CREATOR OF THE SANTA FE STYLE Isaac Hamilton Rapp, Architect [SOLD]

CREATOR OF THE SANTA FE STYLE Isaac Hamilton Rapp, Architect

By Carl D. Sheppard

University of New Mexico Press

Softcover, first edition, 1988. 140 pages, illustrated with historic photographs

From the back cover

“The city of Santa Fe is unique in the conformity of architectural style that it has mandated for both residential and public buildings.  The story of the creation of the Santa Fe Style and of its almost forgotten architect, Isaac Hamilton Rapp, forms the basis for this contribution to the history of architecture in the Southwest.

“Sheppard presents Rapp as a versatile and innovative designer, conversant with elements from a large number of contemporary styles.  The book is illustrated with over one hundred illustrations of buildings designed by Rapp’s firm in Santa Fe, Roswell, and Las Vegas, New Mexico and Trinidad, Colorado.  It provides a picture not only of the man but of the time in which he worked, and of the early years of professional architecture.”