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Source: Las Cruces Sun-News, N.迷你倉沙田M.Aug. 16--LAS CRUCES >> Indulge in high tea, high fashion and a tour of a Las Cruces historic landmark -- and help kids and families in need at the same time.The Amador Foundation presents High Tea & Fashions from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at the historic Amador Hotel, 180 W. Amador Ave. at the corner of Water Street. The event will benefit the foundation and also collect items for sale at La Tienda de Jardin, a boutique that helps support Jardin de los Ninos, which provides services for homeless and near-homeless children and their families"We want to show people the progress that has been made in renovating the Amador. Not enough people know what the Amador is and where it has been in our history. It's underexposed," said Heather Pollard, who is president of the Amador Foundation Board and also serves on the steering committee of La Tienda de Jardin.We'll have about 10 models showing fashions from La Tienda Boutique. It may seem strange to have a fashion show with clothes from a thrift shop, but we think people will be surprised by the quality they'll find at La Tienda," Pollard said.Event organizers hope those attending will contribute to the selection by bringing "gently-used" fashion accessories or clothing to contribute to La Tienda."We especially need fall items, plus sizes and purses,which are always good," Pollard said.The event will feature food treats catered by Carol Koenig's Celebrations, and tours of the Amador will be offered.Built in the 1870s as Hotel Amador, a popular rest stop for travelers, the building became the Dona Ana Courthouse 迷你倉價錢nd post office in 1879, when owner Martin Amador added a second floor, according to the Amador Hotel Foundation's website, amadorfoundation.org.By the mid-1880s, the site was known as "the most popular entertainment hall between El Paso and Silver City," hosting theatrical productions, light opera and puppet shows. Martin and Refugio Amador left the property to their youngest daughter Corina who worked with her husband Frank Campbell to transform it into the region's finest hotel in the early 1900s. Offering an oasis of lush greenery by the then free-flowing Acequia Madre, the hotel and its Pinto Bar and restaurant welcomed such luminaries as President Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Juarez, Pat Garrett and scientists with the Manhattan Project and was the site of weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, quinceaneras and community galas.The Amador became a bank in 1972 and was purchased in 1983 for use as Dona Ana County administrative offices through 2006, when historic preservation efforts began. The site is listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and is now available for events. Plans are in the works for a museum space and displays of the hotel's original furnishings.Tickets, which must be purchased in advance, are $25. Mail checks, payable to Amador Foundation, to Amador Foundation, P.O. Box 1268, Las Cruces, N.M. 88004 or call 575-522-1232.S. Derrickson Moore may be reached at 575-541-5450.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, N.M.) Visit the Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, N.M.) at .lcsun-news.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