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Palace of the Governors / Museum in New Mexico
Built in 1610, the Palace of the Governors is an adobe structure located on Palace Avenue on the Plaza Avenue. It is within the Santa Fe Historic District and it served as the seat of government while the territory was under control of Spain, Mexico and the United States. Lew Wallace wrote the final parts of his book Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ in this building while serving as territorial governor in the late 1870s. Between 1909, when the New Mexico territorial legislature established the Museum of New Mexico, and Summer 2009 the Palace of the Governors served as the site of the state history museum.
