Trujillo Homestead

 house, homestead, cabin, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, U.S. National Historic Landmark

Historic house and former cattle ranch listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), where it is designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark District.

Built: 1879
Architectural style: Log cabin
Areas of significance: Agriculture; Architecture; Hispanic Ethnic Heritage
Area: 11.2 acres
Outbuildings: barn
Date added to NRHP: 2/4/2004
Other designations: U.S. National Historic Landmark District; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: The Trujillo Homestead is a historic ranch site in Mosca, Alamosa County, Colorado. The area was first settled in the 1860s by Teofilo Trujillo, a Mexican sheep farmer. His son Pedro built a log cabin house beginning in 1879, along with other ranch outbuildings and structures. In 1902 the elder Trujillo's home was destroyed by fire during conflicts between English-speaking cattle ranchers and the Spanish Trujillos, who were by then major landowners in the area. The Trujillos sold their holdings, which became part the Medano Zapata Ranch, now owned by the Nature Conservancy.