Trujillo Homesteads
The homestead site covers about 11 acres (4.5 ha) in a remote rural setting northeast of Mosca. The site includes the archaeological site where Pedro Trujillo built his log cabin, the surviving ranch house (built 1879-1885), and a corral area dating to the Trujillo's ownership period. The ranch house is a two-story rectangular log structure, covered by a modern metal roof. The walls consist mainly of unhewn logs, joined at the corners with V notches. Daubing fills the gaps between the logs. The main facade faces east, and is three bays wide, with sash windows in the outer bays, and a simple wooden doorway at the center. A shed-roof leanto ell extends to the rear of the main block. The house is particularly unusual, in that Spanish settlers to the region more often built with adobe rather than wood.
See also
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Alamosa County, Colorado
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP Nomination for Trujillo Homestead". Retrieved March 26, 2012.
- ^ Harrison, Carlos. "Sangre de Cristo". Preservation (Summer 2012): 55–56.