Santa Fe ยท South Capitol
Inn of the Turquoise Bear
Poet Witter Bynner's 1923 Pueblo Revival house, where he hosted D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather and Igor Stravinsky; nine rooms and free parking.
- Built
- 1923The Don Gaspar Historic District nomination lists #93, 342 E. Buena Vista, Witter Bynner House, 1923: a fairly early Spanish-Pueblo Revival house built around an older adobe core, mostly built for Bynner to designs by Robert Hunt. The inn says the core rooms date to the early 1800s.
- Style
- Spanish-Pueblo Revival
- Architect
- Robert Hunt
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 9
- Area
- South Capitol
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Poet and translator Witter Bynner came to Santa Fe in 1922, rented a cottage from newspaper editor Ben Muniz, bought it a year later and enlarged it (NRHP nomination). Bynner and his companion Robert Hunt hosted D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, Ansel Adams, Igor Stravinsky and Georgia O’Keeffe, among others. After Bynner died in 1968 the estate went to St. John’s College, which used it as a residence hall. Ralph Bolton and Robert Frost bought it in 1996 and opened the bed and breakfast; Dan Clark and David Solem bought it in 2014.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: on-site free
- Pets welcome
- Address: 342 E Buena Vista St, Santa Fe, NM 87505
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.