List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 42 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam which spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites, which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, but also overlaps into California. The first designated was San Xavier del Bac Mission, in October, 1960. The most recently designated is Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, in January, 2009.

Following is a complete list:

Current NHLs

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Locality	County	Description
1	Air Force Facility Missile Site 8		01994-04-19April 19, 1994	Green Valley 31.901339°N 110.998414°W / 31.901339; -110.998414 (Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (571-7) Military Reservation)	Pima	Last surviving Titan II missile launch facility; inactive
2	Awatovi Ruins		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Keams Canyon	Navajo	Ruins of a 500 year old pueblo visited by Coronado's men in 1540
3	Casa Malpais Site		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Springerville	Apache	Ruin built around 1250 A.D.; inhabited until about 1440 A.D
4	Mary Jane Colter buildings		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	South Rim locations in Grand Canyon National Park 36.058056°N 112.136944°W / 36.058056; -112.136944 (Mary Jane Colter buildings)	Coconino	Includes: Desert View Watchtower Hermit's Rest Hopi House The Lookout
5	Desert Laboratory		01965-12-21December 21, 1965	Tucson 32.225278°N 111.0025°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	01961-01-20January 20, 1961	Douglas	Cochise	Archaeological site where development of the Cochise Culture occurred
7	El Tovar Hotel		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village 36.055704°N 112.136999°W / 36.055704; -112.136999 (El Tovar Hotel)	Coconino	Classic lodge at South Rim of Grand Canyon
8	Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt School		02012-03-04March 4, 2012	Whiteriver vicinity	Navajo
9	Fort Bowie National Historic Site		01960-12-19December 19, 1960	Bowie 32.146111°N 109.435556°W / 32.146111; -109.435556 (Fort Bowie National Historic Site)	Cochise	Commemorates the conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military; preserves the ruins of Fort Bowie
10	Fort Huachuca		01976-05-11May 11, 1976	Sierra Vista 31.555278°N 110.349722°W / 31.555278; -110.349722 (Fort Huachuca)	Cochise	Commemorates "Buffalo Soldiers"
11	Gatlin Site		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Gila Bend	Maricopa	Preserves a Hohokam platform mound, pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals
12	Grand Canyon Depot		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village 36.054295°N 112.136346°W / 36.054295; -112.136346 (Grand Canyon Railroad Station)	Coconino	Railway station constructed in 1909-10 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
13	Grand Canyon Lodge		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park	Coconino	Lodge at Bright Angel Point, on North Rim of Grand Canyon
14	Grand Canyon Park Operations Building		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village 36.053226°N 112.136908°W / 36.053226; -112.136908 (Grand Canyon Park Operations Building)	Coconino	National Park Service building; built in 1929; designed to blend with the natural surroundings
15	Grand Canyon Power House		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village 36.053873°N 112.139970°W / 36.053873; -112.139970 (Grand Canyon Power House)	Coconino	Form disguises function.
16	Grand Canyon Village		01987-02-18February 18, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Planned town significant for its urban planning and ecological sensitivity
17	Hoover Dam		01985-08-20August 20, 1985	Lake Mead National Recreation Area 36.015556°N 114.737778°W / 36.015556; -114.737778 (Hoover Dam)	Mohave, AZ and Clark, NV	Historic dam, power plant and water-storage facility
18	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site		01960-12-12December 12, 1960	Ganado	Apache	Meeting ground of two cultures, the Navajo and the settlers
19	Jerome Historic District		01966-11-13November 13, 1966	Jerome 34.753611°N 112.111389°W / 34.753611; -112.111389 (Jerome Historic District)	Yavapai	Copper mining town
20	Kinishba Ruins		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Whiteriver	Gila	Large pueblo ruin
21	Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site		01967-05-28May 28, 1967	Hereford	Cochise	Clovis culture mammoth butchering site
22	Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi		01965-12-21December 21, 1965	Nogales	Santa Cruz	Ruins of Spanish mission church; founded 1691
