Architecture, Art, Design, and Culture using of mud, clay, soil, dirt & dust.
This stereoview photograph from the 1870s is of the historic Catholic church in Conejos, Colorado. The building was constructed between 1860-1863 under the direction of pastor Fr. Jose Vigil. The building replaced an older jacal structure that served as the church from 1858-1860 and was destroyed by fire in 1926.
California Adobe House from 1910.
Adobe Houses, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, circa 1907-1914.
Cutting and Drying of Adobe Bricks-Isleta, N.M. 1940’s.
Adobe House. Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1929.
“An Old Adobe House. Tia Juana, Mexico” says the caption on the front of this photo postcard from 1911.
The Temple Block is a ten acre square, encompassed by a solid stone and adobe wall, 12′ high and 3′ thick, with large gates on each of the 4 sides. Within the walls are the Great Mormon Temple Tabernacle, Assembly Hall, Bureau of Information, Museum and the First House built in Utah, which is also constructed of adobe.
“THE OLDEST HOUSE IN U.S.A.”, Santa Fe, New Mexico. This house, across the lane from San Miguel Mission is built of puddled adobe and is believed to be pre-Spanish, built in circa 1200 A.D. in the Pueblo of Analco. This house is the last remnant of that Pueblo that occupied much of the area on the south side of the Santa Fe River.
UPDATE (03/2026): Called the De Vargas Street House now, This claim is now widely disputed, with other websites including SWD citing that it was built around 1643, but with it foundations dating back to 1200. Older, continuously inhabited structures have also been found to exist, such as the Taos Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo, which date back to roughly 1000–1200 AD.