Painted Desert Inn

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Painted Desert Inn
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Location:	Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Coordinates:	35°5′2.32″N 109°47′17.17″W / 35.0839778, -109.7881028Coordinates: 35°5′2.32″N 109°47′17.17″W / 35.0839778, -109.7881028
Built/Founded:	1937
Architect:	Lyle E. Bennett; Fred Kabotie
Architectural style(s):	Other
Designated as NHL:	May 28, 1987^[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 28, 1987^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	87001421
Governing body:	NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Painted Desert Inn, 2006

Painted Desert Inn is a lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. It was built in 1937-1940, on the site of an earlier lodge. It was operated by the Fred Harvey Company until 1963, then closed and fell into disrepair. Demolition was proposed in the mid-1970's, but after public protests the building was reopened for limited use in 1976. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The old Inn buildings were extensively rehabilitated, and reopened as a museum and bookstore in 2006.

Sources: ^[1],^[3],^[4]

[edit] See also

Fred Kabotie painted the Inn's murals, c.1948 ^[5]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Painted Desert Inn. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Laura Soullière Harrison (1986), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Painted Desert InnPDF (456 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 35 photos, exterior and interior, from 1985PDF (1.87 MiB)
^ "Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Painted Desert Inn", by Laura Soullière Harrison. National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
^ Petrified Forest National Park - Hopi Heritage at the Inn (U.S. National Park Service)

[edit] External links

Painted Desert Inn, NPS guidebook
Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark

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