Seton Village
6 mi. S of Santa Fe off U.S. 84, Santa Fe, NMErnest Thompson Seton, artist, author, and scientist of world renown, is best remembered as one of the half dozen greatest American naturalists. Through his paintings, writing, and lectures, Seton informed and enlightened three generations of Americans concerning the world of nature and its conservation. Born in England in 1860, Seton settled six miles southeast of Santa Fe in 1930. There on his 2,500 acre ranch Seton established the summer center for the American Woodcraft League and constructed his 45 room "castle," a combination home, museum, library, art gallery, and institute for creative people in every discipline. The community which grew up around the castle known as "Seton Village," was composed of like-minded individuals. Here Seton lived, created, and taught until his death in 1946. Today Seton Village still evokes the memory of its founder. The castle is maintained by Seton1 s daughter, Mrs. Dee Seton Barber, and the majority of the Village structures remain, still retaining the flavor of their distinctive vernacular architecture.
Bibliography
Shannon and Warren Garst, Ernest Thompson Seton, Naturalist (New York, 1959).
Ernest Thompson Seton, Trail of an Artist-Naturalist, Autobiography (New York, 1940)
Henry Chester Tracy, American Naturalists (New York, 1930).
Farida A. Wiley, Ed., Ernest Thompson Seton's America (New York, 1954).
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
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