List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona facts for kids
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam that spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites, which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, and overlaps into California. The first designated was San Xavier del Bac Mission, in October, 1960. The most recently designated is the Klagetoh (Leegito) Chapter House in January 2021.
Current NHLs
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1956 Grand Canyon TWA – United Airlines Aviation Accident Site |
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(#14000280) |
Grand Canyon National Park 36°10′30″N 111°49′59″W / 36.1750°N 111.833°W |
Coconino | Crash area of first major (100+ deaths) commercial air disaster in the United States; led to creation of Federal Aviation Administration |
| 2 | Air Force Facility Missile Site 8 (Titan II ICBM Site 571-7) |
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(#92001234) |
Green Valley 31°54′05″N 110°59′54″W / 31.901339°N 110.998414°W |
Pima | Last surviving Titan II missile launch facility; inactive |
| 3 | Apache Pass and Fort Bowie |
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(#72000194) |
Bowie 32°08′46″N 109°26′08″W / 32.146111°N 109.435556°W |
Cochise | Commemorates the conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military; preserves the ruins of Fort Bowie |
| 4 | Awatovi Ruins |
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(#66000187) |
Keams Canyon 35°43′07″N 110°16′37″W / 35.718611°N 110.276944°W |
Navajo | Ruins of a 500-year-old pueblo visited by Coronado's men in 1540 |
| 5 | Casa Malpais Site |
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(#66000936) |
Springerville 34°09′N 109°18′W / 34.15°N 109.3°W |
Apache | Ruin built around 1250; inhabited until about 1400 by Mogollon culture.
Tours and museum |
| 6 | Mary Jane Colter buildings |
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(#87001436) |
South Rim locations in Grand Canyon National Park 36°03′29″N 112°08′13″W / 36.058056°N 112.136944°W |
Coconino | Includes Desert View Watchtower, Hermits Rest, Hopi House, and The Lookout. |
| 7 | Desert Laboratory |
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(#66000190) |
Tucson 32°13′31″N 111°00′09″W / 32.225278°N 111.0025°W |
Pima | Founded in 1903 to study plant adaptation to an arid desert environment with long term experiments, this laboratory contributed significantly to the formation of Ecology as a science. Part of the University of Arizona |
| 8 | Double Adobe site |
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(#66000169) |
Douglas 31°21′00″N 109°32′00″W / 31.35°N 109.53333°W |
Cochise | Archaeological site where development of the Cochise Culture occurred |
| 9 | El Tovar |
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(#74000334) |
Grand Canyon Village 36°03′21″N 112°08′13″W / 36.055704°N 112.136999°W |
Coconino | Classic lodge at South Rim of Grand Canyon |
| 10 | Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt School |
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(#76000377) |
Fort Apache 33°47′23″N 109°59′21″W / 33.789812°N 109.98903°W |
Navajo | Site of historic Fort Apache; later converted to a school for the purpose of assimilating the native population. It is now a tribal museum. |
| 11 | Fort Huachuca |
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(#74000443) |
Sierra Vista 31°33′19″N 110°20′59″W / 31.555278°N 110.349722°W |
Cochise | Commemorates "Buffalo Soldiers" |
| 12 | Gatlin Site |
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(#66000183) |
Gila Bend 32°58′51″N 112°42′06″W / 32.980935°N 112.701612°W |
Maricopa | Preserves a Hohokam platform mound, pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals |
| 13 | Grand Canyon Depot |
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(#74000337) |
Grand Canyon Village 36°03′15″N 112°08′11″W / 36.054295°N 112.136346°W |
Coconino | Railway station constructed in 1909–10 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad |
| 14 | Grand Canyon Lodge |
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(#82001721) |
North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park 36°11′57″N 112°03′07″W / 36.199167°N 112.051944°W |
