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For a quarter century, Colorado’s Most Endangered Places List has been a harbinger of statewide preservation efforts, bringing awareness and preservation resources to important structures at risk of being lost due to time, natural disaster, and changing landscapes. The list features bridges, potato cellars, landscapes, historic homes, archaeological sites and other place-defining locales. Compiled each year by Colorado Preservation Inc., endangered places listings are supported through education, fundraising, and in some cases, hands-on restoration.

In one small Colorado town, an interactive workshop at a historic adobe building complex — listed as 2021’s Most Endangered Place — combines on-site education, community knowledge and age-old building practices to support an ongoing restoration process.

During a summer workshop, two dozen participants aided in plastering the exterior walls of what remains of the Lafayette Head House and Ute Indian Agency, built starting in 1854 by settler, Indian Agent, and former Lieutenant Governor Lafayette Head.

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