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The Donaciano Vigil House is an adobe house built in 1832 in
Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , literal translation, lit. "Holy Faith") is the capital city, capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County. With over 89,000 residents, Santa Fe is the List of municipalities in New Mexico, fourt ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1972. It was home of
Donaciano Vigil Donaciano Vigil (1802-1877) was an American politician who served as the second governor of the New Mexico Territory. Born a subject of the Spanish Crown in Santa Fe to Nuevomexicanos parents, he served in the militias during Mexican rule in New ...
, the first Hispanic governor of New Mexico under US rule. It was a very active site of civil and political activity. Vigil lived in the property with his large family. The Donaciano Vigil House is a single-story adobe structure with a large interior patio. It is constructed in
Territorial style Territorial Style was an architectural style of building developed and used in Santa Fe de Nuevo México, popularized after the founding of Albuquerque in 1706. Reintroduced during the New Mexico Territory from the time of the Mexican and American ...
. A restoration of the house began in 1959. with


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Fe County, New Mexico __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Fe County ...


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Buildings and structures in Santa Fe, New Mexico Houses completed in 1832 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico Adobe buildings and structures in New Mexico Mexican-American culture in New Mexico Spanish-American culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico Houses in Santa Fe County, New Mexico National Register of Historic Places in Santa Fe, New Mexico Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Mexico {{NewMexico-NRHP-stub