Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower)
Added to the National Register in 1987, and a National Historic Landmark.
The record
| Property type | Historic district |
| Address | Several locations along the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ |
| County | Coconino County |
| Listed | May 28, 1987 |
| Listed for | Architecture, Entertainment and recreation |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | See Also:Hermit's Rest; Grand Canyon Village Historic Distric |
| Reference number | 87001436 |
| Architect | Mary Colter |
| Style | rustic architecture, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Several locations along the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ |
| Coordinates | 36.0578° N, 112.1414° W · Directions ↗ |
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Map
Nearby in Coconino County
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Public land around it
| Kaibab National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest Service | Inside the boundary1,581,388 acres |
| Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument ↗National Monument, Bureau of Land Management | Inside the boundary960,963 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.
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Arizona
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Questions people ask
When was Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower) listed on the National Register?
May 28, 1987. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Who designed Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower)?
Mary Colter, working in the rustic architecture and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture style.
Source: Wikidata
Where is Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower)?
Several locations along the South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona.
Source: National Park Service
Where is the nomination form for Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower)?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there a wildfire near Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, and the Desert View Watchtower) right now?
1 active incident within 50 miles as of 2026-10-17, nearest Kendrick Park Piles Rx, 50 miles away.
Source: Map
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 87001436. 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.