Roque Tudesqui House - Historic Santa Fe Foundation

The original one-bedroom house was designed around a windowless,
interior concrete room with steel doors which served as a fireproof
storage place for wood blocks, prints, and valuable papers. Across
the back ofthe house was a long, rectangular studio with the large, northfacing
windows favored by artists for cool, even light. In 1925, Baumann
married Jane Devereux Henderson of Denver. After their marriage, they
built a detached studio behind the house and his original studio became
the family living room. Shortly after the birth of their daughter Ann in 1927,
the Baumanns added a second bedroom and a screened porch on the
east side ofthe house.
The Baumann family
home
Early this year, two Board members of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation,
Dana Evans and Sally Hyer, visited the Baumann house to talk
about the residence with it present owner, Anne Albrink. A transcript of
some of their conversation follows.
HSFF: What's it like, living in a historic house?
Anne: At first, twenty-some years ago, there were federal credits
available to keep the place repaired. But now, there's nothing available,
as far as I know, to help keep a historic house historic. So, part of
what living in a historic house is about is the fear that unfortunately you
can't freeze all the molecules and have the house stay the same forever.
It's just made of flesh and blood, or at least adobe, and it will be decomposing
and needing attention. It's a very expensive hobby.
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