From Jemez Thunder, March 01, 1995 By Susan Burritt In the past two and a half years, the Servants of the Paraclete, located in Jemez Springs, just north of the Handmaids of the Precious Blood and the Bodhi Mandala Zen Center, have become nationally known because of sex offense claims … More Center to Explore New Directions
Center to Explore New Directions
New Post Office Finally Opens
Published December 1, 1997 | Edit By Nancy Metnik, Postmaster, from Jemez Thunder, December 01, 1997 After many months of seeing activity at the new Jemez Springs Post Office and of wondering when it would be occupied – it has happened! On Monday, Nov. 24, the move began with the … More New Post Office Finally Opens
Via Coeli/Esperanza Ranch/Hotel Clay
The Clay Hotel, also known as the Esperanza Hotel or Esperanza Ranch, was demolished when Via Coeli was built across from what is now Jemez Historic Site. According to information shared by Amie Adams Green, the hotel was under construction starting in 1921, and hot water came directly from the … More Via Coeli/Esperanza Ranch/Hotel Clay
Acequia
Following practices brought from Spain and Mexico, early farmers irrigated through the use of a community ditch. Under New Mexico’s complicated and controversial water rights laws, the first people on the land are awarded rights to the water (in this case the Jemez River) in perpetuity based on when they … More Acequia
Adams House
Jemez Historic Site/Jemez State Monument
The first non-Indian building at the present-day site of Jemez Springs was the mission of San José de los Guisewa, located just north of the Village Plaza. The first mission was established in 1598 and then abandoned the next year. The Spanish returned to build a church in 1620-21 at … More Jemez Historic Site/Jemez State Monument
Doc’s Cafe/Ward’s Trading Post/Mercantile/Deb’s Deli/Jemez Stage Stop
This former mercantile store, built in 1931 by Swedish immigrants, became a trading post, delicatessen, a café and gas station; it changed hands a number of times and today is the Jemez Stage Stop Cafe. The original store sold hay and wheat, as well as groceries and dry goods. Locals … More Doc’s Cafe/Ward’s Trading Post/Mercantile/Deb’s Deli/Jemez Stage Stop
Casa Blanca Guest House
Like all the old structures in the Village, Casa Blanca Guest House is constructed of rock and mud, as well as the adobes traditionally associated with New Mexico. Originally a stable, then a two-room house, the five-room house was completely restored as a guest house when Roger and Linda … More Casa Blanca Guest House
Momaday House
The Momaday house was built in the 1930s and served as a general store, post office and rectory for Our Lady of Assumption Catholic Church. Its historical significance comes from that fact the from 1946-2011 it was occupied first by Al and Natachee Scott Momaday and later by their son … More Momaday House
Mountain View Gifts & Decor/Laughing Lizard Cafe
This structure was built in the 1920s and first served as a dance hall and warehouse. Then the building just south of the Presbyterian Church became a café that changed hands several times; two of its names were the Palace Cafe and the Chili Bowl. It then operated for years … More Mountain View Gifts & Decor/Laughing Lizard Cafe