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Grand Canyon Park Headquarters: Historic Structure Report
Built to the designs of Park Service architect Cecil J. Doty, the Grand Canyon Park Headquarters was formerly known as the Visitor Center and was completed in 1957. The building epitomized a new style of architecture for the national parks. Initially called the Public Use Building at the Grand Canyon, the building was one of the earliest products of the Mission 66 building program, a one-billion dollar government effort to improve visitor facilities nationwide in celebration ofthe 50th anniversary of the National Park Service in 1966. Within the context of the development of a new style of park architecture, sometimes called Park Service Modern, this early building was critical in the visitor center building type development. During Mission 66, the Park Service introduced the comprehensive visitor center as a new building type. The Park Service constructed one hundred new visitor centers, a series of distinct modern buildings representative of post-World War II prosperity and architectural design in the mid-20th century.
Grand Canyon Park Headquarters: Historic Structure Report
Built to the designs of Park Service architect Cecil J. Doty, the Grand Canyon Park Headquarters was formerly known as the Visitor Center and was completed in 1957. The building epitomized a new style of architecture for the national parks. Initially called the Public Use Building at the Grand Canyon, the building was one of the earliest products of the Mission 66 building program, a one-billion dollar government effort to improve visitor facilities nationwide in celebration ofthe 50th anniversary of the National Park Service in 1966. Within the context of the development of a new style of park architecture, sometimes called Park Service Modern, this early building was critical in the visitor center building type development. During Mission 66, the Park Service introduced the comprehensive visitor center as a new building type. The Park Service constructed one hundred new visitor centers, a series of distinct modern buildings representative of post-World War II prosperity and architectural design in the mid-20th century.
Grand Canyon Park Headquarters: Historic Structure Report
2001
172 pages
Report
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English
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