made of a course of rowlock bricks, topped
with another row of headers. This construction is exposed along the west and south
elevations.” The Cider Press building style currently can be described as Spanish-Pueblo Revival
Style with it flat roof and parapets, still topped with brick coping on its north, south, and west
walls. The north façade has two projecting windows that were likely used for display when the
building worked as antique shop and art gallery. The larger unit is boxed and holds four six-light
casements. The smaller window has a single pane. The building overall features a combination
of windows, including paired casements, single-hung, fixed casements, and sliding. The west
elevation has a pair of swinging wood doors that now cover a bedroom window. The south
elevation has one opening holding an older 2/1 wood sash window. The north (river-facing)
elevation is stuccoed and has a few remaining paintings from the building’s use as an antique
shop.
The second building to the south of the Cider Press, the studio, was built in the 1960s as a
storage room. It is a rectangular, flat-roofed, stuccoed building with a portal in the Spanish-
Pueblo Revival Style. The north elevation has one window; there are no windows on the other
elevations. The building faces west toward the New Mexico Supreme Court’s parking lot.
There are several yard walls on the property that vary in height, mortar techniques, and
vintage. See attached numbered wall diagram and photographs. On the north side, a historic
rock wall, Wall #1, runs along the front of the Cider Press facing the Santa Fe River. The HCPI
suggests it includes “pieces of sandstone bearing fossils and other anomalies.” The northwest
corner portion of the rock wall appears to have been increased in height to about 5’ in or
around 1988.
On the west elevation, Wall #2, is approximately 5’ tall, 40’ linearly, and runs across the west
side of the Cider Press. It postdates 1988. Wall #3 is the stuccoed block wall attached to the

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west rock wall that runs east to connect with north studio wall. It is not historic. Wall #4 runs
along the entire east property line and is historic. Walls #5 and #6 form an interior low rock wall
that connects the Cider Press to Studio, running north-south. It has two segments. It is historic.
Wall #7 is the south property line that separates the Cider Press property from the property to
the south. Currently, there exists a tall wrought iron gate recently erected by the south
neighbor. Wall #8 is a low coyote fence that runs from the storage unit west toward the street.
It is not historic.
Both the Cider Press and studio currently are designated as non-contributing. The new HCPI
form includes additional information provided by the current owners. The applicant requests
historic status review and primary façade designation as applicable for three structures on the
property: the main house Cider Press, the studio, and the yard walls.
The “Cider Press Compound,” as the applicant refers to it, is a unique and curious group of
historic structures sandwiched between two public institutional buildings, sited on the river to
its north and a historically significant home to its south up a hill to East DeVargas Street
(erroneously identified as the “Roque Tudesqui” building-see HCPI). In addition to meeting the
historic preservation age threshold, the buildings and original low river rock walls continue to
project a historicity through historic material, styles, building site pattern, and scale as an early
20th century settlement of multiple uses in downtown Santa Fe. It is uniquely sandwiched
between public institutional buildings while continuing to function as a residence. The Cider
Press building's boxed windows, remaining “Cider Press” sign, and faded murals remain
character familiar to many generations of Santa Feans and visitors.

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FAÇADE DIAGRAM CIDER PRESS & STUDIO

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BUILDING FAÇADE DIAGRAM
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Yard Wall #1
Yard Wall #2
Yard Wall #3 Yard Wall #5

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Base Form (FORM 1)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
May 2, 2022
For HPD Office use only:
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic
District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
Parcel # 99310857
5. Property Type:
_x_Buildings: 2
_x_Structures:Walls, multiple
__ Site __ Object
6. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
7. Previous Survey Date(s):
_x_Yes: July 8,1993
__ No:
8. Name of Project:
HDRB status review
9. Lat/Long:
35.684265,-105.9394696
10. Photo Information: Robyn Powell, photographer. View of Cider Press (left) and Studio (right), facing northeast.
11. Brief Description of the Property:
A small 0.25-acre, roughly square-shaped property fronting the Santa Fe River and below the “Roque Tudesqui
House” is the subject of this form. The two buildings on the parcel are a c.1910 brick garage with additions
(later reworked into the Cider Press), and a c.1960s, mostly windowless storage building with a portal. The
property is no longer associated with the Tudesqui tract. It historically links with James “Jimmie” Caldwell, a
Texan and part-time Santa Fe resident who revamped the garage and erected the second building. The property
includes several stone walls, with the one fronting its north side the most significant
Continued on Page 5.
12. Who uses the property? Residence and storage
13. Construction Date:
Date: Cider Press, c.1910, with 1950s additions; Studio, 1960s
_ _Known _x_ Estimated Source: aerial photographs, newspaper accounts, city directories, property records
14. Setting:
__ Suburban __ Rural _x_ Village __ Urban If Urban: __ Commercial __ Industrial _x_ Residential __Public
15. Relationship to Surroundings: _x_ Similar __ Dissimilar
Comments: N/A

