D. H. Lawrence Ranch

D. H. Lawrence Ranch Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
Interior of the Lawrence Memorial, with the stone containing the initials D.H.L.
Nearest city	San Cristobal, New Mexico
Coordinates	36°34′55″N 105°35′37″W / 36.58194°N 105.59361°W / 36.58194; -105.59361
Area	160 acres (65 ha)
Built	1891 (1891)
Architect	John Craig; et al.
Architectural style	Log cabins
NRHP reference No.	03001410[1]
NMSRCP No.	1841
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 15, 2004
Designated NMSRCP	August 8, 2003

The D. H. Lawrence Ranch, as it is now known, was the New Mexico residence of the English novelist D. H. Lawrence for about two years during the 1920s and the only property Lawrence and his wife Frieda owned. The 160-acre (65 ha) property, originally named the Kiowa Ranch, is located about eighteen miles (29 km) northwest of Taos, New Mexico, near Lobo Mountain and San Cristobal in Taos County, at about 8,600 feet (2,600 m) above sea level. The gate of the ranch is 4.2 miles (6.8 km) by road from a historic marker and turnoff on state route NM 522.

The ranch was briefly owned by Mabel Dodge Luhan as part of more extensive holdings nearby, although it had been occupied by homesteaders and several structures existed on the property dating back to the 1890s. When Mabel donated it to Frieda Lawrence (after Lawrence himself declined) in 1924, it became first the summer home of the couple and then Frieda's home until her death in 1956, at which time she bequeathed it to the University of New Mexico. The ranch is on the National Register of Historic Places and the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties. It was closed to visitors from 2008 to 2014 for repairs, but re-opened to the public in March 2015.^[2]