Coconino | Lodge at Bright Angel Point, on North Rim of Grand Canyon |
| 15 | Grand Canyon Park Operations Building |
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(#87001412) |
Grand Canyon Village 36°03′12″N 112°08′13″W / 36.053226°N 112.136908°W |
Coconino | National Park Service building; built in 1929; designed to blend with the natural surroundings |
| 16 | Grand Canyon Power House |
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(#87001411) |
Grand Canyon Village 36°03′14″N 112°08′24″W / 36.053873°N 112.139970°W |
Coconino | Rustic building designed to conceal the purpose of the building, which was to provide power to the railroad. |
| 17 | Grand Canyon Village |
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(#75000343) |
Grand Canyon Village 36°03′20″N 112°08′18″W / 36.055556°N 112.138333°W |
Coconino | Planned town significant for its urban planning and ecological sensitivity |
| 18 | Hoover Dam |
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(#81000382) |
Lake Mead National Recreation Area 36°00′56″N 114°44′16″W / 36.015556°N 114.737778°W |
Mohave, AZ and Clark, NV | Historic dam, power plant and water-storage facility |
| 19 | Hubbell Trading Post |
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(#66000167) |
Ganado 35°43′32″N 109°35′36″W / 35.725556°N 109.59333°W |
Apache | Meeting ground of two cultures, the Navajo and the settlers |
| 20 | Jerome Historic District |
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(#66000196) |
Jerome 34°45′13″N 112°06′41″W / 34.753611°N 112.111389°W |
Yavapai | Copper mining town |
| 21 | Kinishba Ruins |
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(#66000180) |
Whiteriver 33°48′53″N 110°03′16″W / 33.814722°N 110.054444°W |
Gila | Large pueblo ruin; accessible via Fort Apache Historical Park. |
| 22 | Klagetoh (Leegito) Chapter House |
(#100006279) |
Klagetoh 35°29′58″N 109°31′48″W / 35.4994°N 109.5299°W |
Apache | ||
| 23 | Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site |
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(#67000002) |
Hereford 31°26′00″N 110°06′00″W / 31.433333°N 110.1°W |
Cochise | Clovis culture mammoth butchering site |
| 24 | Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi |
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(#71000119) |
Nogales 31°24′36″N 110°54′10″W / 31.409908°N 110.902689°W |
Santa Cruz | Ruins of Spanish mission church; founded 1691 |
| 25 | Lowell Observatory |
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(#66000172) |
Flagstaff 35°12′10″N 111°39′52″W / 35.202778°N 111.664444°W |
Coconino | Observatory where Pluto was discovered |
| 26 | C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site |
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(#66000173) |
Flagstaff 35°22′29″N 111°43′34″W / 35.374824°N 111.725990°W |
Coconino | Work site of C. Hart Merriam, path-breaking eco-biologist |
| 27 | Murray Springs Clovis Site |
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(#12001019) |
Sierra Vista 31°34′14″N 110°08′27″W / 31.570638°N 110.140872°W |
Cochise | Clovis culture site associated with bison and mammoth kills; site open to public. |
| 28 | Navajo Nation Council Chamber |
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(#04001155) |
Window Rock 35°40′58″N 109°02′54″W / 35.682778°N 109.048333°W |
Apache | Center of government for Navajo Nation. |
| 29 | Old Oraibi |
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(#66000188) |
Oraibi 35°52′35″N 110°38′25″W / 35.876389°N 110.640278°W |
Navajo | Historic Hopi village |
| 30 | Painted Desert Community Complex Historic District |
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(#100000838) |
One Park Rd. 35°04′06″N 109°46′50″W / 35.068333°N 109.780556°W |
Apache | |
| 31 | Painted Desert Inn |
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(#87001421) |
Petrified Forest National Park 35°05′01″N 109°47′20″W / 35.083737°N 109.788845°W |
Apache | Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park |
| 32 | Phelps Dodge General Office Building |
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(#71000109) |
Bisbee 31°26′25″N 109°54′41″W / 31.440186°N 109.911261°W |
Cochise | Phelps Dodge mining company headquarters from 1896 to 1961 |
| 33 | Point of Pines Sites |
