List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

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This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 40 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam which spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service, and Yuma Crossing And Associated Sites, which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, but also overlaps into California. Following is a complete list:

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[edit] Current NHLs

[1] Landmark name[2] Image Date designated[2] Locality[2][3] County[2] Description[4]
1 Air Force Facility Missile Site 8
Titan II ICBM Site 571-7		 An ICBM loaded into the silo of the Titan Missile Museum 01994-04-19 April 19, 1994 Green Valley
31°54′05″N 110°59′54″W / 31.901339435, -110.998413644 (Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (571-7) Military Reservation)		 Pima Last surviving Titan II missile launch facility; inactive
2 Awatovi Ruins image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Keams Canyon
 Navajo Ruins of a 500 year old pueblo visited by Coronado's men in 1540
3 Casa Malpais Site image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Springerville
 Apache Ruin built around 1250 A.D.; inhabited until about 1440 A.D
4 Mary Jane Colter Buildings Desert View Watchtower 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 South Rim locations in Grand Canyon National Park
 Coconino Includes:
5 Desert Laboratory image pending 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Tucson
32°13′31″N 111°00′09″W / 32.225278, -111.0025 (Desert Laboratory)		 Pima Founded in 1903 to study plant adaptation to an arid desert environment with long term experiments, this laboratory contributed significantly to the formation of Ecology as a science. Part of the University of Arizona
6 Double Adobe Site image pending 01961-01-20 January 20, 1961 Douglas
 Cochise Archaeological site where development of the Cochise Culture occurred
7 El Tovar Hotel 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Grand Canyon Village
36°03′21″N 112°08′13″W / 36.0557044314, -112.136999169 (El Tovar Hotel)		 Coconino Classic lodge at South Rim of Grand Canyon
8 Fort Bowie National Historic Site Ruins of Fort Bowie 01960-12-19 December 19, 1960 Bowie Cochise Commemorates the conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military; preserves the ruins of Fort Bowie
9 Fort Huachuca image pending 01976-05-11 May 11, 1976 Sierra Vista
 Cochise Commemorates "Buffalo Soldiers"
10 Gatlin Site image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Gila Bend
 Maricopa Preserves a Hohokam platform mound, pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals
11 Grand Canyon Depot Grand Canyon Depot 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Grand Canyon Village
36°03′15″N 112°08′11″W / 36.0542952206, -112.136346065 (Grand Canyon Railroad Station)		 Coconino Railway station constructed in 1909-10 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
12 Grand Canyon Lodge 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
 Coconino Lodge at Bright Angel Point, on North Rim of Grand Canyon
13 Grand Canyon Park Operations Building image pending 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Grand Canyon Village
36°03′12″N 112°08′13″W / 36.0532260853, -112.136908007 (Grand Canyon Park Operations Building)		 Coconino National Park Service building; built in 1929; designed to blend with the natural surroundings
14 Grand Canyon Power House image pending 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Grand Canyon Village
36°03′14″N 112°08′24″W / 36.0538731493, -112.139970434 (Grand Canyon Power House)		 Coconino Form disguises function.
15 Grand Canyon Village image pending 01987-02-18 February 18, 1987 Grand Canyon Village
 Coconino Planned town significant for its urban planning and ecological sensitivity
16 Hoover Dam 01985-08-20 August 20, 1985 Boulder City, Nevada
 Mohave, AZ and Clark, NV Historic dam, power plant and water-storage facility
17 Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Inside the trading post 01960-12-12 December 12, 1960 Ganado
 Apache Meeting ground of two cultures, the Navajo and the settlers
18 Jerome Historic District image pending 01966-11-13 November 13, 1966 Jerome
 Yavapai Copper mining town
19 Kinishba Ruins image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Whiteriver
 Gila Large pueblo ruin
20 Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site image pending 01967-05-28 May 28, 1967 Hereford
 Cochise Clovis culture mammoth butchering site
21 Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Yuma
 Santa Cruz Ruins of Spanish mission church; founded 1691
22 Lowell Observatory 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Flagstaff
 Coconino Observatory where Pluto was discovered
23 C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site image pending 01965-12-21 December 21, 1965 Flagstaff
 Coconino Work site of C. Hart Merriam, path-breaking eco-biologist
24 Navajo Nation Council Chamber image pending 02004-08-18 August 18, 2004 Window Rock Apache Center of government for Navajo Indian Nation.
25 Old Oraibi Oraibi village, circa 1899 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Oraibi
 Navajo Hisoric Hopi village
26 Painted Desert Inn Painted Desert Inn 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Petrified Forest National Park
35°05′01″N 109°47′20″W / 35.0837366507, -109.788845035 (Painted Desert Inn)		 Navajo Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park
27 Phelps Dodge General Office Building image pending 01983-05-04 May 4, 1983 Bisbee
31°26′25″N 109°54′41″W / 31.4401856866, -109.911260835 (Phelps Dodge General Office Building)		 Cochise Phelps Dodge mining company headquarters from 1896 to 1961
28 Point of Pines Sites image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Morenci
 Graham Set of archaeological sites associated with Anasazi, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures
29 Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Phoenix
 Maricopa Pueblo Grande Ruin and adjacent Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites
30 San Bernardino Ranch image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Douglas
 Cochise Historic cattle ranch
31 San Cayetano de Calabazas Ruins of the mission compound and church at Mission San Cayetano de Calabazas. 01990-12-14 December 14, 1990 Nogales
 Santa Cruz Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas
32 San Xavier del Bac Mission 01960-10-09 October 9, 1960 Tucson
 Pima Spanish mission founded in 1699
33 Sierra Bonita Ranch image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Bonita
32°35′00″N 109°58′00″W / 32.583333, -109.966667 (Sierra Bonita Ranch)		 Cochise and Graham First permanent American cattle ranch in Arizona
34 Snaketown