23	Lowell Observatory		01965-12-21December 21, 1965	Flagstaff 35.202778°N 111.664444°W / 35.202778; -111.664444 (Lowell Observatory)	Coconino	Observatory where Pluto was discovered
24	C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site		01965-12-21December 21, 1965	Flagstaff 35.3025°N 111.958889°W / 35.3025; -111.958889 (C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site)	Coconino	Work site of C. Hart Merriam, path-breaking eco-biologist
25	Murray Springs Clovis Site		02012-10-16October 16, 2012	Sierra Vista	Cochise
26	Navajo Nation Council Chamber		02004-08-18August 18, 2004	Window Rock	Apache	Center of government for Navajo Nation.
27	Old Oraibi		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Oraibi	Navajo	Historic Hopi village
28	Painted Desert Inn		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Petrified Forest National Park 35.083737°N 109.788845°W / 35.083737; -109.788845 (Painted Desert Inn)	Apache	Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park
29	Phelps Dodge General Office Building		01983-05-04May 4, 1983	Bisbee 31.440186°N 109.911261°W / 31.440186; -109.911261 (Phelps Dodge General Office Building)	Cochise	Phelps Dodge mining company headquarters from 1896 to 1961
30	Point of Pines Sites		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Morenci	Graham	Set of archaeological sites associated with Anasazi, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures
31	Poston Elementary School, Unit 1, Colorado River Relocation Center		02012-10-16October 16, 2012	Parker 33.991943°N 114.406625°W / 33.991943; -114.406625 (Poston Elementary School, Unit 1, Colorado River Relocation Center)	La Paz
32	Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Phoenix 33.446389°N 111.984167°W / 33.446389; -111.984167 (Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites)	Maricopa	Pueblo Grande Ruin and adjacent Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites
33	Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	image pending	02009-01-16January 16, 2009	Ganado	Apache
34	San Bernardino Ranch		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Douglas	Cochise	Historic cattle ranch
35	San Cayetano de Calabazas		01990-12-14December 14, 1990	Nogales	Santa Cruz	Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas
36	San Xavier del Bac Mission		01960-10-09October 9, 1960	Tucson	Pima	Spanish mission founded in 1699
37	Sierra Bonita Ranch		01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Bonita 32.583333°N 109.966667°W / 32.583333; -109.966667 (Sierra Bonita Ranch)	Cochise and Graham	First permanent American cattle ranch in Arizona
38	Snaketown		01964-04-29April 29, 1964		Pinal	Archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture
39	Taliesin West		01982-05-20May 20, 1982	Scottsdale 33.603111°N 111.843781°W / 33.603111; -111.843781 (Taliesin West)	Maricopa	Winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright
40	Tombstone Historic District		01961-07-04July 4, 1961	Tombstone 31.7125°N 110.066389°W / 31.7125; -110.066389 (Tombstone Historic District)	Cochise	Classic Western mining boomtown; location of the OK Corral
41	Tumacacori Museum		01987-05-28May 28, 1987	Tumacacori 31.566065°N 111.050402°W / 31.566065; -111.050402 (Tumacacori Museum)	Santa Cruz	Museum to Spanish missions that itself is an architectural landmark
42	Ventana Cave		01964-01-20January 20, 1964	Santa Rosa 32.35°N 112.233333°W / 32.35; -112.233333 (Ventana Cave)	Pima	Archaeological site; has evidence of Native American occupation of the area for the last 4,000 years
43	Winona Site	image pending	01964-07-19July 19, 1964	Winona	Coconino	Archaeological site; evidence of cultural change following eruption of Sunset Crater
44	Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites		01966-11-13November 13, 1966	Yuma, AZ and Winterhaven, CA 32.728611°N 114.614444°W / 32.728611; -114.614444 (Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites)	Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, CA	Archaeological and historical sites including Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison

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,

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	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			Camp Verde	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			Fredonia, Arizona 36.8625°N 112.729444°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			Roosevelt	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			Clarkdale	Yavapai	Preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin
10	Walnut Canyon National Monument			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

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State—Arizona (40)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-11-07. 
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service