201 North Main
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SAN JUAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (OLD FIRE STATION)
This structure was originally built as a fire station and housed the Municipal Court for a time. Later it served as the Tourist Information Center. The building has been renovated and now functions as the office and repository for San Juan Historical Society. |
125 North Main
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AZTEC MUSEUM (OLD CITY HALL)
Built in 1940. The walking tour begins and ends with the Aztec Museum. This museum is recognized as one of the best museums in New Mexico. Life around the turn of the century in the old west can be experienced by the visitors of this museum. The Aztec Museum - once the Aztec City Hall - was completed in 1941. The complex consisted of two structures, city hall and the fire department. Brick used in the construction for both buildings was burned just west of the building site in the late 1930's. The Aztec Museum was opened in this building in 1964. |
112 North Main
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JARVIS HOTEL
One of Aztec’s first buildings, it began here as a one-story adobe building. By 1890 It was owned by James William Jarvis who was born in England in 1798 and died in Aztec In 1903. In 1894 his daughter-in-law, Mrs. George (Ingo Mary) Jarvis was running a restaurant here. The house was remodeled and a second story added in 1906 by Monroe Fields, son-in-law of George and Ingo Jarvis. |
108 North Main
| No Photo | OFFICE BUILDING
J. M. Palmer, one of Aztec’s first attorneys, had his office in this building in the 1890’s. About 1912 it was occupied by Aztec’s second newspaper, The Democrat, and in the 1930’s by Mr. Palmer’s son, Attorney J. Murray Palmer. |
104 North Main
| No Photo | MAYAN THEATRE
Built in 1927 by J. Oscar Manning, was later renamed Aztec Theatre. |
102 North Main
| No Photo | UPTEGROVE BUILDING
This building was built in 1913 by Clare and Tom Uptegrove. The two brothers and their wives, Ora and Lela, operated a bakery and confectionery here for many years. |
101 North Main
| No Photo | GREEN'S OPERA HOUSE
The present modern building on this corner looks remarkably like the original Green's Opera House, owned by J.T. Green, Aztec's First Mayor. The building housed the first picture show, called the Star Theater, and was the first location of the Citizens Bank. |
101 South Main
(National Register) |
COL. WILLIAM'S GENERAL STORE
One of the oldest buildings in Aztec. By 1890 was operating as a general merchandise store run by Col. W.H. Williams, a veteran of the Civil War. The building is made of adobe brick and originally faced east with a roof over the side-walk. It was remodeled and faced with brick in the late 1919 to house the Aztec State Bank which was taken over by the Citizens Bank in 1930. Col. Williams was a member of Aztec Town Company in 1890 which sold lots in the new Town of Aztec; in 1893 was president of San Juan County Board of Immigration; in 1905 was president of Citizens Bank. |
103 South Main
(National Register)| No Photo | E.C. WARING JEWELRY STORE
Built in 1906 by Edmund C. (Ted) Waring, jeweler and watchmaker. After his death in 1922, a niece, Eleanor Lenfesty Van Winkle, operated the store and added ladies wearing apparel. When Eleanor died in 1933, the building was sold to Clyde C. Hubbard who operated a grocery store. |
105 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | CITIZENS BANK BUILDING
Built by T. A. Pierce who moved here with his family in 1903. He brought a safe with him which constituted the beginning of the Citizens Bank. The bank was first housed in the Green Opera House which was located on the northwest corner of Main and Chaco. By 1907, the Bank was located in the new building at 105 South Main. The upper floor was occupied by the law offices of E.S. Whitehead, Claude T. Smith, Harold Palmer and others. |
107 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | ODD FELLOWS HALL
The Odd Fellows Lodge built this building in 1903 and have occupied the upper floor ever since. The lower floor was first occupied by San Juan Stores Company, Joe Prewitt, agent, dealers in General Merchandise; MacLeod & Townsend bought the store in 1905; Fred B. Townsend soon bought out his partner and ran the store until his death in 1940. J. Donald Gay then bought the store and ran it until he retired in 1974. |
109 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | FRED TOWNSEND BUILDING
Two-story brick building build by Fred W. Townsend in 1911. The structure replaced a one-story brick building built by Al Hubbard in 1906 for his meat market which was destroyed by fire in 1910. Mr. Townsend operated a meat market on the lower floor and the family lived on the upper floor. D.W. Otten ran his White Front Grocery here for several years, then sold the business to Harfield Crane in 1935. |
111-115 South Main
| No Photo | BUNKER BUILDING
Built by Fred Bunker in 1907, was destroyed by fire in 1910. In the building at the time of the fire were the office of Dr. McRee, Waring & Mangham Jewelry, Uptegrove Brothers Confectionery, the Post Office (with Lucy P. Waring Postmaster); and McClure & Jackson Real Estate. In 1957 Henry Goldenberg built this large building at 111 South Main for the Aztec Dry Goods Store, and later a building was erected at 115 South Main. |
116 South Main
| No Photo | H. D. ABRAMS BUILDING
H. D. Abrams, a member of Aztec’s first Town Board, moved his hardware store from Center, Colorado, to this brick building in 1901. In 1916 it was occupied by 0.C. Ball who had a dry goods store. |
117 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | RANDALL BUILDING
J. M. Randall first built a frame building at this location in 1900 and opened a general merchandise store. In 1906 he built this two-story building around the frame building with living quarters on the second floor. The Randall and Odd Fellows buildings are rated as two of the best preserved examples of their type of commercial architecture in the state. |
119 South Main
| No Photo | HUBBARD BUILDING
One-story brick building, built in 1906 by A. M. Hubbard for his meat market. Later was used as a restaurant, as an undertaking parlor, a saloon and in the 1930s as a variety store. |
121 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | TAYLOR BUILDING
Built in 1908 by Dr. M. D. Taylor who operated a drug store on the ground floor and had his office upstairs. The Masonic Lodge and 0.E.S. used space on the second floor for over 30 years. |
123 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | PINKSTAFF BUILDING
Two-story brick building built in 1906 by Samuel 0. Pinkstaff, a member of Aztec's first Town Board. In 1907 he built the warehouse at the rear. First occupants were C.S. Bailey and Sherman Howe who ran a dry goods store, and later R.S. Ridenour became a partner of Mr. Howe. Upstairs offices were occupied by the Eden Canal, Land & Power Company, attorney George F. Bruington, Inca Canal, the Aztec Irrigation Company, Aztec Light & Power Company, and the Aztec Exchange & Investment Company. |
200 South Main
(National & State Register)| No Photo | J. M. THOMAS BUILDING
Two-story brick building built by J.M. Thomas for a general merchandise store in 1906. Upper rooms were living quarters and some were rented to overnight guests. In 1907, Mr. Thomas added scales in the street in front of the store for the use of draymen, coal haulers, grain dealers, etc. |
201 South Main
| No Photo | BREWER BUILDING
C.G. Brewer and son, Truman, built a combination business building and living quarters on this corner with brick salvaged from their home between Bloomfield and Blanco, after the land was washed away by high waters of the San Juan River. They ran a hardware store here, followed by Slavens & Company, and Mrs. C.S. Cameron's store. In 1926, Everett O. Dial bought the building for a hardware store. In 1946, he sold the hardware business to Shelby Armstrong, and in 1956 the building was sold to Eugene Stewart. |
216 South Main
| No Photo | HARTMAN GARAGE
In 1913 Joseph S. Hartman, Sr., bought this lot from Claude Blitzkie and built Aztec’s first garage. John Austin and Oren Randall joined him and operated a Buick Agency. Carl Neitzel owned the garage when it was partially destroyed by fire in 1925. |
300 South Main
(National & State Register) |
AMERICAN HOTEL
In the Winter of 1906-07, to take care of the increased number of visitors due to the coming of the railroad, J.W. Lair built this elegant two-story, brick, hotel on the corner where his residence had formerly stood. In January 1908, George W. Stone took charge of the hotel, moving the furniture and equipment from the Hotel Animas into the beautiful new building, and John Lair and family moved into their frame cottage next door. In August 1911, Joseph F. Ray of Salt Lake City bought the hotel and he and his family operated it until 1942 when it was sold to Maude Keys. It now operates as Miss Gail's Inn Bed & Breakfast |
301 South Main
(National & State Register) |
McCLURE BUILDING
This adobe building built in early 1900s by Walker and Frank McClure who operated a feed store. Later it was occupied by The Index a newspaper published by C.S. Bailey and for a brief time in 1919 by The Empress Theatre. In 1926 Carl Neitzel bought the building, built an addition on the south and established a Chevrolet agency. |