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A Sampling of Visitor
Centers, Listed Alphabetically by Park Name:
Antietam - Little
Bighorn | Mesa Verde - Zion
Note:
This is an illustrated, partial list. For a full list of all known Mission
66 visitor centers in the U.S., please download the following pages (PDF
format) page 1 | 2
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| Mesa
Verde National Park, Colorado |
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 Far
View Visitor Center, WODC, Joseph & Louise Marlowe, Denver,
1964-68. Exterior form based on the American
Indian kiva ruins located nearby. To be renovated
and re-used under current General Management Plan.
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| Mount Rainier
National Park, Washington |
 Whimberley,
Whisenand, Allison & Tong, Honolulu, McGuire & Muri, Tacoma,
Washington, 1964-67. To be demolished under current General Management
Plan. |
| Mount Rushmore
National Memorial, South Dakota
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 WODC,
Cecil Doty, Harold Spitznagel & Associates, Sioux Falls, 1957-63.
Featured in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
Demolished in 1994. |
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Petrified Forest
National Park, Painted Desert Community, Arizona
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 Neutra
and Alexander, Los Angeles, 1959-63. |
| Sitka National
Historical Park, Alaska |
 WODC,
Cecil Doty, John Morse & Associates, Seattle, 1963-64/1968 |
| Wright Brothers
National Memorial, North Carolina |
 Mitchell/Giurgola,
1957-1960. Concrete structure of the Philadelphia School, inspired
by modern airports of the period. Determined eligible for the National
Register of Historic Places. Currently under consideration as
a National Historic Landmark. |
| Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming |
 Old
Faithful Visitor Center, San Francisco Planning and Service Center,
1968-70. To be demolished under current
General Management Plan. |
| Zion National
Park, Utah |
 Oak
Creek Visitor Center, WODC, Cecil Doty, Cannon and Mullen, Salt Lake
City, 1957-61. Closed in 1999, now being renovated as a museum of
human history at Zion National Park. |
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