Tool Shed
by Charles Muhle
Title
Tool Shed
Artist
Charles Muhle
Medium
Photograph - Giclees: Rag Paper And Canvas
Description
The tool shed at the Martinez Hacienda in Taos Northern New Mexico. Log and Adobe mud construction ---------------- Don Antonio Severino Martinez, also known as Severino Martinez, bought the property about 2 miles southwest of the Taos Plaza in 1804, after relocating his family from Abiquiu to Taos that year. At first the building was a four room dwelling and then it grew as Martinez became more successful. It was made of thick adobe walls, without exterior windows. The hacienda had 2 inner courtyards, or placitas, around which a total of 21 rooms were built. It was constructed as a fortress for protection against attacks by Plains tribes, such as Comanche and Apache raiders. When there was a threat of violence, the livestock were brought into the courtyards of the hacienda for safety
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March 4th, 2016
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