Historic house museum and home of frontiersman Kit Carson, is a good example of Spanish Colonial architecture, and serves as a museum dedicated to Carson's life
General Information
Sunday: 12pm to 4pm
Hours may vary seasonally
Seniors (62+): $8
Students/Veterans: $7
Children 12 and under: Free
How to Get There
From Taos Plaza (0.1 mi): Head east along Kit Carson Road from the plaza and continue a short distance to reach the historic adobe house located just off the central square.
```【richwebanswer-314e8f】Overview
The Kit Carson House is a historic house museum in central Taos, New Mexico. Built in 1825, it was from 1843 until his death the home of frontiersman Kit Carson (1809-1868). A good example of Spanish Colonial architecture, it is now owned by the local Masonic fraternity, and serves as a museum dedicated to Carson's life. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
The Kit Carson House stands a short way east of Taos's central plaza, on the north side of Kit Carson Road. It is a modest single-story adobe structure, built in 1825, that is an east-facing U shape with a central courtyard. The oldest portion of the house consists of the front three rooms, and the next room to the north. The interior of these rooms has been furnished in the Spanish Colonial and Territorial styles of the Carson period, while other rooms house museum offices and displays.
Kit Carson grew up in the frontier west, and became renowned as a fur trapper and guide on numerous United States Army expeditions against Native Americans and also during the American Civil War. In 1843 he married Josefa Jarmillo, who was from a leading Taos family, and purchased this house. It remained the couple's principal home until 1868. They were away from it 1851-54 and 1866–67, when Carson was stationed elsewhere. In early 1868 the family moved to the Colorado Territory, where both died.
In 1952, the house was acquired by Taos's Bent Masonic Lodge #42, AF & AM. It is owned by the Lodge, though the museum is operated by the Kit Carson Memorial Foundation. It is open daily and an admission is charged to finance the foundation.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kit Carson House", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
