BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA Ben Reifel Visitor Center designed by Cecil Doty and Lucas, Craig, Whitwam
(Rapid City), 1957-58
All photographs by Christine
Madrid, October 1999
The Ben Reifel Visitor Center
at Badlands National Park expresses the simple design of many Mission
66 buildings. The low-lying structure blends into the landscape
while details in the construction emphasize the building's relationship
with the surrounding environment. Note the rough texture and color
of the bricks--selected and laid in courses to resemble the striated
character of the Badlands rock formations (below right and bottom).
Site designed and maintained
by C. Madrid French, cmf@mission66.com.
