08/17/2026
Spencer Architecture Studio is proud to have been engaged by History Colorado to conduct a study for the Juan De Dios Ruybal Homestead. The purpose of the study is to create a master planned development for community engagement for a future space for adobe workshops and a docent facility renovation adjacent to this historic adobe home in Conejos County. (The original adobe structure will be preserved as is)
This work is part of History Colorado’s- Colorado Heritage for All program– an ambitious initiative recognizing historic sites related to underrepresented histories and submitting them to state/national registers in coordination with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and the 150th anniversary of Colorado's statehood. The Ruybal Homestead nomination was part of a special focused effort in the San Luis Valley with sites selected by the community and funded by the Mellon Foundation.