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National Park Service Southwest Regional Office

National Park Service Southwest Regional Office
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National Park Service Southwest Regional Office is located in New Mexico
National Park Service Southwest Regional Office
National Park Service Southwest Regional Office is located in the US
National Park Service Southwest Regional Office
Location Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Coordinates 35°40′1″N 105°55′21″W / 35.66694°N 105.92250°W / 35.66694; -105.92250Coordinates: 35°40′1″N 105°55′21″W / 35.66694°N 105.92250°W / 35.66694; -105.92250
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1939 (1939)
Built by Civilian Conservation Corps, Et al.
Architect Cecil Doty
Architectural style Mission, Spanish Revival
NRHP Reference # 70000067
NMSRCP # 144
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 6, 1970
Designated NHL May 28, 1987
Designated NMSRCP May 21, 1971

National Park Service Southwest Regional Office, also known as National Park Service Region III Headquarters Building, is an office building in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Designed by NPS architect Cecil J. Doty, it is a traditional adobe building, one-story except for a double-height entrance area, with exposed timber vigas and adobe bricks constructed on site by the CCC. The building contains an outstanding art collection, ranging from items done by members of Santa Fe's art colony in the 1930s to Pueblo pottery and Navajo rugs.

It is a masterpiece of Spanish Colonial/Pueblo Revival architecture and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.



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