La Posada Historic District Explained

La Posada Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:200 East Second Street
Winslow, Arizona
United States
Coordinates:35.0217°N -110.6947°W
Built:1930
Architect:Colter, Mary E.J.; Harvey, Fred, Co.
Architecture:Mission Revival/Spanish Colonial Revival
Added:March 31, 1992
Refnum:92000256
Nocat:yes

The La Posada Historic District is a historic district in eastern Winslow, Arizona, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Description

The district is located at 200 East Second Street and dates from 1930. It was listed as an 11acres historic district on the NRHP March 31, 1992.

It includes the Winslow Santa Fe station as well as La Posada Hotel and Gardens, a Fred Harvey Company hotel designed by Mary Jane Colter in 1929 and restored in 1997 by artist Tina Mion and her husband Allan Affeldt.[1] The hotel also includes a museum for Mion's art, opened in 2011.[2]

The buildings in the historic district are of the Mission Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture styles, and are listed for architectural criteria. The listing includes three contributing buildings, one contributing site and one other contributing structure.

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