Mom's Day Tour
Santa Fe organization grounded in historical preservation has a special Mother’s Day treat
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| BRENNA MOORE/The Free Press |
| Historic Santa Fe Foundation office manager Nick Rugen leads the way to the entrance of the historic Donaciano Vigil house. The property is one of five that will be featured during HSFF's Annual Mother's Day Tour. |
By Brenna Moore/The Free Press
Mother’s Day is often celebrated by gathering up the members within one’s family and spending some much needed quality time together, and one way to accomplish this is by taking part in the Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s Annual Mother’s Day House Tour.
The tour is also fitting for the month of May in its observance of Historic Preservation Month.
This year’s house tour will feature five properties, three of which are located within the Barrio de Analco, one of Santa Fe’s oldest and most historic neighborhoods.
“There are a lot of folks that are interested in the history (of the houses,) in the architecture (of the houses),” said HSFF office manager Nick Rugen.
Many of these houses are open to the public only during this tour. Kids with their mothers, members, tourists and locals show up for the event, often to see the historical properties that, if it weren’t for the tour, they would not be able to see otherwise, said HSFF Executive Director Elaine Bergman.
HSSF was founded in 1961, and the annual tour has been going on since the late sixties. And while the tour hasn’t been held always on Mother’s Day, the date was chosen for the tour within the last few years and the foundation has found it to be just right.
“We found (Mother’s Day) to be perfect for the time of year, the climate … and it was a kind of charming time to do it,” Bergman said.
The tour will take place on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets will be available for a $5 donation at any of the featured locations, at which maps and information on the properties also will be available.
Docents, mainly HSFF board members, will also be stationed at each location. Participants may begin the tour at any of the properties and continue in any order they choose. The houses also are within close proximity of one another, so the entire tour can be completed on foot.
Rugen also offered one safety tip: to walk safely to Canyon Road from De Vargas Street, take the Brothers Lane bridge to Alameda, walk east to Peralta, then south to Canyon Road.
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