La Purísima Concepción at Hawikuh, Pueblo of Zuni

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zuni Pueblo, after the mission’s reestablishment yet again, the Zunis joined the general pueblo uprisings in 1680 and destroyed Mission La Purísima Concepción a final time. The Zuni and the Spanish then abandoned Hawikuh completely, never occupying it again.

  • FLOOR PLAN
  • TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
  • HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
NPS-Zuni website
Missions Location: 
POINT (-108.594 34.5556)
Historical Designation: 
National Historic Landmark
Current Condition: 
ruins
Current Integrity: 
good
Chronology of Preservation Treatments: 
1629
built
1629-1680
preservation
the mission church showed signs of having been rebuilt several times however all that remains are eroded adobe walls of two or three feet tall
1680
growth/modification
the mission was destroyed by general pueblo uprisings
1917-1923
archaeologist Frederick Webb Hodge led an excavation of the site unearthing several sandstone walls and foundations as well as various rooms and artifacts throughout the city
1960
rehabilitation
designated National Historic Landmark
1974
Zuni-Cibola Complex designated as National HIstoric Landmark
present
maintained as ruins
Jurisdiction/Ownership/Management: 
Zuñi Indian Tribal Council
U.S. Department of Interior
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Interpretive Program: 
self-guided
guides available
Site Access: 
private vehicle
Principal Building Materials: 
adobe
Principal Facade Features: 
tower belfry
baptistery
choir loft