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Gutiérrez-Hubbell House News |
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Please join us this January 2024 for one of the several events we are offering or just visit the museum (see museum hours at the end of the newsletter).
All events take place at the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House—a Bernalillo County Open Space property, which is located in Albuquerque’s South Valley. The property consists of a historic 165-year-old adobe home on approximately 16 acres, which has a walking trail, orchard, historic acequia and working farm.
All events are free, donations to the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House Alliance are welcomed. |
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Speaker Event: Robert J. Tórrez, New Mexico’s Spanish and Mexican Land Grants: An Enduring Legacy—Saturday, January 13, 11am
Former New Mexico state historian Robert J. Tórrez will discuss one of New Mexico’s enduring legacies that the Spanish and Mexican governments left—the process by which these governments distributed land. The success of this land grant system can be measured by the fact that most New Mexico communities established before 1860 are based on such land grants and many descendants of New Mexico’s early pioneers still live on the lands granted to their ancestors.
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Speaker Event: Joe Sabatini, History of the Albuquerque Indian School—Saturday, January 20, 11am
Joe Sabatini, volunteer at the Archives of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, will discuss the origins of the Albuquerque Indian School and changing federal Native education policies over the century the school was active. He will also discuss the history of the AIS property following the school’s closing in 1981. This part includes the deterioration of the campus, the creation of the Indian Pueblos Federal Development Corporation (IPFDC) and the development of agreements with the City of Albuquerque.
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Guided House Tour—Saturday, January 27, 11am
Discover why this Territorial-style 1850s adobe home is considered so architecturally significant and has both state and national historic recognition. Learn about some of the fascinating history of this very prominent bilingual, bicultural family and the connection they had to the El Camino Real. Tour given my Site Manager, David Ottaviano.
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Thank you to professors Eric Haskins & Francisco Uviña-Contreras and the UNM students of Alternative Materials and Construction for the rammed earth chair.
Rammed earth structures are constructed by ramming a mixture of selected aggregates, including gravel, sand, silt and a small amount of clay, into place between panels called formwork. In this case, portland cement was added to stabilize the mixture.
Look for the rammed earth chair along the Alameda facing towards the orchard.
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Gutiérrez-Hubbell House History & Cultural Center
6029 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105
Museum hours: Thursday—Saturday, 10am - 4pm
Tuesday & Wednesday by appointment only
Trails, grounds and parking open daily dawn-to-dusk.
Museum, parking, programs and grounds are ADA compliant.
Admission to the museum and most programs are FREE.
Call, text or email for more information or to request accommodation:
David Ottaviano, Site Manager
dottaviano@bernco.gov
505-350-5117
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