La Posada Historic District
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The La Posada Historic District at 200 E. Second St. in Winslow, Arizona
, dates from 1930. It was listed as an 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic district
in 1992.
It includes the Winslow Santa Fe station and La Posada Hotel and Gardens
, which includes the Fred Harvey Company
hotel desgined by Mary Jane Colter
in 1929.
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.
Winslow, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 9,520 people, 2,754 households, and 1,991 families residing in the city. The population density was 773.1 people per square mile . There were 3,198 housing units at an average density of 259.7 per square mile...
, dates from 1930. It was listed as an 11 acres (4.5 ha) historic district
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in 1992.
It includes the Winslow Santa Fe station and La Posada Hotel and Gardens
Winslow (Amtrak station)
The Winslow Amtrak station compound is located at 501 East Second Street in Winslow, Arizona. The buildings are part of the La Posada Historic District.-Hotel:...
, which includes the Fred Harvey Company
Fred Harvey Company
The origin of the Fred Harvey Company can be traced to the 1875 opening of two railroad eating houses located at Wallace, Kansas and Hugo, Colorado on the Kansas Pacific Railway. These cafés were opened by Fred Harvey, then a freight agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad...
hotel desgined by Mary Jane Colter
Mary Colter
Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter was an American architect and designer. As a child, Mary Colter traveled with her family through frontier Minnesota, Colorado and Texas in the years after the American Civil War. After her father died in 1886, Colter attended the California School of Design in San...
in 1929.
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.