List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

The list of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona is a list of 41 sites and monuments of national importance in the state of Arizona that are currently recognized by the US Department of the Interior as National Historic Landmarks (NHL) . They are administered by the National Park Service .

The list includes the Hoover Dam , which extends from Nevada to Arizona, and the Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites , which also extend into California . The San Xavier del Bac Mission was Arizona's first National Historic Landmark in October 1960, the last being the Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing , appointed in January 2009.

Legend

NHL	National Historic Landmark
NHLD †	National Historic Landmark District
NHS	National Historic Site
NMON	National Monument
NMEM	National Memorial

Current National Historic Landmarks

	Surname	image	Appointment date	place	county	description
1	Air Force Facility Missile Site 8		Apr 19, 1994	Green Valley	Pima	Last surviving Titan II missile launch pad; inactive
2	Awatovi Ruins		July 19, 1964	Keams Canyon	Navajo	Ruins of a 500 year old pueblo visited by Francisco Vásquez de Coronados people in 1540
3	Casa Malpais site		July 19, 1964	Springerville	Apache	Ruin, built around 1250 AD; uninhabited since about 1440 AD
4th	Mary Jane Colter Buildings		May 28, 1987	South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park	Coconino	There: Desert View Watchtower Hermit's rest Hopi House The lookout
5	Desert Laboratory		Dec 21, 1965	Tucson	Pima	Founded in 1903 to test the adaptation of plants to a desert environment through long-term experiments; the laboratory contributed decisively to the emergence of ecology as a science. Part of the University of Arizona
6th	Double Adobe Site	image pending	Jan. 20, 1961	Douglas	Cochise	Archaeological site where the Cochise culture developed
7th	El Tovar Hotel		May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Classic accommodation on the south rim of the Grand Canyon
8th	Fort Bowie National Historic Site		Dec. 19, 1960	Bowie	Cochise	In memory of the conflict between the Chiricahua Apache and the US military, the ruins of Fort Bowie preserved
9	Fort Huachuca		May 11, 1976	Sierra Vista	Cochise	In memory of the Buffalo Soldiers
10	Gatlin Site		July 19, 1964	Gila Bend	Maricopa	Preserves a Hohokam platform mound , earth houses, ball courts and prehistoric canals
11	Grand Canyon Depot		May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	1909-10 built railway station for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
12	Grand Canyon Lodge		May 28, 1987	North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park	Coconino	Accommodation at Bright Angel Point, on the north rim of the Grand Canyon
13	Grand Canyon Park Operations Building		May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Building of the National Park Service ; built in 1929; designed to blend in with the natural environment
14th	Grand Canyon Power House		May 28, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Form hides function.
15th	Grand Canyon Village		Feb. 18, 1987	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Planned city, exemplary for urban planning and ecological sensitivity
16	Hoover Dam		Aug 20, 1985	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Mohave and Clark, Nevada	Historic dam wall with power plant and reservoir
17th	Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site		Dec 12, 1960	Ganado	Apache	Meeting place of two cultures, the Navajo and the European settlers
18th	Jerome Historic District		Nov 13, 1966	Jerome	Yavapai	Copper Mining City
19th	Kinishba Ruins		July 19, 1964	Whiteriver	Gila	Great pueblo ruin
20th	Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site		May 28, 1967	Hereford	Cochise	Site Clovis culture for slaughtering mammoths
21st	Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi		Dec 21, 1965	Nogales	Santa Cruz	Ruins of a Spanish mission church; founded in 1691
22nd	Lowell Observatory		Dec 21, 1965	Flagstaff	Coconino	Observatory where Pluto was discovered
23	C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site		Dec 21, 1965	Flagstaff	Coconino	Workplace of C. Hart Merriam , pioneering eco-biologist
24	Navajo Nation Council Chamber		Aug 18, 2004	Window skirt	Apache	Center of Government of the Navajo Nation .
25th	Old Oraibi		July 19, 1964	Oraibi	Navajo	Historic Hopi village
26th	Painted Desert Inn		May 28, 1987	Petrified Forest National Park	Apache	Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park
27	Phelps Dodge General Office Building		May 4th 1983	Bisbee	Cochise	Phelps Dodge Mining Company headquarters between 1896 and 1961
28	Point of Pines Sites		July 19, 1964	Morenci	Graham	Group of archaeological sites associated with the Anasazi, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures
29	Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites		July 19, 1964	Phoenix	Maricopa	Ruin of a large pueblo with an attached Hohokam-Pima irrigation system
30th	Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	image pending	Jan. 16, 2009	Ganado	Apache
31	San Bernardino Ranch		July 19, 1964	Douglas	Cochise	Historic cattle ranch
32	San Cayetano de Calabazas		Dec 14, 1990	Nogales	Santa Cruz	Spanish mission, also called Calabasas is known
33	San Xavier del Bac Mission		Oct 9, 1960	Tucson	Pima	Spanish Mission, founded in 1699
34	Sierra Bonita Ranch		July 19, 1964	Bonita	Cochise and Graham	first permanent American cattle ranch in Arizona
35	Snaketown		Apr 29, 1964		Pinal	Archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture
36	Taliesin West		May 20, 1982	Scottsdale	Maricopa	Winter home by architect Frank Lloyd Wright
37	Tombstone Historic District		4th July 1961	Tombstone	Cochise	Classic mining boomtown in the Wild West, location of the OK Corral
38	Tumacacori Museum		May 28, 1987	Tumacacori-Carmen	Santa Cruz	Museum of the Spanish Missions, which is an architectural landmark in itself
39	Ventana Cave		Jan. 20, 1964	Santa Rosa	Pima	Archaeological site that shows the settlement by natives for 4000 years
40	Winona site	Image is missing	July 19, 1964	Winona	Coconino	Archaeological site; testifies to cultural change caused by the eruption of Sunset Crater
41	Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites		Nov 13, 1966	Yuma and Winterhaven , California	Yuma Imperial (California)	Archaeological and historical site; with Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison

