Misplaced Pages

Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

United States historic place
Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Visitors Center, December 2003
Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex is located in ColoradoColorado National Monument Visitor Center ComplexShow map of ColoradoColorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex is located in the United StatesColorado National Monument Visitor Center ComplexShow map of the United States
Nearest cityFruita, Colorado
Coordinates39°6′7″N 108°43′50″W / 39.10194°N 108.73056°W / 39.10194; -108.73056
Built1963
ArchitectDoty, Cecil; Romigh, Phil
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.03000647
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 2003

The Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex is a group of structures in Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Description

The structures are an example of the park services facilities designed and built as part of the Mission 66 program. The complex includes the visitor center, designed by National Park Service architect Cecil J. Doty, the Bookcliff Shelter, designed by NPS architect Phil Romigh, and the Canyon Rim Trail, designed by NPS landscape architects Babbitt Hughes, and built between 1963 and 1965. The structures follow the precedent set by earlier park structures by using native sandstone laid in a random ashlar pattern.

See also

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "Visitor Center". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. December 13, 2008.

External links

Media related to Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex at Wikimedia Commons

National Register of Historic Places in Colorado National Monument
Historic districts
NRHP properties
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Colorado National Monument
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics
Lists by state
Lists by insular areas
Lists by associated state
Other areas
Related


Stub icon

This article about a property in Colorado on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: