National Historic Landmark · Crystal River, Florida

Crystal River Indian Mounds

Built 1962. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

Crystal River Indian Mounds
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeSite
Address2 mi. NW of Crystal River on U.S. 19-98, Crystal River, FL
CountyCitrus County
ListedSep 29, 1970
Listed forPrehistoric archaeology
Level of significanceNational
Also known asCrystal River Historic Memorial; Crystal River Site
Reference number70000178
Built1962 · more from the 1960s
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Address2 mi. NW of Crystal River on U.S. 19-98, Crystal River, FL
Coordinates28.9169° N, 82.6092° W · Directions ↗
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Public land around it

Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge ↗National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceAbout 2 miles away129 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Local history books for Citrus County

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Guidebooks to historic places in Florida

  • Florida's Museums and Cultural Attractions
    Murray D. Laurie and Doris Bardon, 2016
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  • Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida
    Eliot Kleinberg, 2015
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  • Forts of Florida
    Rodney P. Carlisle, 2012
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Crystal River Indian Mounds listed on the National Register?

Sep 29, 1970. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Crystal River Indian Mounds built?

1962.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Crystal River Indian Mounds?

2 mi. NW of Crystal River on U.S. 19-98, Crystal River, Citrus County, Florida.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Crystal River Indian Mounds?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000178. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.