1868 | President Andrew Johnson establishes the Fort Marcy Military Reservation |
1868 | 135 Grant Avenue built as officers’ quarters for the Fort Marcy Military Reservation |
1879 | Eloisa Luna Otero marries Manuel B. Otero |
1883 | Manuel B. Otero dies in land dispute |
1886 | Eloisa Luna Otero marries Alfred Maurice Bergere |
1894 | Fort Marcy Military Reservation abandoned on October 10 |
1895 | Fort Marcy Abandoned Military Reservation placed under the custody of the Interior Department for disposal on June 15. Property administered by the Governor of New Mexico and the six officers’ quarters are utilized by politicians and prominent New Mexicans as rent-free residences |
1897 | Alfred Bergere appointed clerk for Judge John R. McFie of the First New Mexico Judicial District and the Otero-Bergere family move from Los Lunas to a house on Lincoln Avenue in Santa Fe |
1899 | Solomon Luna granted permission to occupy 135 Grant Avenue on June 3, 1899. His mother, Isabella Baca Luna lives in the house for two years. |
1901 | Otero-Bergere family authorized by Secretary of Interior to occupy a house on the Fort Marcy Abandoned Military Reservation. They were already living in house assigned to Solomon Luna |
1904 | Fort Marcy Abandoned Military Reservation conveyed to the City of Santa Fe who transferred the property to the Santa Fe Board of Education |
1905 | Eloisa purchases the house from the Board of Education on December 22 for $2,700 |
1912 | Eloisa conveys the property in trust to her son Eduardo Manuel Otero |
1914 | Eloisa dies. Nina Otero Warren and Anita Bergere return to 135 Grant Avenue |
1924 | Rosina Bergere moves back into the house with her two children. Nina orders extensive renovations |
1932 | Eduardo Otero dies and the property is conveyed to Manuel Basilio Otero |
1934 | May Bergere and her children move back to the Big House |
1939 | Alfred Bergere dies |
1963 | Manuel Otero dies and the property is conveyed to Nina Otero Warren |
1965 | Nina Otero Warren dies and the property is conveyed to Anita Bergere |
1976 | Anita Bergere and May Kenney die. Property is chosen as one of Santa Fe’s historic buildings |
after 1976 | Sold to Harry Bigbee to house his legal firm |
2001 | Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center opens |