Margarito Varros Homestead
Las Animas County
The 1904 Margarito Varros Homestead is an important example of a sheep ranching homestead built in the Purgatoire River Region utilizing the natural landscape features for livestock pens and displaying traditional Hispanic stone construction methods and workmanship using local materials.
Margarito Varros Homestead (2012 photograph.)
It is also important for its potential to yield information important about the individuals who occupied the homestead and how they carried out day-to-day activities.