A HISTORIC TOUR of SIDE STREETS

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302 East Chuska

Click to Enlarge EARL MORRIS HOUSE
Simplified Anne; ca. 1915. Morris was in charge of the excavation of the Aztec Ruins National Monument.

202 Park Avenue

No Photo Brick Residence; ca. 1908. Built by C.G. Brewer, this is a condensed version of the one and a half story simplified Anne type; one-room deep rather than two. Retains its ordinal appearance.

725 Pioneer

Click to Enlarge HARVEY McCOY HOUSE
The house stands on land originally homesteaded in the late 1870’s by G.W. McCoy. McCoy sold a portion of his land to his brother, Harvey, a cattle and orchardman. In 1906 Harvey employed Clarence Brown to build this house with locally made brick.

408 North Rio Grande

No Photo DENVER AND RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY DEPOT
The station, built In 1915, remains as an important reminder of the pivotal role of the railroad In the town’s history. The station has been remodeled into a residence. The rails and the ties of the rail-road track have been removed.

501 North Rio Grande

No Photo AUSTIN-MACDONALD HOUSE
Contained within this building is the original homestead house - a four room one-story adobe building. It was the home of John Hovey Austin family in the 1890s. In May 1907, J.E. MacDonald of Gunnison, Colorado, bought the house and one acre of ground for $1000. A second story was built a few years later and the building sheathed in clapboard.

901 North Rio Grande

No Photo McCOY-MADDOX HOUSE
The G.W. McCoys seem to have been the first to have replaced their log cabin when they erected this brick house about 1895.  They hired Clarence Brown to fire a brick kiln and construct the house. The house is the earliest and one of the best of the local Hipped Cottages. The original forty acre orchard has dwindled to one apple tree standing near the house.

501 Sabena Street

Click to Enlarge McGEE HOUSE
This house was begun in 1917 by James McGee and occupied in 1923. A son, Cecil McGee, still lives there.

300 San Juan

Click to Enlarge D.C. BALL HOUSE
Look east along Lovers Lane from the depot to see this well preserved Hipped Cottage. Built by Jacob and Rose Thomas In 1901. Was sold to D.C. Ball In 1916; Is still occupied by Ball’s granddaughter, Agnes Edgar. The house is one of the few well preserved Hipped Cottages remaining in Aztec.

500 White Avenue

No Photo WILLIAMS HOUSE
Queen Anne Style house, clapboard over wood frame; built around 1908 by Col. W.H. Williams for his two daughters, Jennie Williams and Anna Chambers who lived there for years.

220 Zia Street

No Photo HARTMAN HOUSE
Simplified Anne; Built by Judge Granville Pendleton; Ca. 1895, bought by Joseph S. and Dora Hartman soon after they arrived here in 1905.