1150 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501

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Building Details:

1150 Canyon Road, known as Manderfield Elementary School, was originally constructed with hollow clay tile in the Territorial Revival style by John Gaw Meem in 1927 and was comprised of approximately 3,000 square feet of heated area. The building was designed for future expansion along a north-south hall axis. The building features a flat roof with brick coping at the parapet and windowsills, earth-toned stucco wall and white-painted window and door trim.

The 1984 Historic Cultural Property Inventory (HCPI) recommends non-contributing historic status for the structure due to lack of a historic date of construction at that time. The form notes moderate remodeling from changes to windows at the southwest corner and 1947 additions by Meem.

The 2005 HCPI recommends contributing historic status and further describes the historic building as an important prototype for other schools along with the note that original wood double-hung windows are retained on the west elevation. Alterations are listed by Meem in 1943 and 1947 and include aluminum windows.

The recent 2007 State Register Nomination fully describes the building’s history and its alterations. The original massing included an inset entry portal with projecting classroom blocks flanking the entrance on the north and south sides. Seven additions have been added to the original building. In 1943,, additions were constructed on the south side, in 1947, a room was added to the southeast corner, in1948, an addition was constructed on the north end. Other additions occurred in 1957, 1967, 1969, and 1970 and these non-historic additions, included the infill of the recess created by the original front projecting wings.

The building was placed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties by the Cultural Properties Review Committee on December 7, 2007 and is a contributing historic property.