while rehabilitating the interior, which had fallen into disrepair. Some minor changes have
been made, but none that decrease the building's integrity. The present vigas have replaced
former rafters in the ceiling construction. The floor of the hallway has been cemented, but
the other rooms still have wood floors. Most of the doors are original, as is the hardware.
The simple painted altar was probably placed there by Lamy.
Mexico writer and tour guide Erna Fergusson, then a hostess in the lodge,
and artist Carlos Vierra. On July 29 of that year, Fergusson invited a friend,
Willa Cather, to the lodge a guest, partly to see the chapel that was being
"restored." Fergusson suggested that a visit from Cather, the author of Death
done, Fergusson wrote: "In the chapel, we have had Tesuque women to plaster; we shall
whitewash, repaint the woodwork and the altar and then consult the present archbishop as
to what further might be done."
chapel by Santa Fe artist
Theodore Van Soelen, also done
in 1928, shows the outside of the
chapel as it appears today. A small
double window was cut into the
east wall of the south room, and a
painted window took the place of
the former bricked-in doorway on
the east wall of the chapel itself.
calamities: Mrs. Thorpe was seri-
ously injured in an automobile
accident; Mr. Thorpe died; and the
to the trails and the desert, is unsurpassed anywhere."
box just south of North Lodge. The gentleman is perparing to hit
an 80 yard shot to the green below, where the pool is now located.