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Colorado - Montezuma County
Montezuma County Colorado has 34 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 17 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Albert Porter Pueblo, Archeological Site no. 5MT4700, Bass Site, Cannonball Ruins and Escalante Ruin.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Pueblo; Northern San Juan, Numic (Shoshonean), Anasazi, Late Pueblo, North San Juan, San Juan Anasazi, Pueblo Ii Cultural Period, Pueblo Iii Cultural Period, Pueblo Tradition, Late Pueblo Ii, Early Pueblo Iii, Mesa Verde, Great Pueblo Period, Pueblo: Northern San Juan, Pueblo: Chaco and Mesa Verde Culture dating back to 2999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Montezuma County historic places including Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Sylvanus Griswold Morley.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Montezuma County places including Jesse Nusbaum, NPS Branch of Plans & Design, A.J. Ames, unknown, E.J. Wilbur, Walter H. Simon, George Woods and Peter Baxtrom. Prominent architectural styles found in Montezuma Country are Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Albert Porter Pueblo (added 1999 - - #99000266)
Also known as Hedrick Ruin, 5MT123
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture, Prehistoric, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo; Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Anasazi Archeological District (added 1984 - - #84001273)
Address Restricted , Dolores
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Numic (Shoshonean), Anasazi, Late Pueblo
Period of Significance:
1900-1750 AD, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Village Site
Current Function:
Government
Archeological Site no. 5MT4700 (added 1999 - - #99000685)
Also known as 5MT4700
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Native American, Community Planning And Development, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Northern San Juan, Pueblo
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Bass Site (added 1999 - - #99000654)
Also known as 5MT136, Bass Site Complex
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Social History, Community Planning And Development, Native American, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
North San Juan, Pueblo
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Bauer Bank Block (added 2003 - - #03001009)
Also known as 5MT8590, Bauer Bank Building
107 W. Grand Ave. , Mancos
Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Financial Institution, Post Office
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Professional, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Cannonball Ruins (added 1997 - - #97000378)
Also known as 5MT338
Address Restricted , Cortez
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Morley, Sylvanus Griswold
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Prehistoric, Agriculture, Architecture, Native American
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo, Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Landscape
Cortez High School (added 2016 - - #16000098)
Cortez, Cortez
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1974 AD
Ertel Funeral Home (added 1995 - - #95001248)
Also known as 5MT6925
42 N. Market St. , Cortez
Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Simon, Walter H.
Architectural Style:
Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Mortuary
Current Function:
Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Mortuary
More Information:
archives document
Escalante Ruin (added 1975 - - #75000527)
Also known as AR-05-030-1619 BLM;5 MT 2149 University of Colorado
Address Restricted , Dolores
CaroleHenson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person
Historic Person:
de Escalante,Fray Silvestre Velez
Significant Year:
1776
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
San Juan Anasazi, Pueblo Ii Cultural Period, Pueblo Iii Cultural Period
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Hovenweep National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000250)
NW of Cortez , Cortez
File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Native American, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Anasazi
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
More Information:
archives document
Joe Ben Wheat Site Complex (added 2004 - - #03001383)
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Lancaster, James A., Site (added 1980 - - #80000914)
Also known as Clawson Ruin;5MT4803;42/01/0004
Address Restricted , Pleasant View
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo Tradition
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Lebanon School (added 1996 - - #96000543)
Also known as Lebanon Schoolhouse;5MT12133
24925 Co. Rd. T , Dolores
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Education, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Lost Canyon Archeological District (added 1988 - - #88001909)
Address Restricted , Mancos
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Pueblo Ii, Early Pueblo Iii, Mesa Verde
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Lowry Ruin (added 1966 - - #66000253)
30 mi. NW of Cortez via U.S. 160 , Pleasant View
MONGO, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Anasazi
Period of Significance:
1000-1499 BC
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
More Information:
archives document
Mancos High School (added 1991 - - #91001740)
Also known as 5MT 11432
350 Grand Ave. , Mancos
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Auditorium, Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Education
