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860: 331: 68: 93: 351:, with Hopi religious artifacts. Floors on the second floor were made to look like adobe but were actually cement, which later in the 1930s the floor was laid with hard wood flooring. The third floor was used as an apartment for the building's former managers. It has since been updated and is now used as storage but a number of original features have been preserved. Most of the original furnishings in the main level, picked out by Colter, have been preserved. 54: 960: 100: 75: 322:-correct structure was at the time of its construction the first introduction for many park visitors to the architecture and life of the native peoples of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. A variety of interior spaces provide museum, sales and demonstration space. 347:, while ceilings are composed of saplings, twigs and grass covered with mud. Fireplaces are located in the corners of rooms. The old staircase to the second floor is decorated with murals by an unknown Hopi artist. The second floor houses a shrine, called a 318:. In 1904, ethnologist and missionary Heinrich R. Voth, who had lived among the Hopi from 1893 to 1902, was hired to collaborate with Colter. He may have also overseen the construction of the site, as Colter lived in St. Paul at the time. The 1014: 342:
of varying size, texture and coursing. The roof surfaces function as terraces in the same manner as traditional Hopi dwellings. Windows are small and sparse, with doorways on the same small scale. Interior walls are plastered with
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Berke, Arnold: "Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest", pp. 64–68. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.
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Mary Colter had worked on a number of projects for the Fred Harvey Company, principally as an
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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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Reeder, Linda C. “Architect Mary E. J. Colter and the Arts and Crafts Movement.”
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as a market for Native American crafts, made by artisans on the site. The
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1956 Grand Canyon TWA – United Airlines Aviation Accident Site
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Hopi House and the 52: 1035:1905 establishments in Arizona Territory 682:Desert View Watchtower Historic District 518: 473: 417: 415: 329: 290:, located just to the west, was opened. 37:U.S. National Historic Landmark District 512: 462: 354: 1025:National Historic Landmarks in Arizona 995:Pueblo Revival architecture in Arizona 972: 659:Grand Canyon Village Historic District 443: 437: 396:"National Register Information System" 390: 388: 814: 626:Grand Canyon Park Operations Building 568: 412: 846:National Register of Historic Places 596:National Register of Historic Places 401:National Register of Historic Places 725:Grand Canyon North Rim Headquarters 646:National Historic Landmark District 385: 234:is located on the South Rim of the 13: 474:Harrison, Laura Soulliere (1986). 99: 74: 14: 1051: 539: 519:Chappell, Gordon (May 10, 1975). 958: 858: 730:Navajo Steel Arch Highway Bridge 448:. 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U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Hopi House is located in Arizona
Hopi House is located in the United States
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
36°3′28″N 112°8′12″W / 36.05778°N 112.13667°W / 36.05778; -112.13667
Mary Colter
Mary Jane Colter buildings
ID87001436
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
U.S. state
Arizona
Mary Colter
Bright Angel Lodge
Hermit's Rest
Lookout Studio
Phantom Ranch
Desert View Watchtower
Fred Harvey Company
Hopi
pueblo
El Tovar Hotel
architect
interior designer
Alvarado Hotel
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oraibi, Arizona

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