Mesa Verde Historical Administrative District: An Architectural and Historical Study, Mesa Verde National Park
Newman TS and La Fleur HA. 1974. Mesa Verde Historical Administrative District: An Architectural and Historical Study, Mesa Verde National Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center. Denver, Colorado
This is the report on a study of buildings in the Mesa Verde headquarters area, conducted for the purpose of master planning. Data gathering and physical investigations took place from October 7 through October 11, 1974. Mesa Verde National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and protect Ancestral Pueblo ruins. The history and development of the park is also significant, with trails, cabins, and early public, administrative, and residential buildings in the Park Headquarters area. Constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, structures in the Mesa Verde Historical Administrative District form a district that is cohesive in location, setting, design, integrity, materials, function, construction technique, feeling, and association. Fifteen buildings comprise the district. Except for the old Log Cabin Museum, structures are constructed in what is called "Mesa Verde Modified Pueblo" architectural style, using the same type of reddish local sandstone used in the ruins. The study describes the structures collectively and individually.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Newman, T.; La Fleur, Harold
- Date of Issue
- 1974-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center
- Units
- IMR , MEVE
- Keywords
- administrative complex, employee residence, historic district, Jesse Nusbaum, log cabin, master plan, Mesa Verde Modified Pueblo, museum, park development, Pueblo, Ranger Club, sandstone, Superintendent's Residence
- Subjects
- NPS.gov Subject Site: Architecture & Buildings