Casa Grande National Monument - Coolidge, AZ
N 32° 59.652 W 111° 32.250
12S E 449785 N 3650772
The heavily weathered remains of the great house are in Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Coolidge, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WMXGGV
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2018
Views: 4
The remains of the Casa Grande still reach over four stories tall and have been covered by a shelter since 1932. The great house is made of caliche, the lime hardened mud of the area. It, unlike adobe, does not include straw as a strengthening material. The building was probably constructed around 1300 A.D. It is located in the middle of a community of one story huts that probably developed about 1000 A.D. The surrounding huts are not protected and now consist of low mounds of caliche. They would have been about seven feet tall at the time the great house was built. Access to all the dwellings of this age would have been through a hole in the roof which effectively excluded the neighboring wildlife. The great house was first visited by Europeans in the 1600s. Anglo settlers arrived in the late 1800's and began degrading the structure for souvenirs and using it for a cowshed. Federal protection started in the 1890s and it became a National Monument in 1918.
Street address:
1100 W. Ruins Drive
Coolidge, AZ USA
85128
County / Borough / Parish: Pinal
Year listed: 1966
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2018 To: 12/31/2018
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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