National Register of Historic Places

La Posada Historic District

Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona
Listed
March 30, 1992
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
92000256

About this property

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). The district is located at 200 East Second Street and dates from 1930. It was listed as an 11-acre (4.5 ha) 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 possibly designed or decorated by Mary Jane Colter in 1929 and restored in 1997 by artist Tina Mion and her husband Allan Affeldt. The hotel also includes a museum for Mion's art, opened in 2011. 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. National Register of Historic Places listings in Navajo County, Arizona Media related to La Posada Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

Location

200 E. Second St.
Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona
35.02186, -110.69569

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Winslow Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)
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Winslow Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)
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0.2 mi
Winslow Residential Historic District
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Hubbell, Lorenzo, Trading Post and Warehouse
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Winslow Municipal Airport Historic District
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When was La Posada Historic District listed on the National Register?

La Posada Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1992.

What type of historic resource is La Posada Historic District?

La Posada Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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