Mesa Verde Administrative District

Mesa Verde Administrative District

Superintendent's Residence
Location Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Coordinates 37°10′59″N 108°29′26″W / 37.18306°N 108.49056°W / 37.18306; -108.49056Coordinates: 37°10′59″N 108°29′26″W / 37.18306°N 108.49056°W / 37.18306; -108.49056
Built 1921
Architect NPS Branch of Plans & Design; Jesse Nusbaum
Architectural style Pueblo Revival Style
NRHP Reference # 87001410
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 28, 1987[1]
Designated NHLD May 29, 1987[2]

Mesa Verde Administrative District is a set of six National Park Service buildings within Mesa Verde National Park, constructed in 1921 in a Pueblo Revival Style architecture.

The Park Service buildings were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.,[2][3][4]

Buildings

The 1921 buildings are significant as the first constructed by the National Park Service "based on cultural traditions represented in the park area", the pueblo revival style, to fit in and to enhance interpretation by visitors of the park area.

The landmark buildings include:

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Mesa Verde Administrative District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  3. ↑ Laura Soullière Harrison (1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Mesa Verde National Park Headquarters, Museum, Post Office, Ranger Dormitory, Superintendents Residence, and Community Building / Mesa Verde Administrative District (Preferred)" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 51 photos, exterior and interior, from 1985 (7.88 MB)
  4. ↑ ""Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Mesa Verde Administrative District", by Laura Soullière Harrison". National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-09-27.


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