John Gaw Meem at Acoma
Subtitle: the restoration of San Esteban del Rey mission
By: Kate Wingert-Playdon
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826352095; 9780826352118
Subjects: ARCHITECTURE / Historic Preservation / General; Conservation and restoration; San Estevan del Rey Mission Church (Acoma, N.M.); ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious; Spanish mission buildings; ARCHITECTURE / Regional; Adobe churches
Description: " Built by Spanish Franciscan missionaries in the seventeenth century, the magnificent mission church at Acoma Pueblo in west-central New Mexico is the oldest and largest intact adobe structure in North America. But in the 1920s, in danger of becoming a ruin, the building was restored in a cooperative effort among Acoma Pueblo, which owned the structure, and other interested parties. Kate Wingert-Playdon's narrative of the restoration and the process behind it is the only detailed account of this milestone example of historic preservation, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role. "--

""A narrative of the restoration of the mission church at Acoma Pueblo and the process behind it, in which New Mexico's most famous architect, John Gaw Meem, played a major role"--Provided by publisher"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.