Mesa Verde Administrative District
About this property
Mesa Verde Administrative District is a set of six National Park Service buildings within Mesa Verde National Park, constructed between 1921 and 1927 in the Pueblo Revival style. Located on Chapin Mesa, these were the structures built by the Park Service to use culturally relevant architectural traditions in park architecture. The buildings were declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1987. Mesa Verde National Park was founded in 1906 to preserve a series of spectacular Ancestral Puebloan ruins and archaeological sites in southwestern Colorado. The National Park Service was founded in 1916 to manage the nation's growing inventory of national parks. It did not begin significant oversight of Mesa Verde until 1921, when archaeologist Jesse Nussbaum took over its administration. During his tenure (which lasted until 1931), the buildings described below were built on Chapin Mesa to support the administration of the park. The buildings share a common architectural vocabulary, which includes the use of sandstone, some of which was taken from some of the park's prehistoric structures. The walls typically have a battered exterior, and are covered by a roof supported by vigas. Woodwork in the buildings is worked to appear as if it had been fashioned using pioneer tools, and the interior walls are plastered. Most of these buildings have undergone subsequent alteration and expansion, as the needs of the park administration have grown and changed. The buildings are clustered in a roughly 3-acre (1.2 ha) area on Chapin Mesa. Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Mesa Verde Administrative District, by Laura Soullière Harrison, at National Park Service.
Location
Categories
Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Everything a full report reveals about Mesa Verde Administrative District
This page lists Mesa Verde Administrative District. A full Aubrey report for an address near it pulls together this listing alongside battlefield records, land patents, and every other historical record within a chosen radius:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Questions about this property
When was Mesa Verde Administrative District listed on the National Register?
Mesa Verde Administrative District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1987.
What type of historic resource is Mesa Verde Administrative District?
Mesa Verde Administrative District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.
Is Mesa Verde Administrative District a National Historic Landmark?
Yes. Mesa Verde Administrative District has been designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL), the highest level of federal recognition for historic properties in the United States.
What is the period of significance for Mesa Verde Administrative District?
The period of significance for Mesa Verde Administrative District is recorded as the listed era.
Can I research the history near Mesa Verde Administrative District?
Yes. Aubrey Research reports search National Register listings, battlefield records, land patents, and other primary historical sources within any radius of a US address. A report for an address near Mesa Verde Administrative District will include this listing and all other historical records in the area.
More in Montezuma County
Historic places, battles, and census history across Montezuma County.
Explore MontezumaCounty ›More historic places in Colorado
Browse all historic places in Colorado.
View Coloradohistoric sites ›Research the history near this site
An Aubrey US report for an address near Mesa Verde Administrative District will include this listing alongside battlefield records and other historical sources within your chosen radius.