List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam which 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, but also overlaps into California. The first designated was San Xavier del Bac Mission, in October, 1960. The most recently designated was the 1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Airlines Aviation Accident Site in April 2014.

Current NHLs

	Landmark name	Image	Date designated	Location	County	Description
1	1956 Grand Canyon TWA – United Airlines Aviation Accident Site		April 23, 2014 (#14000280)	Grand Canyon National Park	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)		April 19, 1994 (#92001234)	Green Valley	Pima	Last surviving Titan II missile launch facility; inactive
3	Apache Pass and Fort Bowie		December 19, 1960 (#72000194)	Bowie	Cochise	Commemorates the conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military; preserves the ruins of Fort Bowie
4	Awatovi Ruins		July 19, 1964 (#66000187)	Keams Canyon	Navajo	Ruins of a 500-year-old pueblo visited by Coronado's men in
5	Casa Malpais Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000936)	Springerville	Apache	Ruin built around 1250 A.D.; inhabited until about 1400 A.D by Mogollon culture. Tours and museum
6	Mary Jane Colter buildings		May 28, 1987 (#87001436)	South Rim locations in Grand Canyon National Park	Coconino	Includes Desert View Watchtower, Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, and The Lookout.
7	Desert Laboratory		December 21, 1965 (#66000190)	Tucson	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	Upload image	January 20, 1961 (#66000169)	Douglas	Cochise	Archaeological site where development of the Cochise Culture occurred
9	El Tovar		May 28, 1987 (#74000334)	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Classic lodge at South Rim of Grand Canyon
10	Fort Apache and Theodore Roosevelt School		March 2, 2012 (#76000377)	Fort Apache	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		May 11, 1976 (#74000443)	Sierra Vista	Cochise	Commemorates "Buffalo Soldiers"
12	Gatlin Site		July 19, 1964 (#66000183)	Gila Bend	Maricopa	Preserves a Hohokam platform mound, pit houses, ball courts, middens, and prehistoric canals
13	Grand Canyon Depot		May 28, 1987 (#74000337)	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Railway station constructed in 1909-10 for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
14	Grand Canyon Lodge		May 28, 1987 (#82001721)	North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park	Coconino	Lodge at Bright Angel Point, on North Rim of Grand Canyon
15	Grand Canyon Park Operations Building		May 28, 1987 (#87001412)	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	National Park Service building; built in 1929; designed to blend with the natural surroundings
16	Grand Canyon Power House		May 28, 1987 (#87001411)	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Rustic building designed to conceal the purpose of the building, which was to provide power to the railroad.
17	Grand Canyon Village		February 18, 1987 (#75000343)	Grand Canyon Village	Coconino	Planned town significant for its urban planning and ecological sensitivity
18	Hoover Dam		August 20, 1985 (#81000382)	Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Mohave, AZ and Clark, NV	Historic dam, power plant and water-storage facility
19	Hubbell Trading Post		December 12, 1960 (#66000167)	Ganado	Apache	Meeting ground of two cultures, the Navajo and the settlers
20	Jerome Historic District		November 13, 1966 (#66000196)	Jerome	Yavapai	Copper mining town
21	Kinishba Ruins		July 19, 1964 (#66000180)	Whiteriver	Gila	Large pueblo ruin; accessible via Fort Apache Historical Park.
22	Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site	Upload image	May 28, 1967 (#67000002)	Hereford	Cochise	Clovis culture mammoth butchering site
23	Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi		June 21, 1990 (#71000119)	Nogales	Santa Cruz	Ruins of Spanish mission church; founded 1691
24	Lowell Observatory		December 21, 1965 (#66000172)	Flagstaff	Coconino	Observatory where Pluto was discovered
25	C. Hart Merriam Base Camp Site		December 21, 1965 (#66000173)	Flagstaff	Coconino	Work site of C. Hart Merriam, path-breaking eco-biologist
26	Murray Springs Clovis Site		October 16, 2012 (#12001019)	Sierra Vista	Cochise	Clovis culture site associated with bison and mammoth kills; site open to public.
27	Navajo Nation Council Chamber		August 18, 2004 (#04001155)	Window Rock	Apache	Center of government for Navajo Nation.
28	Old Oraibi		July 19, 1964 (#66000188)	Oraibi	Navajo	Historic Hopi village
29	Painted Desert Inn		May 28, 1987 (#87001421)	Petrified Forest National Park	Apache	Lodge in the Petrified Forest National Park
30	Phelps Dodge General Office Building		May 4, 1983 (#71000109)	Bisbee	Cochise	Phelps Dodge mining company headquarters from 1896 to 1961
31	Point of Pines Sites		July 19, 1964 (#66000182)	Morenci	Graham	Set of archaeological sites associated with Anasazi, Mogollon and Hohokam cultures
32	Poston Elementary School, Unit 1, Colorado River Relocation Center		October 16, 2012 (#12001010)	Parker	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 canp.
33	Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites		July 19, 1964 (#66000185)	Phoenix	Maricopa	Pueblo Grande Ruin and adjacent Hohokam-Pima Irrigation Sites
34	Sage Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	Upload image	January 16, 2009 (#09000082)	Ganado	Apache
35	San Bernardino Ranch		July 19, 1964 (#66000170)	Douglas	Cochise	Historic cattle ranch
36	San Cayetano de Calabazas		December 14, 1990 (#71000118)	Nogales Coordinates missing	Santa Cruz	Spanish mission, also known as Calabasas; part of Tumacacori National Historic Park.
37	San Xavier del Bac Mission		October 9, 1960 (#66000191)	Tucson	Pima	Spanish mission founded in 1699
38	Sierra Bonita Ranch		July 19, 1964 (#66000181)	Bonita	Cochise and Graham	First permanent American cattle ranch in Arizona
39	Snaketown		April 29, 1964 (#07001462)	Hohokam Pima National Monument	Pinal	Archaeological remains of the Hohokam culture
40	Taliesin West		May 20, 1982 (#74000457)	Scottsdale	Maricopa	Winter home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright
41	Tombstone Historic District		July 4, 1961 (#66000171)	Tombstone	Cochise	Classic Western mining boomtown; location of the OK Corral
42	Tumacacori Museum		May 28, 1987 (#87001437)	Tumacacori	Santa Cruz	Museum to Spanish missions that itself is an architectural landmark
43	Ventana Cave		January 20, 1964 (#66000189)	Santa Rosa	Pima	Archaeological site; has evidence of Native American occupation of the area for the last 4,000 years
44	Winona Site	Upload image	July 19, 1964 (#66000177)	Winona	Coconino	Archaeological site; evidence of cultural change following eruption of Sunset Crater
45	Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites		November 13, 1966 (#66000197)	Yuma, AZ and Winterhaven, CA	Yuma County, AZ and Imperial County, CA	Archaeological and historical sites including Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Arizona Territorial Prison

