Lowry Ruin
Archaeological site in Colorado, United States in Pleasant View, Colorado. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Lowry Pueblo is an Ancestral Puebloan archaeological site located in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument near Pleasant View, Colorado, United States. The pueblo was constructed around 1060 AD atop abandoned pithouses from an earlier period of occupation. It was occupied by 40 to 100 people at a time for 165 years. The site is one of the northernmost to be associated with the Puebloan cultures. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | 30 mi. NW of Cortez via U.S. 160, Pleasant View vicinity, CO |
| County | Montezuma County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000253 |
| Type of place | archaeological site |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 30 mi. NW of Cortez via U.S. 160, Pleasant View, CO |
| Coordinates | 37.58639, -108.91222 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Hovenweep National Monument · 14 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Hovenweep Campground 17 mi · Mcphee Recreation Complex 21 mi · House Creek 21 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000253. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.