Aztec Ruins Administration Building--Museum - Aztec NM - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form

Narrative Statement of Significance
Summary
While prehistoric Anasazi occupation and construction clearly form the nucleus of Aztec Ruins National Monument's significance, historic use, occupation, and interpretive effort are significant subthemes represented in the built environment of the monument. The monument as it exists today reflects not only an ancient community but also modern attempts to understand this community, and to preserve, reconstruct, and interpret the remains in a manner that will benefit and educate the public. The Aztec Ruins Administration Building/Museum stands as a central component of this effort. (Additional historical resources
associated with site interpretation include the reconstructed Great Kiva, the North Wing rooms used historically as a museum
facility, and the series of constructed pathways within the ruin proper.)

The construction of the American Museum field office/residence, in which Earl Morris lived and worked, made possible a degree
of excavation effort and familiarity duplicated only by Richard Wetherill at Chaco Canyon. And, in the most symbolic tie
between the prehistoric and the historic, the Earl Morris residence incorporated not only aboriginal construction strategies and
design features, but also field stone and timbers cut and harvested by the prehistoric builders and occupants of Aztec Ruins.

Street address: 725 Ruins Road Aztec , NM United States 87410 County / Borough / Parish: San Juan County Year listed: 1996 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event (Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government) Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924 Historic function: Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture Current function: Government Office, Museum Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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