Ignacio Roybal House

Dating to the early 1700s, the Ignacio Roybal House, located in the rural community of Jacona, is one of the oldest Spanish Colonial homes in the Santa Fe area. The remnant of a historic rancho, the house remained in continuous use by the prominent Roybal family for generations.

Located on the southeast corner of Jacona Plaza, the house is a T-shaped, one-story, flat roofed adobe structure, once the central portion of a twenty-eight-room ranch house. The Roybal family and their descendants were prosperous ranchers and leaders in the village of Jacona. Patriarch Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado was a veteran of the reconquest of 1693. Roybal held numerous political offices in Santa Fe, including High Sheriff of the Inquisition in New Mexico. The National Park Service placed the house on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its architectural significance, and its relationship to the history and exploration of the region.

From Old Santa Fe Today, 5th edition by Audra Bellmore. Photograph by Bart Durham, circa 1991. Historic Santa Fe Foundation Collection.