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(#66000182) |
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation 33°21′13″N 109°44′40″W / 33.3535°N 109.7445°W |
Graham | Set of archaeological sites associated with Anasazi, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures; location is site of archaeological field camp |
| 34 | Poston Elementary School, Unit 1, Colorado River Relocation Center |
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(#12001010) |
Parker 33°59′31″N 114°24′24″W / 33.991943°N 114.406625°W |
La Paz | Located at the former Poston War Relocation Center, this is the only surviving elementary school building from any World War II-era Japanese internment camp. |
| 35 | Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites |
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(#66000185) |
Phoenix 33°26′47″N 111°59′03″W / 33.446389°N 111.984167°W |
Maricopa | Pueblo Grande Ruin and adjacent Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites |
| 36 | Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing |
(#09000082) |
Ganado 35°42′40″N 109°32′36″W / 35.711073°N 109.543446°W |
Apache | ||
| 37 | San Bernardino Ranch |
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(#66000170) |
Douglas 31°20′11″N 109°16′47″W / 31.336389°N 109.279722°W |
Cochise | Historic cattle ranch |
| 38 | San Cayetano de Calabazas |
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(#71000118) |
Nogales 31°27′09″N 110°57′34″W / 31.4525°N 110.959444°W |
Santa Cruz | Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas; part of Tumacácori National Historic Park. |
| 39 | San Xavier del Bac Mission |
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(#66000191) |
Tucson 32°06′25″N 111°00′29″W / 32.107°N 111.008°W |
Pima | Spanish mission founded in 1699 |
| 40 | Sierra Bonita Ranch |
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(#66000181) |
Bonita 32°35′00″N 109°58′00″W / 32.583333°N 109.966667°W |
Cochise and Graham | First permanent American cattle ranch in Arizona |
| 41 | Snaketown |
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(#07001462) |
Hohokam Pima National Monument 33°10′59″N 111°55′12″W / 33.183056°N 111.92°W |
Pinal | Archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture |
| 42 | Taliesin West |
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(#74000457) |
Scottsdale 33°36′11″N 111°50′38″W / 33.603111°N 111.843781°W |
Maricopa | Winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright |
| 43 | Tombstone Historic District |
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(#66000171) |
Tombstone 31°42′45″N 110°03′59″W / 31.7125°N 110.066389°W |
Cochise | Classic Western mining boomtown; location of the OK Corral |
| 44 | Tumacacori Museum |
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(#87001437) |
Tumacacori 31°33′58″N 111°03′01″W / 31.566065°N 111.050402°W |
Santa Cruz | Museum to Spanish missions that itself is an architectural landmark |
| 45 | Ventana Cave |
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(#66000189) |
Santa Rosa 32°21′00″N 112°14′00″W / 32.35°N 112.233333°W |
Pima | Archaeological site; has evidence of Native American occupation of the area for the last 4,000 years |
| 46 | Winona Site |
(#66000177) |
Winona 35°12′00″N 111°24′00″W / 35.200°N 111.400°W |
Coconino | Archaeological site; evidence of cultural change following eruption of Sunset Crater | |
| 47 | Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites |
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(#66000197) |
Yuma, AZ and Winterhaven, CA 32°43′43″N 114°36′52″W / 32.728611°N 114.614444°W |
Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, CA | Archaeological and historical sites including Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison |
Former listing
| Landmark name | Image | Date of designation | Date of move or dedesignation |
Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roosevelt Dam |  |
May 23, 1963 | March 10, 1999 | Roosevelt | Gila and Maricopa | When built in 1906–11, this was the highest masonry dam in the world, and the first major reclamation project dam in the western United States. It was substantially altered in 1989–96, enlarging the structure and encasing the original in concrete. |
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