Historic areas of the NPS in Arizona

National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, some National Monuments, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are fourteen of these in Arizona. The National Park Service lists these fourteen together with the NHLs in the state,

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

	Landmark name	Image	Date established	Location	County	Description
1	Canyon de Chelly National Monument	100px		Chinle	Apache	Navajo Tribal Trust Land preserving artifacts of indigenous peoples.
2	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument			Coolidge	Pinal	Ruins of Hohokam structures. A four-story structure is the "casa grande" or "big house". Sheltered since 1932 under a large pavilion built to preserve the ruins.
3	Coronado National Memorial			Sierra Vista	Cochise	Commemorates the first organized expedition into the Southwest by conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado.
4	Montezuma Castle National Monument			Camp Verde	Yavapai	Well-preserved cliff dwellings built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people around 1400 AD.
5	Navajo National Monument			Window Rock	Navajo	Preserves three of the most intact cliff dwellings of the ancestral puebloan people (Hisatsinom).
6	Pipe Spring National Monument			Fredonia, Arizona	Mohave	Discovered and named in 1856 by Latter-day Saint missionaries. Mormon cattle ranching operation established in 1860's. Protective fort was built in 1872. Way station for travellers. Refuge for polygamist wives.
7	Tonto National Monument			Roosevelt	Gila	Well-preserved cliff dwellings were occupied by the Salado culture during the 13th, 14th, and early 15th centuries.
8	Tumacacori National Historical Park			Nogales	Santa Cruz	Includes 2 missions and a museum that are NHLs listed above, plus a mission that is not an NHL.
9	Tuzigoot National Monument			Clarkdale	Yavapai	Preserves a 2 to 3 story pueblo ruin
10	Walnut Canyon National Monument			Flagstaff	Coconino	Includes twenty-five cliff dwelling rooms constructed by the Sinagua people
11	Wupatki National Monument			Flagstaff	Coconino	Settlement sites built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples; Sinagua, Cohonina, and Kayenta Anasazi

Former listing

	Landmark name	Image	Date of designation	Date of move or dedesignation	Location	County	Description
1	Roosevelt Dam	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	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.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state
• List of historic properties in Phoenix, Arizona
• List of historic properties in Glendale, Arizona

External links

• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service