Courthouse Wash Pictographs
National Register of Historic Places

Courthouse Wash Pictographs

Moab, Grand County, Utah
Listed
March 31, 1976
Type
Site
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
76000207

About this property

The Courthouse Wash Pictographs are a series of large pictographs created over a long period of time, located on a sheltered sandstone wall at the mouth of Courthouse Wash, Arches National Park in Grand County, Utah, United States, just north of Moab, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Location

Moab, Grand County, Utah
38.60720, -109.58040

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 76000207. It was listed on March 31, 1976.

Categories

PREHISTORICHISTORIC - ABORIGINALART
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

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Questions about this property

When was Courthouse Wash Pictographs listed on the National Register?

Courthouse Wash Pictographs was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 31, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Courthouse Wash Pictographs?

Courthouse Wash Pictographs is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Courthouse Wash Pictographs?

The period of significance for Courthouse Wash Pictographs is recorded as the pre_contact era.

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