The Las Vegas contractor M.M. Sundt, who built of many of the houses designed by Rapp and Rapp, erected this house for himself. The Colonial Revival elements of the classically detailed porch and bracketed cornice dress up a solid vernacular construction of brick walls and a metal gable roof with flaring eaves. The Sundt House is, typically, set back 40 feet from the street, on a lot with a frontage of 100 feet but, like the nearby Johnsen house, an exceptional depth of 295 feet.
References
Historic Las Vegas, New Mexico: Along the Santa Fe Trail. Las Vegas, NM: Citizens Committee for Historic Preservation, 1999.
Threinen, Ellen. Architecture and Preservation in Las Vegas: A Study of Six Districts. Las Vegas: Design Review Board, City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1977.
Wilson, Chris (with Anita Vernon and Hilario Romero). Architecture and Preservation in Las Vegas, Volume II: New Districts, New Developments.Las Vegas: Design Review Board, City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, 1982.
Wilson, Chris. “North New Town Historic District,” San Miguel County, New Mexico. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 1982. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.