This square, two-and-a-half-story American Foursquare rising in front of you was built in 1911 for Charles A. Bottger (1872–1914), a German-American businessman who left Rutherford, New Jersey for Old Town in 1889. The house was designed by local architect Edward B. Christy, who was also responsible for the remodeling of Hodgin Hall in 1908, and is listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places. Notice the balloon-frame construction and the shallow hipped roof, the metal tile roof punctuated by dormers on three sides, and the wide eaves supported by paired Italianate brackets.
A glassed-in sun porch wraps the south and east sides, with a smaller sun porch projecting from the north rear facade. Inside, the house was equipped with modern conveniences like speaking tubes and a dumbwaiter and also has a notable pressed metal ceiling. Today the house is currently operated as a bed and breakfast.
Notice the dormers and metal tile above, then the glassed-in sun porch wrapping the south and east sides.