Hoover Dam
Built 1931 by Gordon Kaufmann. Added to the National Register in 1981, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | E of Las Vegas on U.S. 93, Boulder City, NV |
| County | Clark County |
| Listed | Apr 8, 1981 |
| Listed for | Engineering, Commerce |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Boulder Dam |
| Reference number | 81000382 |
| Built | 1931 · more from the 1930s |
| Architect | Gordon Kaufmann |
| Style | Art Deco architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | E of Las Vegas on U.S. 93, Boulder City, NV |
| Coordinates | 36.0158° N, 114.7378° W · Directions ↗ |
Explore
Map
Nearby in Clark County
Public land around it
| Black Canyon Wilderness ↗Wilderness, National Park Service | About 4 miles away17,220 acres |
Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.
Local history books for Clark County
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Nevada travel guides
- A Visitor's Guide to the University of Nevada, Reno ArboretumJames W. Hulse and Dr. Cheryll Glotfelty, 2018Find at Bookshop.org
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Reference
Questions people ask
When was Hoover Dam listed on the National Register?
Apr 8, 1981. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was Hoover Dam built?
1931, designed by Gordon Kaufmann, in the Art Deco architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Hoover Dam?
E of Las Vegas on U.S. 93, Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Hoover Dam?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Sources
Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 81000382. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.