Abo (historic place)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Abo
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = Mission ruins at Abó
nearest_city= Abo, New Mexico
locmapin = New Mexico
area =
built =1629
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= June 13, 1962cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=354&ResourceType=Site
title=Abo |accessdate=2008-05-30|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000497

Abo is a pueblo ruin preserved in the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

The Abó Ruins are located about 9 miles west of Mountainair, at about 6100 feet (1859 m) above sea level. There is a visitor contact station, a 0.25 mile (0.4 km) trail through the mission ruins, and a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) trail around the unexcavated pueblo ruins.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000497.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |32 KB|date=, 19 |author= |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000497.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19"] |32 KB]

Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, but it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site] .]

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/sapu/ Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Official Site]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nm0151 Mission San Gregorio de Abo, State Highway 513, Mountainair vicinity, Abo, Torrance County, NM: 14 drawings and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey