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Mary Jane Colter Building
A. Sayr Hutchinson's winning photo of the Desert View Watchtower at sunset capture some of the magic of Mary Jane Colter's architecture. Her four structures on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon span the first three decades of the 20th century. The Hopi House (1905) is modeled after a Hopi Pueblo and its design was a product of a movement in the Southwest to preserve tangible aspects of Indian cultures. The Lookout (1914) was the first building, in what became a National Park area, to appear to grow out of the landscape; it serves as a prime lesson in creating architecture harmonious with landscape. Hermit's Rest (1914) is similar to The Lookout, but has many aspects of a medieval fairytale castle, creating a sense of nostalgia. Desert View Watchtower (1931), the subject of Hutchinson's photo, has particularly noteworthy interior spaces based on circular forms; archeology and ethnohistory played a large part in the design of this towered overlook. For more information,
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