Aztec Ruins Administration Building-Museum

The Aztec Ruins Visitor Center, also known as the Aztec Ruins Administration Building/Museum, by the main entrance to the Aztec Ruins National Monument, on the outskirts of Aztec, New Mexico, was built in 1919. It is located approximately 0.75 miles north of U.S. Route 550, by the Animas River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

Aztec Ruins Administration Building/Museum
Nearest cityAztec, New Mexico
Coordinates36°50′04″N 107°59′58″W
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1919
Built byEarl Morris; Clark Wissler, et al.
Architectural styleMission/spanish Revival, pueblo revival
NRHP reference No.96001041[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1996

It was a field station of the American Natural History Museum. Archeologist Earl Morris lived and worked here.[2]

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