Painted Desert Inn is a historic complex in Petrified Forest National Park, in Apache County, eastern Arizona. It is located off Interstate 40 and near the original alignment of historic U.S. Route 66, overlooking the Painted Desert.
Painted Desert Inn, 2006
Mural by Hopi Artist Fred Kabotie (painted c. 1948), commissioned by Mary Jane Colter.
Skylights in the Painted Desert Inn, painted by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Pueblo Revival architecture
The Pueblo Revival style or Santa Fe style is a regional architectural style of the Southwestern United States, which draws its inspiration from Santa Fe de Nuevo México's traditional Pueblo architecture, the Spanish missions, and Territorial Style. The style developed at the beginning of the 20th century and reached its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, though it is still commonly used for new buildings. Pueblo style architecture is most prevalent in the state of New Mexico; it is often blended with Territorial Revival architecture.
Hotel Franciscan in Albuquerque, 1943
Painted Desert Inn, a National Historic Landmark in Arizona
Pueblo Revival corbel, hand-carved from ponderosa pine, at the Bandelier National Monument Visitor Center
detail of adobe architecture, La Fonda, Santa Fe, NM
