123 Hot Springs Rd Ranchos de Taos, NM 87557

A magnificent 2 bed/2 bath, 2388 sq ft adobe hacienda with a detached 1 bed, 658 sq ft adobe guesthouse and a 447 sq ft adobe studio sitting on 2.2 acres along the Llano Quemado ridge, overlooking the Ranchos Valley. For sale for the first time, this modern classic started as an adobe family home for the Romero family dating to the late 19th century. The midcentury modernist painter R.C. Ellis and his gallerist wife Rosa Ellis made it their home in 1964 adding the magnificent great room, converting an old tack room to his studio and adding the guesthouse in about 1968. With softly sculpted, 18 inch, double thick adobe walls, tile and polished-brick floors, 6 interior kiva fireplaces, vigas, split cedar ceilings, divided light windows, nichos, and hand-made doors and a central courtyard this magnificent one-of-a-kind home is anchored by a dramatic sala (with its 1874 Steinway Concert Grand owned by Andrew Dasburg) that was the setting of many a soiree and musical evening for artists and luminaries of the era. Upgraded with on-demand water heaters and electric baseboard and propane powered forced air heat, this home awaits a new owner who will relish the expansive views, irrigate the pasture land and fruit trees and bring new life to the gardens and courtyards of this classic northern NM home. Kiva fireplaces in the living, dining, main bedroom, guest bedroom, guesthouse, studio and east courtyard.