Larry Roybal — A Master Adobe Builder looks back on a Fascinating Career

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Larry Roybal is a master adobe builder who has built and renovated more than 20 adobe homes in Silver City/Grant County since the early 1970s, when he moved down here from Northern New Mexico. Originally from Corrales, he built his first home there out of “terrones,” a sort of “living adobe brick” used by the Isleta Indians. Join us as Larry regales us with dozens of capitivating stories, like building an adobe in front of the HUD building in Washington DC, visiting the Ignacio de Roybal House, an adobe that was built in 1705 by his ancestor, building the pagoda in Silver City’s Gough Park, and looking back on the turbulent history of New Mexico through the unique lens of an artist with both Spanish and Indigenous ancestry.

SPECIAL BONUS: Don’t miss this online photo album featuring four of the houses that Larry Roybal built and one that he renovated.