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Ruperta Chávez House in Potrero, 1915
Photo by T. Harmon Parkhurst
Courtesy of The Museum of New Mexico, Neg. No. 13769
Legend has it that this house originally belonged to Bernardo Abeyta
who organized the building of Santuario. His daughter Carmen Abeyta
married a Chávez man from Bernalillo who brought the first sheep to
Chimayó in the 1800s. When this house was built the porch viga was so
large it had to be brought from the mountains by oxen. Note that the
corbels are carved as part of the massive beam.
Se dice que esta casa fue originalmente de Bernardo Abeyta quien
organizó la construcción del Santuario de Chimayó. Su hija, Carmen
Abeyta, se casó con un señor de de la familia Chávez de Bernalillo.
Este Señor Chavez trajo las primeras ovejas a Chimayó cerca del año
1810. Cuando estaban construyendo esta casa, la viga del portal era tan
grande que tuvieron que traerla desde las montañas en bueyes.
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