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Casa Grande National Monument

Property names are listed in the language in which they have been submitted by the State Party.

United States of America (Europe and North America)

Date of Submission: 05/09/1990
Criteria: (iii)
Category: Cultural
Submission prepared by:
National Park Service, U.S.Dept. of the Interior, Washington D.C. 20240
Coordinates:
Arizona . Lat.33°0' N. ; 111°30' W.
Ref.: 715

Description

Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona. Casa Grande is a four-story tower of packed earthen walls built over 600 years ago by the agricultural Indians of the Gila River Valley.The site also contains important Hohokam Indian remains dating from about 900 A.D.