HCPI Base Form (FORM 1) (Continued from other side)
16. Additional Perspective: (Photos, drawing, footprint, etc., indicate north arrow when possible)
Source: Office of the Santa Fe County Assessor, 2022
17. Surveyor:
(your name, address,
telephone number, and any
group affiliation)
John W. Murphey
Architectural Historian
Architectural History Services
505-577-7593/707-583-7819
John@archhistoryservices.com
w/ Robyn Powell
For: Dale F. Zinn, Architect
18. Owner (if known) and
other knowledgeable people:
Owner: Betty R. Caldwell
Revocable Trust
19. Is Property Endangered? _x_ Unknown __ No __ Yes How?
20. Significance to Current Community: _x_ Unknown __ None __ Low __ Moderate __ High
Describe: Unknown
21. Other Significance or Information of Interest: (such as historical, legendary, structural, former ownership, etc.)
See Historical Overview.
22. National or State Register:
Is this property individually listed on a historic register? __ Unknown _x_ No __Yes
If yes: __ State __ National
If ‘no’ or unknown, do you think this property is eligible for listing? _x_ No __Yes
Why? See Evaluation of Historical Status.
23. National or State Historic District: City of Santa Fe
Is this property in a historic district? __ Unknown __ No _x_ Yes
If yes: __ Significant __ Contributing _x_ Non-contributing: Cider Press and Studio _x_ No Status: walls
Per City of Santa Fe official designation map: reviewed June 10, 2022.
If ‘yes’, what is the name of the district? __ State __ National _x_ City of Santa Fe:
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
24. Supplemental Forms:
__ None _x_ HCPI Detail Form (FORM 2) __ Continuation Sheets, # pages: _______________

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
6. Visible Construction Material:
_x_ Adobe _x Brick __ Composition __ Concrete: Block
__ Concrete: __Concrete: __ Earth __ Masonry:
Cast Stone Poured Plaster Simulated
__ Metal: __ Metal: __ Metal: __ Stone:
Corrugated Structural V-Crimp Random
Siding Ashlar
Stone:
_x_Random _xStone: __Stone: __ Stone: Tabular
Coursed River Rock Rusticated
_x_Stucco: __ Tile: __ Vinyl __ Wood: Board
Clay Siding and Batten
Wood:
__ Horizontal __ Wood: __ Wood: __ Wood: Shingle
Siding Jacal Log
__ Wood: Tongue and Groove __ Other:
7. Number of Stories: __ N/A
Number: _x_1 __11/2 __ 2
__ 21/2 Other:_________
8. Foundation: __ N/A
_x_ Not visible __ None
__ At Grade __ Raised
Materials: __ Concrete: _ Stone
Other:
Notes
9. Roof: __ N/A
Shape: _x_Flat __Gabled
__ Hipped __ Pyramidal
__ Shed Other:
Pitch: __ None __ Low
__ Medium __ Steep
Features: __ Eave:
_x_ Parapets
Materials: x Asphalt
__ Earth
__ Composition shingle __ Metal: Pressed
__ Composition Roll __ Metal: Corrugated
__ Metal: Standing Seam __ Metal: V- Crimp
__ Tile: Terra Cotta __ Wood: Shingle
Other:
10. Windows __ N/A
Operation Material Glazing Number
Casement:
paired
Wood 1 1
Casement:
paired
Wood 6 4
Combination:
casement &
fixed
Wood 6-1 1
Single-Hung Wood 2/1 1
Fixed Wood 1 1
Sliding Wood 1-1 1
11. Doors __ N/A
Type Style Material Number
Single-Leaf Plank Wood 1
Single-Leaf Plank w/Light Wood 1
Double Outswing Garage Wood 1
12. Chimneys
One: at wall, south elevation, Cider Press
13. Porches __ N/A
Type: __ Entry __Partial-Width _x_ Full-Width __ Wrap
14. Other Significant Features N/A
15. Modifications: x __ No known modifications
#1 Date:c.1950s; additions to garage and removal of frame add-on; Sanborn maps and aerial photographs
#2 Date: 1985; alterations to Cider Press; extent unknown; building permit
#3 Date: Post-1988; addition of multiple walls; property survey and aerial photographs

