- City:
- Grand Canyon Village, AZ
- Site Type:
- Rock Walls, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) conducted extensive development work at Grand Canyon Village, 1933-37, including the rock walls and pillars at the bottom of Navajo Street.
The National Park Service CCC Walking Tour adds these details: “The CCC constructed these rock pillars and walls in 1934 as a visual barrier between the public area and the residential area up Navajo Street. Historians believe that this is CCC work, although documentation is lacking. The recessed cement between the stones was a common CCC technique. Civilian Conservation Corps rock work has proven to be durable. Notice the extensive growth of lichens on the stone—a clue to the age of these structures.
Civilian Conservation Corps workers accomplished many of the improvements in this vicinity in 1935—curbing, landscaping, culverts, and headwalls.”
Source notes
CCC Walking Tour:
"The Civilian Conservation Corps: A Legacy Preserved at Grand Canyon Village," by the National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/CCC-Walking-Tour-GRCA.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 28, 2022.
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