Hohokam Pima National Monument

 image pending 01964-04-29 April 29, 1964 Pinal Archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture
35 Taliesin West 01982-05-20 May 20, 1982 Scottsdale
33°36′11″N 111°50′38″W / 33.603111, -111.843781 (Taliesin West)		 Maricopa Winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright
36 Tombstone Historic District Allen Street 01961-07-04 July 4, 1961 Tombstone
 Cochise Classic Western mining boomtown; location of the OK Corral
37 Tumacacori Museum Mission San José de Tumacácori 01987-05-28 May 28, 1987 Tumacacori
31°33′58″N 111°03′01″W / 31.5660648509, -111.050401755 (Tumacacori Museum)		 Santa Cruz Museum to Spanish missions that itself is an architectural landmark
38 Ventana Cave image pending 01964-01-20 January 20, 1964 Santa Rosa
 Pima Archaeological site; has evidence of Native American occupation of the area for the last 4,000 years
39 Winona Site image pending 01964-07-19 July 19, 1964 Winona
 Coconino Archaeological site; evidence of cultural change following eruption of Sunset Crater
40 Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites image pending 01966-11-13 November 13, 1966 Yuma, AZ and Winterhaven, CA
 Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, CA Archaeological and historical sites including Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison

[edit] Historic areas of the NPS in Arizona

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are fourteen of these in Arizona. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state,[5]

Hohokam Pima National Monument, Fort Bowie National Historic Site, and Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The other 11 are:

Landmark name
 Image Date established[6] Location County Description
1 Canyon de Chelly National Monument Chinle Apache Navajo Tribal Trust Land preserving artifacts of indigenous peoples.
2 Casa Grande Ruins National Monument Coolidge Pinal Ruins of Hohokam structures. A four story structure is the "casa grande" or "big house". Sheltered since 1932 under a large pavilion built to preserve the ruins.
3 Coronado National Memorial Sierra Vista Cochise Commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest by conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.
4 Montezuma Castle National Monument Closeup view of the Castle. Flagstaff Yavapai well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.
5 Navajo National Monument Window Rock Navajo Preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom).
6 Pipe Spring National Monument image pending Fredonia, Arizona
36°51′45″N 112°43′46″W / 36.8625, -112.729444 (Pipe Spring National Monument)		 Mohave Discovered and named in 1856 by Latter-day Saint missionaries. Mormon cattle ranching operation established in 1860's. Protective fort was built in 1872. Way station for travellers. Refuge for polygamist wives.
7 Tonto National Monument Phoenix Gila Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries.
8 Tumacacori National Historical Park Nogales Santa Cruz Includes 2 missions and a museum that are NHLs listed above, plus a mission that is not an NHL.
9 Tuzigoot National Monument Tuzigoot National Monument Flagstaff Yavapai Preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin
10 Walnut Canyon National Monument Walnut Canyon Cliff Dwellings Flagstaff Coconino Includes twenty-five cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people
11 Wupatki National Monument Flagstaff Coconino Settlement sites built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples; Sinagua, Cohonina, and Kayenta Anasazi

[edit] See also

[edit] External map of all sites

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate the National Monuments, National Historic Sites, National Historic Landmark Districts and other higher designations from other NHL buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. ^ a b c d National Park Service (November 2007), National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State, <http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST07.pdf>. Retrieved on 20 May 2007 
  3. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
  4. ^ National Park Service. "National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database". Retrieved on various dates.
  5. ^ These are listed on p.110 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
  6. ^ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.

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