HCPI Detail Form (FORM 2) (Continued from other side)
16. Primary Architectural Style __ Not Applicable
__ Art Deco/Streamline Moderne __ Gothic Revival __ Mission Revival __ Pueblo _x_ Spanish-Pueblo Revival
__ Bungalow/Craftsman __ International __ Neo-Classical __ Queen Anne __ Territorial
__ Colonial Revival __ Italianate __ Northern NM __ Ranch __ Territorial Revival
__ Folk Victorian __ Mediterranean __ Prairie __ Spanish-Colonial __ Tudor Revival
Notes: Other: Vernacular
17. Documents Available and Their Locations
New Mexico Historic Preservation Division Historic Preservation Division
407 Galisteo Street, Suite 236 Land Use Department
Santa Fe, NM 87501 City of Santa Fe
(505) 827-6320 200 Lincoln Avenue
Santa Fe, NM 87504
(505) 955-6605
S I T E:
18. Attached or Associated Properties
Are associated properties eligible for listing: No
19.Site Plan: Portion of 2021 boundary survey. Red lines added by author. Courtesy Sierra Land Surveying, Inc.

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The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Architectural Description Continued
Setting
The subject tract sits along the Santa Fe River, fronting a linear park constructed by the
Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1940 and revamped by the state in the
1950s (Photo 1 & 2). The park’s walkway, passing right in front of the property, inspired
Caldwell to convert an old garage into a commercial venture.
The 1964 addition to the New Mexico Supreme Court Building, designed by W. C. Kruger
& Associates, forms the west view. On the east is the parking lot of the State Land Office
Building (1960), designed by the same firm. South and up a slope is the “Roque Tudesqui
House.” The two study buildings sit on sandy, level land enclosed by low stone walls.
Cider Press1
Garage
At roughly 1,083 square feet, the riverside building was constructed in c.1910 as a one-
car garage. Its then owner, Samuel G. Cartwright, was one of the first in Santa Fe to own
an automobile. He promoted good roads as the president of the Santa Fe Chamber of
Commerce. Two adobe rooms were added to the building by Caldwell in the c.1950s to
create an apartment.
The garage, roughly a square, is constructed of brick laid in an English pattern of
alternating courses of headers and stretchers. Its north, south, and west walls are
topped with a high parapet, obscuring a wire-glass skylight. Capping the walls is a simple
coping made of a course of rowlock bricks, topped with another row of headers. This
construction is exposed along the west and south elevations (Photos 3 & 4).
Historically, a pair of swinging wood doors on the west side opened to admit an
automobile (Photo 4). Currently, they cover a bedroom window. The south elevation has
one opening holding an older 2/1 wood sash window (Photo 3). A segmental brick
header and sill frame the opening. The north (river-facing) elevation is faced with
stucco, with a few relict paintings from the building’s use as an antique shop (Photo 7).
1 Current owner refers to this structure as the “Casita.”

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Addition
Attached to the garage’s east wall are two small adobe rooms, constructed in the 1950s
for Caldwell’s gardener. The telescoping appendage has the appearance of antiquity,
with its sculptural shape, rounded parapets, and rustic vigas (Photo 5). But from
Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, it didn’t exist before 1948 (Figure 3). The south elevation
opens to a flagstone patio and contains a small window and the entry, which holds a
wood plank door.
Its east side sits on a low stone wall (Photo 6). It includes one opening holding a
combination casement and fixed unit. The main façade, facing the park walkway, also
has a river stone base. This public façade has two projecting windows that — judging by
their design — were likely used for display when the building worked as antique shop
and art gallery (Photo 7). The larger unit is boxed, and holds four six-light casements.
The smaller window has a single pane. The larger window appears on a 1973 aerial
photograph (Figure 6).
The building currently contains an apartment consisting of a bedroom, living room,
kitchen/dining area, and bathroom.
Studio
Situated behind the Cider Press building, to the south, is a rectangular, flat-roof
structure called the Studio (Photo 8). Constructed after 1958, the rectangular-plan
building is arranged on a roughly east-west axis (Figures 4 & 5). At 682 square feet, it
encloses a single room once used to house a gun and doll collection.
The building faces west onto a parking court, with a minimal façade consisting of a
single, centered opening fitted with a diagonal board door. Sheltering this is a heavy-
looking portal. The structure rests on a continuous beam supported by end posts. Across
its parapet are ghost markings of removed vigas. Its floor is made of poured concrete.
The north elevation has one window (Photo 9); the remaining elevations are without
openings (Photo 10). The south elevation ties into a low stone wall. The Studio is
finished with smooth cementitious stucco in the buckskin tone.

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Walls
Stone walls of various heights, mortar techniques, and vintages border the parcel on all
four sides. All of the walls are made of river stone or rubble, arranged in irregular
courses.
The roughly 40’ long wall forming the west side of the Cider Press postdates 1988
(Photo 11). The stuccoed block wall edging the north side of the Studio additionally
postdates 1988 (Photo 8). The east wall connecting the Studio to the Cider Press is older
but likely postdates 1958 (Photo 10) (Figure 4). The stone wall at the northwest corner
of the property is shown on a 1958 aerial, but appears to have been increased in height
(Photo 12).
Of the most interest are sections of stone walls running along the north edge of the
1950’s Cider Press addition.2 These disparate sections maintain a roughly 5’ height
(Photo 7). They include pieces of sandstone bearing fossils and other anomalies,
suggesting older construction.
Historical Overview
Introduction
As documented by local historian Corinne Sze in a report prepared in 1998 for the
Historic Santa Fe Foundation, the supposed “Roque Tudesqui House,” comprising 129-
135 East De Vargas Street, is a myth-made attribution, disguising a complicated history
of land transactions. The buildings under study have nothing to do with Tudesqui and
are not even part of his posthumously named home. Instead, they are the handiwork of
a Texan, James “Jimmie” Caldwell, who, in the 1950s, turned an old brick garage into a
residence for his gardener and later an antique shop (the Cider Press). Nearby, he
erected a building (the Studio) to jointly hold his gun collection and a collection of dolls
held by his love interest, Lois Kennedy.
2 The stone walls may have predated the addition.

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Area Overview – Barrio Analco
The buildings, with a more of a river than street orientation, stand at the bottom of a
residential lot that was once almost a separate city, historically comprised of homes of
enslaved and allied Mexican Indians.
Typical of Mexican cities, Santa Fe, in its colonial period, had a separate neighborhood
— a barrio — for its servants. Identified on Urrutia’s 1766 map as Pueblo ó Barrío de
Analco, the string-like community south of the Santa Fe River was believed to have been
settled by Náhuatl-speaking Mexican Indian auxiliaries.
“Analco” itself is from the Náhuatl language, meaning “from the other side of the river.”
The specific ethnic makeup of Santa Fe’s Indian barrio is unknown but assumed to have
been indigenous allies originating near Mexico City.3
Puebla City, Mexico, had an earlier “barrio analco.” In that colonial city, a priest had
segregated Indians to a barrio with a separate parish church.4 Similar Indian barrios,
each with the name “analco,” were established in Guadalajara, Zacatecas, Durango, and
Oaxaca. In Santa Fe, the barrio was one of the city’s most unique features, and it
became the target of both preservation and destruction. For the most part, it has been
erased.
The best record of Santa Fe’s Barrio de Analco comes from Alonso de Benavides, a
Portuguese Franciscan missionary who visited the villa in the 1620s. Benavides
estimated Santa Fe’s population at 1,000, composed of 300 Spanish and Mestizo people,
with 700 Indians “in their service.”5
Benavides went on to describe a tribute system, in which Indians paid each house a
manta or blanket of cotton cloth and a fanega of corn every year, with which the “needy
Spaniards sustain themselves.”6 The missionary observed that the Spanish used “great
3 Enrique R. Lamadrid, “Tlaxcalans in New Mexico: Fading Traces, Contested Legacies,” New Mexico
Historical Review (Vol. 91, No. 2, Spring 2016), 150.
4 Norma Leticia Ramírez Rosete, Nilsen Pamela Arana Somuhano, and María Lourdes Guevara Romero,
“Participative Management Model for Humanize the Public Spaces: Analco Neighborhood, Historical
Center of Puebla, Mexico,” Bitacora Urbano Territorial (Vol. 29, No. 1, April 2019), 45.
5 Alonso de Benavides, Translated by Emma Augusta Ayers, The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides,
1630 (1916; reis., Albuquerque: Horn and Wallace, 1965), 23.
6 Ibid., 22.

