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SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA 鈥� East Mountains residents are trying to resurrect an over-century-old building that they hope to use as a home for their historical society.

The former Campo Stone House on N.M. 14 by Cirquela Road dates back to the late 1880s, when Italian immigrant Carlos Campo purchased a parcel of land and built a store, saloon and dance hall that became community fixtures for decades.

More than 130 years later, in 2023, Campo鈥檚 great-grandson, Chuck Jackson, bought then donated the property to the East Mountain Historical Society, which is now hoping to raise $2.9 million to turn the property into a visitor center for travelers heading down the Turquoise Trail as well as a headquarters for the nonprofit organization.

鈥淲e鈥檝e never really had a true home,鈥� said Andre Larroque, co-chair of the Stone House committee. 鈥淲e鈥檝e met at the library, Tijeras Village Hall (and) various places, mostly in Tijeras, and this would serve as a permanent home where we could keep our archives, we could have meetings and presentations and have displays depicting and explaining the history of the East Mountains.鈥�

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The former Campo Stone House is on property that was part of the Ca帽贸n de Carnu茅 Land Grant, which was settled in 1819. Among the first people to receive land was the Juan Zamora family, whose descendants in 1887 sold a parcel of land to Campo. By the late 1880s the Campos had established a store, dance hall and saloon, along with an orchard and vineyard, .

Jennifer Buffington said she remembered her grandmother, Carlos Campo鈥檚 daughter Mary Campo Selva, 鈥渁lways talking about living in the mountains and the people there.鈥�

Following the deaths of Carlos Campo and Dena Campo, in 1930, the store and saloon were purchased by newlyweds Flaviano Sanchez and Dulcinea Armenta. While they converted the property into a home, they kept the dance hall for community events. Fifteen years later, however, a car veered off the highway and destroyed the dance hall.

Sanchez and Dulcinea would live in the house until their deaths in 1981 and 2003, respectively, according to the historical society.

The Campo Stone House had been put up for sale in 2021, when Jackson saw the property.

鈥淎nd, of course, my first reaction was, 鈥楾here鈥檚 an opportunity for me to buy my ancestor鈥檚 old home,鈥欌�� he said.

Jackson said while he and his wife initially wanted to turn the house into a 鈥渓ittle retreat鈥� in the mountains, 鈥渨e ended up donating it to the historical society because I didn鈥檛 want the house to just keep deteriorating鈥� and 鈥渨e couldn鈥檛 afford to redo it.鈥�

The historical society then voted to restore it and open it back up as a visitor center and home to the East Mountain Historical Society, said Robyn Hoffman, co-chair of the Stone House committee.

鈥淲e felt it had such an important history and it played a key role in the culture of the area that it would be worth trying to preserve,鈥� she said.

At the time, the building had a leaky roof, which was remedied by volunteers who put up a temporary roof to preserve it. They also added fencing to protect the property Hoffman said.

The historical society is trying to  the money to fix the house 鈥� which still includes original vigas (heavy log rafters that support the roof) 鈥� and add a new building to store its archives, which are stored at the Tijeras Senior Center.

Larroque said a master plan was completed and the historical society is pursuing grants, donations, state and federal funding to pay for the project. It hopes to break ground in 2028.

Once it opens, 鈥渨e鈥檒l have a permanent home,鈥� he said.

Gregory R.C. Hasman is a general assignment reporter and the Road Warrior. He can be reached at ghasman@abqjournal.com or 505-823-3820.