Georgia O'Keeffe’s famous adobe house was in Abiquiú, New Mexico. She acquired the abandoned house in 1945 and spent years restoring it before moving in during the late 1940s.
The property became both a home and a working environment. Its thick adobe walls, courtyard, doors, and surrounding landscape appear in several of O'Keeffe’s paintings. The large black door in the courtyard became especially recognizable through her repeated studies of it.
Abiquiú is distinct from Ghost Ranch, another New Mexico place strongly associated with O'Keeffe. She spent time at both locations, but the restored adobe home and studio are in Abiquiú. The Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio is now preserved as a historic site and museum property.
The village lies north of Santa Fe in the Chama River Valley. O'Keeffe’s choice to restore an old regional building reflects her long engagement with New Mexican architecture, terrain, and local materials.