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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Santa Fe campus of St. John's College has been designated as historic.
The New Mexico Historic Preservation Division says the recognition stems from the college's Southwestern architecture and its curriculum.
Another factor is the modernist landscaping that ties the school to its setting in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
The New Mexico campus is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The much older sister campus in Annapolis, Maryland, is part of a national historic landmark.
State Historic Preservation Officer Jeff Pappas says this is the first time an entire college campus in New Mexico has been listed as a historic district. It encompasses 60 acres, 26 buildings and grassy knoll.
The state nomination of the campus has been forwarded to the National Register of Historic Places.
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