Romero Cabin in downtown Los Alamos opening to public

LANS Community Giving grant used to help pay for sprucing

Photos by James E. Rickman

August 9, 2010—The Romero Cabin, the last remaining Hispanic Homesteader’s Cabin not lost in the Cerro Grande Fire in 2000, recently received a sprucing up, thanks in part to a $3,000 grant from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. Now the cabin, located in downtown Los Alamos north of Fuller Lodge is opening to the public.

It will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays, 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays and varied hours on Friday mornings. The cabin is operated by the Los Alamos Historical Society.

The historical society received the grant last year for work to be done this year. The grant helped pay for furnishing the cabin with period furniture and adding new interior signage explaining the history of the cabin, which was built in 1913 on a nearby mesa and acquired by the federal government in 1942. It was moved to its present location in 1984.

The Community Giving grants are administered by the Lab's Community Programs Office. The grants are awarded to enhance the efforts of Lab employees working with nonprofit organizations to encourage a vibrant quality of life in the area. Qualifying 501(c) (3) organizations in New Mexico can apply for grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.

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