Aztec Ruins Administration Building--Museum - Aztec NM
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 36° 50.076 W 108° 00.012
12S E 767522 N 4080724
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.
Waymark Code: WM17ACX
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 01/13/2023
Views: 1
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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