Roque Tudesqui House - Historic Santa Fe Foundation

Foundation decided that retained ownership was essential to the preservation
of the property and has maintained its residential use by renting it to
private tenants.
In 1994, a major rehabilitation of the property was undertaken
under the direction ofHSFF board member Donna Quasthoff,AIA. Work
included electrical upgrading, fireplace rehabilitation, exterior stucco repair,
interior and exterior painting, kitchen and bathroom upgrades, and
various miscellaneous repairs such as rebuilding the window unit on the
east wall to the right ofthe
front door.
Although the Barrio de Anal co has been compromised by encroachments
of state government and by changes wrought during the federal
Urban Renewal program, this portion of De Vargas Street retains its
Hispanic residential character with
houses lying close to a narrow,
curved street that leads to the
Chapel of San Miguel, where a
mission church has served the barrio
since early Spanish-Colonial
times.
Exact construction
dates
are generally not ascertainable
Santa Fe structures
for
of this age. In
the "Tudesqui" House, varying
window treatments, wall widths,
floor levels, and other anomalies
suggest a degree of change over
the years consistent
with its long
history and many owners. Today
the house retains the nineteenthcentury
appearance
of a Hispanic
Marjorie Allen July 1978
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