Lookout Studio
Mary Jane Colter Buildings (Hopi House, The Lookout, Hermit's Rest, Phantom Ranch, the Desert View Watchtower, Bright Angel Lodge, and two employee dorms) | |
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| Location | Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona |
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| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Mary Colter |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001436 [1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 28, 1987 |
| Designated NHL | May 28, 1987[2] |
Lookout Studio, known also as The Lookout, is a stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. It is part of the Grand Canyon Village Historic District, and is part of the Mary Jane Colter Buildings National Historic Landmark. It currently operates as a gift shop and observation station for visitors, with telescopes on its outdoor terrace. Lookout Studio was constructed by the Santa Fe Railway in 1914 and was established as a photography studio to compete with Kolb Studio. It is one of six buildings at the Grand Canyon that were designed by architect Mary Colter, along with Bright Angel Lodge, Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, Phantom Ranch, and Desert View Watchtower. Lookout Studio employs her signature rustic style of using jagged native rocks to imitate indigenous structures of the region and to blend in with the environment.[3]
The rubble stone building is at the edge of the canyon. The walls rise to an irregular parapet which incorporates the building's chimneys. Before a roof replacement the roof carried a pile of stones designed to look like they had fallen into ruin.[4] The lookout is on three levels, with a main level housing a shop and enclosed viewing area, a lower viewing platform and a small enclosed observation tower. The wood viga roof structure remains visible, although the structure has undergone other renovations.[3] The lookout is unusually brightly lighted for a Colter building, since its interior receives a great deal of light through its banks of large windows.[4]
Historic designation
[edit | edit source]Lookout Studio is a component of the multi-site Mary Jane Colter Buildings National Historic Landmark, It was incorporated into the National Historic Landmark group on May 28, 1987.[2][1] Hopi House and the Lookout Studio are also major contributing structures in the Grand Canyon Village National Historic Landmark District.[5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- National Park Service historic photos of Lookout Studio
- M.E.J. Colter Buildings, Architecture in the Parks
- Buildings and structures in Grand Canyon National Park
- Mary Colter buildings
- Grand Canyon
- Rustic architecture in Arizona
- American Craftsman architecture in Arizona
- Arts and Crafts architecture in the United States
- Pueblo Revival architecture in Arizona
- Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
- National Register of Historic Places in Coconino County, Arizona
- National Historic Landmarks in Arizona
- Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona
- Buildings and structures completed in 1914
- 1914 establishments in Arizona