1 mi. S of Punta de Agua, Punta de Agua, New Mexico. County/parish: Torrance.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000498.
1 contributing building. 3 contributing sites.Also known as:
Quarai, also known historically as Quarai State Monument, is a prehistoric and historic unit of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument located north of Mountainair, New Mexico. A National Historic Landmark District, it encompasses the archaeological remains of prehistoric Native American settlements, historic remains of a pueblo that was abandoned in the 1670s during the Spanish colonial period, the ruins of a 17th-century Spanish mission compound, and 19th-century Spanish ranching artifacts. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and was added to the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847038