While we celebrate the centennial year of Grand Canyon becoming a national park, I'd like to also remind everyone that it is the 150th anniversary of Mary Colter's birth. Who is Mary Colter you ask? Those who have visited Grand Canyon's South Rim …
If You Build It, They Will Come (She Did, and They Have)
It's the rare visitor to the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park that fails to chance upon one of the iconic structures designed by maverick architect Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter. Over the span of three decades (1905-1935), the chain-smoking …
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Dancing Along the Edge
The Hopi House has been an architectural "jewel" in the crown of Grand Canyon Village since construction in 1905. Designed by Mary Jane Colter in her signature "pueblo revival" style, this iconic building has served as a high-end sales outlet for …