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rigors” to keep the Indians in line. The barrio had its parish church — the present
reconstructed San Miguel Chapel — and a ministry for the sick and needy.
A Steady Turnover
Following American Conquest, the area attracted foreign traders and others who found
a built environment of homes and fertile fields, ready to improve. Roque Tudesqui, an
Italian-born jeweler, watchmaker, and pawnbroker, acquired the subject property
before the Americans arrived.7 He quickly sold it to Juan Nepomuceno López and his
wife, María Rita Sandoval, who had other properties in the barrio.8
They held on to it for about ten years and sold it in 1851, leading to a steady turnover of
owners, including investors in the Exchange Hotel (future La Fonda). The property
continued to change hands — acquired and sold by an assortment of Anglos and
Hispanics.
In 1895, one of the investors, William L. Jones, sold the land to Bertha L. Cartwright, wife
of Samuel Cartwright.
Cartwright, an Iowa native, was the half-owner of Cartwright and Brothers, a successful
wholesale grocery business. He made the first improvement to the subject property
with a brick, one-bay garage constructed between 1908 and 1913, and likely in 1910
when newspaper accounts reported he owned one of the first automobiles in Santa Fe
(Figures 1 & 2). At the time of his death in 1923, the house had grown to nine rooms,
including two bathrooms, and been updated with modern conveniences: a tin bathtub,
electric lights, and the brick garage.9
The 1920 federal census, recorded three years before his death, documented the
home’s occupants. The household included Samuel and his brother and business
partner, Hiram B. Cartwright, three of Samuel’s children, ranging in age from 21 to 27, a
daughter-in-law, a grandchild, and a 28-year-old “servant,” Julia Vigil.10
7 Corinne P. Sze, “History of the ‘Roque Tudesqui’ House, 131 and 135 East De Vargas Street, Santa Fe,
New Mexico,” Prepared for the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, 1998, 1.
8 Ibid., 7.
9 Ibid., 8.
10 United States Census, 1920, Census Place: Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Roll: T625_1080; Page: 18A;
Enumeration District: 127.

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James and Elizabeth Caldwell
In 1939, Bertha Cartwright deeded the property to James Caldwell, a Texas native.
Caldwell would have the most impact on the subject parcel and two its buildings.
James Alonzo Caldwell, Jr., was born on July 21, 1894, in San Angelo, Texas, a railroad
transportation hub along the Concho River in the western part of the state.11 His father,
James Alonzo, Sr., and mother, Alice Shearin, were both of Kentucky background and
likely represented the mid-19th century settlement of Texas by Southerners. His father,
as a farmhand, moved the family around West Texas.
His son was ambitious and, in 1912, was selected as a second alternative to attend the
United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.12 Ultimately not selected, he
started to race and sell motorcycles — remembered by the family as Harley-Davidsons
— in Amarillo. Based on newspaper advertisements, he probably hawked Indian
motorcycles for the Amarillo Motorcycle Company, owned by T. M. Caldwell, a probable
relation.13
By the 1920s, Caldwell had moved on to selling tractors and implements. One family
story holds that Caldwell sold a load of tractors to Pancho Villa.14 A Spanish-language
biography of Villa confirms the story, saying that as a representative of the Kibbe Tractor
and Implement Company, Amarillo, Caldwell had sold the former revolutionary ten
heavy-duty tractors.15 In April 1992, Caldwell journeyed t to Villa’s farm, Hacienda de la
Limpia Concepción de Canutillo, to train his laborers and sharecroppers.
With this adventure over, Caldwell returned to Amarillo, put his motorcycle up for
auction16, and in 1923 married Mary Elizabeth Laird, a Dallas native. The couple lived in
Dallas, where James worked as a salesman for the Dorsey Company, a printing company
11 Biographical information on Caldwell was drawn from various sources, including public records, census
enumerations, newspaper accounts, and contextual secondary sources.
12 “Annapolis Appointments,” Fort Worth Record and Register, August 16, 1912, 2.
13 The 1920 census recorded Caldwell living his uncle, L. Degenhardt, a German descendant who sold
motorcycles; United States Federal Census, Year, 1920, Census Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas; Roll:
T625_1837; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 203.
14 Sze, “History of the ‘Roque Tudesqui’ House,” 9.
15 Paco Ignacio Taibo, III, Pancho Villa: Una Biografí a Narrativa (Ciudad de México, Planeta, 2006), 777.
16 “Public Auction Sale,” Amarillo Daily, April 12, 1922, 2. Auctioned occurred May 5-6, 1922.

