As one of the first adobe homes built in Andersonville by a New Mexican immigrant, the Romero House signifies the necessity of combining skill, expediency and adaptability in the construction of an inexpensive but sound structure within a short period of time. The Romero House, once restored, will be the only adobe dwelling on its original site that will be open to the public in Northern Colorado. Although a few adobe homes exist in Wyoming, adobe homes are rare in regions as far north as Fort Collins. The house museum will recognize the importance of the sugar beet industry to the development of Fort Collins, and of the immigrant and migrant workers who made that industry possible.
The Poudre Landmarks Foundation envisions the Romero House as an educational site conveying the remarkable stories of local Hispanic settlers, and interpreting Hispanic family life during the period between 1927 and 1940. Through artifacts and exhibits, the house will also communicate the history of both the sugar beet industry in northern Colorado and the "sugar factory company towns" of Buckingham, Andersonville, and Alta Vista, the circumstances surrounding the recruitment of Hispanic field laborers by sugar factory agents, laborer housing and working conditions upon arrival in Fort Collins, and the longer-term settlement options of Hispanic immigrants.
This property is under renovation. Please watch for our opening in 2006! Please check the Calendar for special events and exhibits. You may also leave a message at the following number: (970)221-0533.
425 10th Street
Fort Collins, CO 80524
