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Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States · Independent · High Luxury
Congressman Albert Simms and Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms reassembled this Rio Grande ranch in the 1930s; in 1932 she asked John Gaw Meem to renovate the adobe house, the Spanish Colonial Revival architect at the height of his influence. Peter Hurd painted the murals. The Rembe family opened it as an inn in 1999; Michelin gave it Two Keys in 2025, lavender fields and organic farmland still around the rooms.
- 46 rooms
- Opened 1999
- Neighborhood: Los Ranchos
- Architect: John Gaw Meem
About Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm
- The land has been cultivated for more than 600 years, first by Ancestral Pueblo Indians in the Rio Grande Valley in the 14th century.
- Congressman Albert Simms and his wife Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, daughter of Republican senator Marcus Hanna, reassembled an 800-acre ranch here in the 1930s.
- In 1932 Ruth Simms commissioned architect John Gaw Meem, the preeminent figure in Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in New Mexico, to renovate the adobe ranch house.
- Murals inside were painted by artist Peter Hurd, and the property opened as an inn in 1999 with just six rooms.
History
The land of Los Poblanos has been inhabited and cultivated for more than six hundred years. Ancestral Pueblo Indians occupied this stretch of the Rio Grande Valley in the fourteenth century; the region's earliest European settlers were thought to have come from Puebla, Mexico, giving the district the name Poblanos by which it has been known since colonial times. The land became part of the Elena Gallegos grant around 1716 and passed through the hands of the Armijo family across the nineteenth century. Albert Simms, a New Mexico congressman, and his wife Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms — daughter of Republican senator Marcus Hanna and a formidable political figure in her own right — reassembled the original ranch land in the 1930s, reconstituting an eight-hundred-acre property whose operations extended to the crest of the Sandia Mountains.
In 1932, Ruth Simms commissioned architect John Gaw Meem, then at the height of his influence as the preeminent practitioner of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in New Mexico, to renovate the original adobe ranch house and design La Quinta Cultural Center as the social and intellectual heart of the property. Meem brought in a constellation of New Mexico artists and craftsmen operating under WPA programs: Peter Hurd executed a true fresco; Gustave Baumann carved doors and mantels; Robert Woodman produced tinwork; Walter Gilbert forged ironwork; and landscape architect Rose Greely designed the gardens. La Quinta became the center of Albuquerque cultural life in the 1930s and 1940s, hosting lectures by Thornton Wilder, Rockwell Kent, and Elmer Rice, housing the first swimming pool in Albuquerque, and serving as the founding location of what became the June Music Festival. The Simms also operated Los Poblanos as a model experimental farm, supplying Albuquerque with milk through Creamland Dairies, raising purebred Guernsey and Holstein cattle, and experimenting with sugar beet cultivation and commercial rose breeding.
John Gaw Meem has since been recognized internationally as one of the most significant American architects of the twentieth century, and Los Poblanos is regarded as among his most important surviving works. The historic hacienda has operated as an inn since the Simms era, eventually expanding into the twenty-five-acre lavender farm and organic operation it is today. MICHELIN recognized Los Poblanos with Two Keys in its 2025 guide, honoring a property where agricultural history, architectural significance, and landscape beauty are genuinely inseparable.
The setting
2 miles from Rio Grande Nature Center State Park. 4 miles from Old Town.
Restaurants and bars
- Campo — Restaurant · modern New Mexican, farm-to-table · Chef Christopher (Chris) Bethoney
- Farm Shop Norte — Restaurant
- Town & Ranch — Restaurant
Experiences
- Campo farm-to-table dining — Restaurant Campo, in the former dairy barn, serves modern New Mexican dishes from farm produce and local growers; a four-seat in-kitchen counter is offered.
- Lavender distillery and cocktails — Spirits, including a craft gin, are distilled in copper stills near the bar; cocktails use lavender syrup and herbs grown on the farm.
- Guided farm tour — Guided farm and garden tour teaching desert plant life and the field-to-fork model; farm and garden tours are exclusive to lodging guests.
- Art & Architecture tour — Tour that digs into the estate's history, art and architecture.
- Los Poblanos Walking Tour — Walking tour of the historic ranch gardens covering its cultural landscape, art, architecture and agritourism model. Lodging guests only.
- Tea at La Quinta — Afternoon tea with Taos small-batch teas from tea.o.graphy and a seasonal menu of sweet and savory bites.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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