634 Garcia Street #25, Santa Fe, NM – SOLD

About the property

634 Garcia Street #25 is a single level adobe condominium with its own south facing courtyard, set at the back of a compound off Garcia Street on the Eastside, a few blocks from Canyon Road and half a block from Acequia Madre. It runs to 687 square feet with one bedroom, one bath, and two fireplaces, and it is the largest unit in the compound.

The Webster Estates team represented the seller in 2025.

The compound

The building is the point here. The compound was established in the 1930s as a place for artists and writers who wanted quiet and company in the same measure, and by the listing’s count fifty four books have been written and published from within it, among them Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki. That is an unusual thing to be able to say about an address, and it is the reason a unit of this size trades on something other than square footage.

The unit itself is adobe, on one level, with vigas and beams overhead and a courtyard that faces south, which in Santa Fe is the orientation you want if you intend to sit outside in February. Two fireplaces, one gas and one wood burning, in under seven hundred square feet, tells you what kind of building it is.

The neighborhood

Garcia Street runs up from Canyon Road toward Acequia Madre, in the part of the Eastside where the streets narrow, the walls are adobe, and the galleries give way to houses. Downtown Subscription is half a block off. Our Historic East Side neighborhood guide covers the district and the Historic East Side market archive collects our work in it, and for the gallery street itself see our Canyon Road neighborhood guide.

Webster Estates Select Solds nearby include 524 Garcia Street, a few doors up the same street, and on Canyon Road the Gerald Cassidy Estate and the Gateway to Canyon Road.

The schools are Acequia Madre Elementary, Milagro Middle, and Santa Fe High.

About the transaction

We represented the seller at 634 Garcia Street #25. A one bedroom adobe in a historic compound is a specific proposition and it took its time, close to ten months on the market, because the buyer for it is not the buyer for a one bedroom anywhere else. What it offers is not space. It is a courtyard, a history, and a location that cannot be built again, and the work on the listing side is holding out for the person who understands that.

Frequently asked questions

Q: Where is 634 Garcia Street #25? A: On the Eastside of Santa Fe, at the back of a compound off Garcia Street, a few blocks from Canyon Road and half a block from Acequia Madre.

Q: How large is the unit? A: 687 square feet, with one bedroom and one bath. It is the largest unit in the compound.

Q: What is the history of the compound? A: It was founded in the 1930s as a community for artists and writers. By the listing’s count, fifty four books have been written and published there, including Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki.

Q: Which side did Webster Estates represent? A: We represented the seller.

Q: Is it adobe? A: Yes, single level adobe with vigas and beams, two fireplaces, and its own south facing courtyard.

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The Webster Estates Team handled this transaction. Chris Webster, Patti Webster, Christopher Webster III, and Paisley Mason Webster, Associate Brokers at Sotheby’s International Realty, operating from 54½ Lincoln Avenue on The Plaza since 1976.