Casa Grande Ruin - 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: WMXFVQ
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 01/07/2018
Views: 5
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. 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.
Type: Ruin
Fee: $10.00
Hours:
It is open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM everyday except Thanksgiving, Christmas and Independence Day.
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Visit Instructions:
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