Clement ‘Pop’ Shaffer, Shaffer Hotel and Rancho Bonito
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Location:
Mountainair, New Mexico, USA (Map)
Status:
Extant
Artist:
Built:
1925 to 1949
Materials:
paint, wood





















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Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Photograph by Seymour Rosen. ©SPACES
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
Used with permission of the photographer, Robert Foster
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About the Artist/Site
A group of buildings considered to be among the finest works of the Pueblo-deco period. Created by both “Pop” and Lena Imboden Shaffer, his second wife referred to as “Ma.” http://shafferhotel.com. The Shaffer Hotel and Ranhco Bonito are listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
~SPACES Archives
SPACES Archive Holdings
2 folders: clippings, correspondence, images, pamphlets, national historic places nomination forms
Related Documents
Letter to K.T. Walsh from Seymour Rosen/SPACES, 8/11/1982
Letter to SPACES/R. Sue Smith from Jackie Hudgeons, 10/1989
Letter to SPACES/Seymour Rosen from Carol R. Schnieder, Morrow and Company, ltd, 8/1/1989
Letter to SPACES/Seymour Rosen from Judith Chiba Smith, Museum of New Mexico, 8/25/1989
Letter to Terri Hartman/SPACES from Judith Chiba Smith, Museum of New Mexico, 5/18/1989
Reproduction/Publication Fee Schedule for Museum of New Mexico
Letter to R. Sue Smith and Seymour Rosen/SPACES from Merrill R. Grinnell
Letter to Kathleen Brooker, NM Historic Preservation Bureau from Merrill R. Grinnell, 11/15/1982
Letter to Carla Breeze from Merrill R. Grinnell, 11/15/1982
Letter to Merrill R. Grinnell from Carla Breeze
Letter to Merrill R. Grinnell from Carla Breeze, 11/9/1982
Nomination form for National Register of Historic Places, 8/29/1978
Nomination form for National Register of Historic Places, 9/5/1978
Hand drawn map of Rancho Bonito
Handwritten memo about Hotel Shaffer
Handwritten memo about Carla Breeze
Handwritten memo about Pop Shaffer
Draft of document about Rancho Bonito and Shaffer Hotel
Letter to Chuck and Janice Rosenak from Seymour Rosen/SPACES, 4/17/1986
Letter to Cynthia Pansing/SPACES from James Boll, US Dept of Interior, 9/29/1988
Business card for Bowlin’s Inc
Letter to SPACES/Seymour Rosen from Stacy Hollander, Museum of American Folk Art, 10/4/1988
Map and site information
306 W Main St
Mountainair, New Mexico, United States
Latitude/Longitude: 34.519298 / -106.243809