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specializing in government work. Established in 1884 as the Dorsey Company Stationers,
it was one of the largest printing businesses in Texas.
While still living in Dallas, where he would maintain a home until his death, Caldwell
purchased the Santa Fe riverfront property. Based on a Sanborn map, at some point
before 1948 he added a small frame dwelling to the south of the garage (Figure 3).
Before moving to Santa Fe, Caldwell had split the old Cartwright home into three
apartments.
As captured in the 1950 census, James, then going by “Jimmie,” 55, lived in Apartment
#2, and in Apartment #3 lived his longtime mistress, Lois Kennedy, 32. Kennedy was a
stenographer, originally from Putman, Texas.17
In Santa Fe, Caldwell continued to work for the Dorsey Company, representing a sales
territory stretching from Texas to New Mexico. In 1956 in an attempt to gain local
clients, he hosted an evening soiree at La Fonda for the New Mexico Association of
County Officials, plying more than 200 guests with cocktails and live music.18
A Riverside Store
In the early 1950s, Caldwell converted the old Cartwright garage into a small
commercial venture. Before that, he had added two adobe, cell-like additions to its east
end as quarters for his gardener, Juanito.19
Through the work of the CCC in the 1930s, the downtown stretch of the Santa Fe River
had developed into a linear urban state park — potentially the first of its type in the
West. While no San Antonio River Walk, the paths on both sides of the river drew both
locals and tourists. It was only natural that the former garage, fronting directly on the
south walkway, would be seen as an asset. In 1946, Caldwell filed a quit claim to get
back the land that had been donated in 1934 to create the park walkway.20
17 United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United
States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29;
Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Roll: 3578; Sheet Number: 2;
Enumeration District: 26-22.
18 “Caldwell Fetes County Officers,” Santa Fe New Mexican, May 29, 1956, 3.
19 Sze, “History of the ‘Roque Tudesqui’ House,” 9.
20 “Caldwell Claim Studied by AG,” Santa Fe New Mexican, May 4, 1946, 1.

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From the newspaper advertisements, the Cider Press, as it would be called, opened in
the summer of 1952. Advertised as “On the River,” the small shop sold antiques: china,
lamps, old glass, and iron and copper wares.21 Informally going by Lois’ Antiques, it was
run by Lois Kennedy. Jointly, they operated the Cider Press for 18 years. The shop had a
vague seasonal schedule and at times met controversy for flying the Texas state flag.22
Based on aerial photographs and family memory, Caldwell added what is called today
the Studio, south of the antique shop, in the 1950s. The small building was designed as a
museum for his antique gun collections and Lois’ vintage dolls.
After retiring in 1967, Caldwell moved to Santa Fe, living there on a more regular basis.
He closed the Cider Press and put it up for sale. He only lived in the De Vargas Street
apartment for two years before his death in 1969.
The riverside store continued to operate, now as the Cider Press Antiques. Running the
business were Jack and Helen Bennett. Jack Bennett, a Kansas native, had once played
for the New York Yankees farm team.23 In the mid-1970s, the store expanded, taking on
a new role as an art gallery.
It went by the hyphenated name, Gene Pacheco-Cider Press Gallery, reflecting its dual
use as an art gallery for Santa Fe painter Gene Pacheco. Pacheco used the space as both
his studio and gallery.24
Remodeled in 1985, the Cider Press continued operating until the late 1980s, when Jack
Bennett retired. For years after, the building sat idle, with its mural of a cider press
worker slowly fading.
1964, Jimmie Caldwell deeded the property to his daughter Betty Caldwell. Born in
Dallas in 1931, Betty Ruth Caldwell graduated from Louisiana State University as a
French major and later attended the University of Grenoble (Université Grenoble Alpes)
under a Fulbright scholarship. She taught French in New Orleans at Loyola University
and St. Mary’s Dominican College. In New Orleans, she met Norma Kearby, a doctor. The
life partners were married in 2004.
21 Advertisement, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 27, 1952, 8.
22 “New Mexico is Not Under Texas Flag,” Santa Fe New Mexican, November 5, 1958, 10.
23 “Jack Bennett,” Santa Fe New Mexican, June 6, 1996, B-3.
24 “Gene Pacheco,” Santa Fe New Mexican, November 12, 1996, B-2.

