This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Arizona, counting Hoover Dam that spans from Nevada and is listed in Nevada by the National Park Service (NPS), and Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites, which is listed by the NPS in Arizona, and overlaps into California. The first designated was San Xavier del Bac Mission, in October, 1960. The most recently designated is the Klagetoh (Leegito) Chapter House in January 2021.
Current NHLs
Former listing
Landmark name | Image | Date of designation[3] | Date of move or dedesignation |
Location | County | Description | |
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1 | Roosevelt Dam | May 23, 1963[4] | March 10, 1999[4] | Roosevelt | Gila and Maricopa | When built in 1906–11, this was the highest masonry dam in the world, and the first major reclamation project dam in the western United States. It was substantially altered in 1989–96, enlarging the structure and encasing the original in concrete.[4] |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
- ↑ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
- ↑ National Park Service (June 2010). "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
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(help) - 1 2 3 "Withdrawal of Designation: Roosevelt Dam". National Park Service. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
External links
- "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State – Arizona (40)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service
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