NRHP Reference # 66000498 Designated NHLD June 13, 1962 Area 26 ha Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | NMSRCP # 238 Designated NMSRCP February 1, 1972 Year built 1200 | |
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Nearest city Punta de Agua, New Mexico Part of Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (#66000494) | ||
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The Quarai were a Tiguex (Southern Tiwa) Pueblo band of American Indians that originated in present-day New Mexico. Because of Apache hostilities they fled to El Paso in around 1675; later they moved to Isleta del Sur on the Rio Grande.
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Quarai, also known as Quarai State Monument, is also the name of a historic site that was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. It was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1962. It includes 13 structures including a pueblo and a mission which is known as Nuestra Señora de La Purisima Concepcion de Cuarac. It stands 40 ft tall and once had walls that were approximately 3 to 6 ft wide. It is included in Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.
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