Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex

Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex
Nearest city Fruita, Colorado
Coordinates 39°6′7″N 108°43′50″W / 39.10194°N 108.73056°W / 39.10194; -108.73056Coordinates: 39°6′7″N 108°43′50″W / 39.10194°N 108.73056°W / 39.10194; -108.73056
Built 1963
Architect Doty, Cecil; Romigh, Phil
Architectural style Modern Movement
NRHP Reference # 03000647
Added to NRHP July 15, 2003[1]

The Colorado National Monument Visitor Center Complex in Colorado National Monument is an example of the park services facilities designed and built as part of the Mission 66 program. The complex includes the visitor center, designed by National Park Service architect Cecil J. Doty, the Bookcliff Shelter, designed by NPS architect Phil Romigh, and the Canyon Rim Trail, designed by NPS landscape architects Babbitt Hughes, and built between 1963 and 1965. The structures follow the precedent set by earlier park structures by using native sandstone laid in a random ashlar pattern.[2]

References

  1. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Visitor Center". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-12-13.


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