Vigil Torreon House Historic Site
Vigil Torreon House Historic Site is a building in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 2,124 metres. Vigil Torreon House Historic Site is situated nearby to the museum Kit Carson House, as well as near Taos Inn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kit Carson House and Taos Inn.
Kit Carson House
Museum
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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.
Taos Inn
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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 150 metres northeast of Vigil Torreon House Historic Site.
Harwood Museum of Art
Museum
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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 420 metres southwest of Vigil Torreon House Historic Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taos and El Prado.
Taos
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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 3 km north of Vigil Torreon House Historic Site.
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 4½ km northeast of Vigil Torreon House Historic Site.
Vigil Torreon House Historic Site
- Type: Building
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.40725° or 36° 24′ 26″ northLongitude
-105.57307° or 105° 34′ 23″ westElevation
2,124 metres (6,969 feet)Open location code
858PCC4G+WQGeoNames ID
5496717
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