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Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
Project Focus...
Montezuma Castle Rennovation; Montezuma, New Mexico
Web Site...
www.eypae.com
The 90,000-sq.-ft, Queen Anne-style Montezuma Castle, originally built in 1885 and rebuilt in 1886 after a fire, is the new main facility for a small, international, philanthropic college. The building, originally a world-class railroad resort hotel, has been vacant for 30 years, condemned, vandalized, in danger of structural collapse, filled with bats and guano, and listed as one of the 11 Most Endangered Places and as one of America's Treasures.
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Montezuma Castle exterior view |
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Montezuma Castle interior view |
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Montezuma Castle dining room |
Photographs by Chun Y. Lai Photography
Some of Montezuma Castle's features include:
- A completely rebuilt veranda and porte-cochere
- Sandstone and slate facades
- Three turrets
- A courtyard and two sunken courtyards
- A spectacular ash-paneled lobby
- A 60-ft-wide, clear-span dining room
- Beautiful main staircase and spiral staircase
- Newly-installed full fire detection system, with fire hydrants around building perimeter
- A multi-colored, patterned linoleum dance floor and juice bar
- ADA-compliant ramps and a two-sided elevator
- Recreated elements from New Mexico State Archive photographs, such as ornate fireplace mantles, intricately carved woodwork, beveled mirrors, gilded Lincrusta panels, hand-made tiles, ornamental andirons, a new lobby reception desk, and a built-in bench seat
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