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Betty Caldwell managed the property until her death in 2014. During this period, the
lower half of the property (Tract B), containing the Cider Press and Studio, was
separated from the upper half (Tract A), comprising the old “Roque Tudesqui House.”
Tract B is currently under the ownership of the Betty R. Caldwell Revocable Trust.
Evaluation of Historical Status
At over 50 years of age, both the Cider Press and Studio meet the minimum threshold
for Contributing Structure status.
The Cider Press holds additional significance as an example of an early garage converted
to commercial use. With its whimsical façade, the business was a mainstay along the
Santa Fe River parkway for nearly 50 years. Its addition, on the south elevation,
communicates admirable elements of the Pueblo Revival style. The Studio is not much
of a building, consisting of a rigid stuccoed box with two openings — still, it associates
with Caldwell’s modification of the property. The collection of walls varies in age and
craftsmanship. The presumed oldest section, fronting the Cider Press addition, has the
most significance.
Following this reasoning, the Cider Press is recommended for an upgrade in status to
Contributing Structure. Its north, west, and south elevations are suggested as primary
facades in that they communicate either architectural interest or historical association.
The Studio is additionally recommended for Contributing Structure status, with its west
elevation – its only façade – suggested as primary.
The stone wall framing the north side of the Cider Press addition is also recommended
for Contributing Structure status.

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Illustrations
Figure 1: 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.
No buildings indicated.

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Figure 2: 1912 N. L. King, “Map of the City of Santa Fe.”
No buildings indicated.

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Figure 3: 1930/1948 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map.
Garage with frame addition.

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Figure 4: November 10, 1958, aerial photograph.
Cider Press with additions; Studio not present.

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Figure 5: February 2, 1968 aerial photograph.
Cider Press and Studio circled.

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Figure 6: May 11, 1973, aerial photograph.
Close view of Cider Press and Studio.

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4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Survey Photographs
(All images taken by Robyn Powell on, May 27, 2022, unless otherwise noted)
Photo 1: View of property from Alameda.
Camera facing southeast.
Photo 2: View of property from state park.
Camera facing southeast.

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Photo 3: View of Cider Press, south elevation, original garage portion.
Camera facing north.
Photo 4: View of Cider Press, west and south elevations, original garage portion.
Camera facing northeast.

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Photo 5: Cider Press, south elevation, c.1950s addition.
Camera facing north.
Photo 6: Cider Press, east elevation, c.1950s addition.
Camera facing west.

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Photo 7: Cider Press, north elevation, full façade.
Camera facing southwest.
Photo 8: Studio, west (front) elevation.
Camera facing east.

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Photo 9: Studio, north elevation
Camera facing southeast.
Photo 10: Studio, south and east elevations.
Camera facing southwest.

Historic Cultural Properties Inventory (HCPI) Detail Form (FORM 2)
Historic Preservation Division, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
For HPD Office use only: Please complete HCPI FORM 1 before completing FORM 2
HCPI No.__________ District No.________ ___NRHP ___SRCP Criteria __A __B __C __D
1. Name of property:
Caldwell Property
The Cider Press and Studio
2. Location:
127 and 127½ East De Vargas Street
Downtown and Eastside Historic District
3. Local Reference Number:
Santa Fe ID #: H-1583-1
4. County: Santa Fe
5. Date of Survey: May 27, 2022
Photo 11: Post-1988 stone wall in front of Cider Press.
Camera facing east.
Photo 12: Potentially older stone wall at northwest corner.
Camera facing south.