More Information:
archives document
Mancos Opera House (added 1988 - - #87002183)
Also known as Checkerboard Hall
136 W. Grand Ave. , Mancos
Werewombat, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Woods,George, Ames,A.J.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
archives document
Mesa Verde Administrative District (added 1987 - - #87001410)
Also known as Mesa Verde National Park Headquarters,Museum,Post Office,Ran
Area at head of Spruce Canyon off park service road , Mesa Verde National Park
Infrogmation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Nusbaum,Jesse, NPS Branch of Plans & Design
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Government Office, Institutional Housing, Museum, Park
Current Function:
Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Institutional Housing, Museum, Park
More Information:
archives document
Mesa Verde National Park (added 1966 - - #66000251)
Also known as See Also:Mesa Verde Administrative District
10 mi. E of Cortez on U.S. 160 , Cortez
Massimo Catarinella, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Native American, Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Anasazi
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Mitchell Springs Archeological Site (added 2001 - - #01001207)
Also known as Mitchell Springs Ruin Group, 5MT10991
Address Restricted , Cortez
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Social History, Commerce, Architecture, Prehistoric, Agriculture, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo, Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company Flume No. 6 (added 2012 - - #12000146)
Approx. 4 mi. E. of Cortez on US 160, Cortez
Nancymaness, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
More Information:
archives document
Montezuma Valley National Bank and Store Building (added 2009 - - #08001317)
Also known as Citizens State Bank; Basin Industrial Bank; Kermode Bakery, Moffit Drug
2-8 Main St. , Cortez
Chris857, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Baxtrom, Peter, et al.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
Mud Springs Pueblo (added 1982 - - #82001020)
Also known as Toltec Springs;5MT4466
Address Restricted , Cortez
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Anasazi
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Pigge Site (added 1980 - - #80000915)
Also known as 5MT4802;42/01/0005
Address Restricted , Pleasant View
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo Tradition
Period of Significance:
499-0 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Roy's Ruin (added 1992 - - #91002027)
Also known as 5MT3930
Address Restricted , Cortez
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Great Pueblo Period, Anasazi
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sand Canyon Archaeological District (added 2005 - - #05000138)
Also known as 5MT.16853
Address Restricted , Cortez
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Native American, Architecture, Prehistoric, Community Planning And Development, Social History, Agriculture
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo: Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials, Processing, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage, Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Conservation Area, Outdoor Recreation, Unoccupied Land
Seven Towers Pueblo (added 1999 - - #99000653)
Also known as 5MT1000
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Prehistoric, Architecture, Social History, Agriculture, Native American
Cultural Affiliation:
Northern San Juan, Pueblo
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Southern Hotel (added 1989 - - #89000018)
Also known as Benny's Hogan;Rio Grande Southern Hotel
101 S. Fifth St. , Dolores
F\u00e6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Ute Mountain Ute Mancos Canyon Historic District (added 1972 - - #72000273)
Address Restricted , Durango
McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Anasazi
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Ceremonial Site, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Natural Feature, Unoccupied Land
Wallace Ruin (added 2005 - - #03000961)
Also known as 5MT.5670
Address Restricted , Cortez
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric, Architecture, Commerce, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo: Chaco, Pueblo: Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Woods Canyon Pueblo (added 1999 - - #99000652)
Also known as Wood Canyon Ruin, 5MT11842
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Social History, Architecture, Prehistoric, Native American, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo, Northern San Juan
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Wrightsman House (added 1997 - - #97000045)
Also known as Wrightsman Hotel;5MT8594
209 Bauer Ave. , Mancos
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital, Hotel, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
archives document
Yellowjacket Pueblo (5-MT-5) (added 1985 - - #85002701)
Also known as 5-MT-5
Address Restricted , Yellow Jacket
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Mesa Verde Culture
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Yucca House National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000252)
Also known as Yucca House--Aztec Springs Ruin
12 mi. S of Cortez via U.S. 666 , Cortez
Eoghanacht, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Native American, Architecture, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Pueblo Iii
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
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