Kit Carson House
The Kit Carson House is a historic house museum at 113 Kit Carson Road in central Taos, New Mexico. Built in 1825, it was from 1843 until his death the home of frontiersman Kit Carson.Photo: Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 11:00 AM—4:00 PM and Sunday noon—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: Taos, New Mexico, NRHP-listed
- Also known as: “Kit Carson Historic Museum”
- Address: 113 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM 87571
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Taos Inn and Harwood Museum of Art.
Taos Inn
Photo: Mark Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taos Inn is an historic inn located in Taos, New Mexico. It is made up of several adobe houses dating from the 19th century, one of which was a home of Thomas "Doc" Martin which hosted the formative meeting of the Taos Society of Artists in 1915. Taos Inn is situated 420 feet north of Kit Carson House.
Harwood Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Harwood Museum of Art is located in Taos, New Mexico. Founded in 1923 by the Harwood Foundation, it is the second oldest art museum in New Mexico. Its collections include a wide range of Hispanic works and visual arts from the Taos Society of Artists, Taos Moderns, and contemporary artists. Harwood Museum of Art is situated 1,600 feet west of Kit Carson House.
Taos Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taos Art Museum is an art museum located in Taos, New Mexico in the Nicolai Fechin House. This was the home of Russian artist Nicolai Fechin, his wife Alexandra, and daughter Eya. Taos Art Museum is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Kit Carson House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taos and El Prado.
Taos
Photo: Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taos is a prominent town of 6,000 people in North Central New Mexico. While much more laid-back than Santa Fe, Taos has become a popular travel destination in its own right, noted for its art colony, its New Age community, excellent skiing, and Taos Pueblo, a photogenic American Indian community that is open to visitors under controlled conditions.
El Prado
Hamlet
El Prado is an unincorporated suburb and census designated place on the north side of Taos, in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is generally bounded on the south by the town of Taos, to the east by Taos Pueblo lands, to the north by Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Hondo, and to the west by the Rio Grande Gorge. El Prado is situated 2 miles north of Kit Carson House.
Taos Pueblo
Village
Taos Pueblo is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, just north of Taos. The population was 1,264 at the 2000 census. Taos Pueblo is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kit Carson House.
Kit Carson House
- Categories: house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.40704° or 36° 24′ 25″ northLongitude
-105.57224° or 105° 34′ 20″ westElevation
6,969 feet (2,124 metres)Open location code
858PCC4H+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 366378507OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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- French: “Kit Carson House”
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