Casa Vieja

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La Casa Vieja in Santa Fe is considered by some to be the oldest house in the USA.

Billing itself as the oldest house in the United States, this two-room adobe building is said to date – in a much altered form – from c 1646. While several pueblos in the Southwest are certainly much older than the Casa Vieja, it's worth a peek to get a glimpse of the living conditions of its early Mexican inhabitants.

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