Backdoor
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Backdoor
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture And Enhancement
Description
The backdoor and deck at the Painted Desert Inn along U.S. Highway 66 in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park. The Inn was built in 1937-1940, on the site of an earlier lodge, the Stone Tree House. It was designed in 1937 by National Park Service architect Lyle E. Bennett and others from the Park Service Branch of Plans and Design. Construction was carried out by Civilian Conservation Corps labor. After updates by Mary Jane Colter, it was operated by the Fred Harvey Company from 1947 to 1963, when it closed. Demolition was proposed in the mid-1970's, but after public protests the building was reopened for limited use in 1976. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The old Inn buildings were extensively rehabilitated, and reopened as a museum and bookstore in 2006.
Image copyright 2016 Jon Burch Photography
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March 22nd, 2016
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