Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House in Corrales, New Mexico (Albuquerque Museum Collection)

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Across the road from the old church in the Village of Corrales, New Mexico, stands Casa San Ysidro: The Gutíerrez/Minge House, built circa 1875, named for the original owners and the couple who purchased and restored the property to evoke New Mexico’s past. Inside the adobe walls of Casa San Ysidro are the furnishings, tools, and art used when New Mexico used to be a remote frontier. The property features a nineteenth century rancho recreated by former owners Dr. Alan and Shirley Minge, complete with a small circle of relatives chapel, a central plazuela, and an enclosed corral. In 1996 the property, which is listed at the State Register of Cultural Properties and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, used to be donated by the Minges to the Albuquerque Museum in conjunction with a stellar choice of historic New Mexican artifacts. Casa San Ysidro is lately a museum showcasing the home and collections, giving an intriguing glimpse into the best way New Mexicans lived in an earlier time. Dr. Minge tells the story of Casa San Ysidro’s past and present, of its renovation and reconstruction. Color and black-and-white photographs show the architectural changes through the years and highlight the collection housed inside Casa San Ysidro from the Spanish Colonial, Mexican, and Territorial periods including tinwork, ironwork, carpentry, weavings, Pueblo pottery, Navajo and Apache textiles and basketry, and other furnishings.

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