National Historic Landmark · Texas

Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District

Added to the National Register in 2021, and a National Historic Landmark.

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressTX
CountyVal Verde County
ListedJan 13, 2021
Listed forPrehistoric archaeology
Reference number100006256
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

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A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.
Limited data for this unit

The National Park Service withholds the location of this landmark to protect it, so this page shows no address, map or nearby places.

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Local history books for Val Verde County

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  • Val Verde County
    Douglas Lee Braudaway and Val Verde County Historical Commission, 1999
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Guidebooks to historic places in Texas

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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District listed on the National Register?

Jan 13, 2021. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

Where is Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District?

Val Verde County, Texas.

Source: National Park Service

Has the Lower Pecos Canyonlands Archeological District listing changed since 2021?

1 Register action since listing, most recently national historic landmark designated on Jan 13, 2021.

Source: Register actions

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 spreadsheet marks its address as restricted, so no coordinates are shown from any source. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 100006256. 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.

Register actions

Jan 13, 2021National historic landmark designated