Historic areas in the National Park System in Arizona

Some National Historic Sites, National Historic Parks, National Monuments, and other sites are listed in the National Park System as Historic Landmarks of National Importance that were specially protected before the National Historic Landmarks Program came into effect in 1960 and are therefore often also listed as National Historic Landmarks designated. There are 14 of these in Arizona. The National Park Service lists these 14 along with Arizona's NHLs.

Hohokam Pima National Monument , Fort Bowie National Historic Site, and Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site are also NHLs and are already listed above. The other 11 are:

	Surname	image	Appointment date	place	county	description
1	Canyon de Chelly National Monument			Chinle	Apache	Navajo Tribal Trust land, preserves indigenous peoples artifacts.
2	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument			Coolidge	Pinal	Ruins of the Hohokam culture. Protected since 1932 by a large pavilion.
3	Coronado National Memorial			Sierra Vista	Cochise	Commemorates the first expedition to the southwest by Conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.
4th	Montezuma Castle National Monument			Camp Verde	Yavapai	Well-preserved rock dwellings, built by the pre-Columbian Sinagua around 1400 AD.
5	Navajo National Monument			Window skirt	Navajo	Preserves three of the best preserved cliff dwellings of Hisatsinom .
6th	Pipe Spring National Monument			Fredonia	Mohave	Discovered and named by Latter-day Saint missionaries in 1856 . Mormon ranch of the 1860s. Fort from 1872.
7th	Tonto National Monument			Roosevelt	Gila	Well preserved rock dwellings, inhabited by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th and early 15th centuries.
8th	Tumacacori National Historical Park			Nogales	Santa Cruz	Two missions and a museum listed above plus one mission that is not NHL listed.
9	Tuzigoot National Monument			Clarkdale	Yavapai	Two to three pueblo ruins
10	Walnut Canyon National Monument			Flagstaff	Coconino	25 rock dwelling rooms of the Sinagua
11	Wupatki National Monument			Flagstaff	Coconino	Settlement of the Pueblo people Sinagua, Cohonina and Kayenta Anasazi

Web links

Commons : National Historic Landmarks in Arizona  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona (PDF) National Park Service (English)
• National Historic Landmarks Program , at National Park Service

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers stand for the alphabetical order according to significant expressions.
2. ^ National Park Service : National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database . Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 14, 2007. 
3. ↑ These are listed on p.110 of "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State", November 2007 version.
4. ↑ Date of listing as National Historic Site or similar designation, from various sources in articles indexed.