Casa del Gavilan
TheCasa del Gavilanis a historicbed and breakfastlocated six miles south ofCimarron, New Mexico.[1]The property is at the base ofUrraca Mesaand is surrounded by the property ofPhilmont Scout Ranch.[2][3]The bed and breakfast has six guest rooms. The Casa del Gavilan is also referred to as The Nairn Place due to its original owners.[4]
History
[edit]The Casa del Gavilan (House of the Hawk) is an adobe villa built in 1911 for Connecticut natives Jack and Gertrude Nairn,[5]who purchased the land in 1910 from George Webster. In the early 1940s the residence was used briefly as the headquarters of theUU Bar Ranch,then owned by Oklahoma oil magnateWaite Phillips.[6]
Today, the Casa del Gavilan is owned by the Gavilan Limited Liability Company, of which several members have ties with the adjacent Philmont Scout Ranch. The property was listed on the New Mexico Register of Cultural Properties and theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2017.[7]
References
[edit]- ^In New Mexico, the Un-Wild West (washingtonpost.com)
- ^Casa del Gavilan
- ^Desperado junction – The Denver Post
- ^Nairn Place
- ^Casa del Gavilan, a Cimarron Bed and Breakfast inspected and approved by the New Mexico Bed and Breakfast Association
- ^"Casa del Gavilan".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-07.Retrieved2010-12-14.
- ^"Weekly List - National Register of Historic Places Official Website--Part of the National Park Service".www.nps.gov.Retrieved2018-09-26.
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