Jonathan Cohen's photos with the keyword: Grand Canyon Village

Grand Canyon South Rim between Verkamp's and Yavapai Point

Grand Canyon South Rim between Verkamp's and Yavapai Point

Grand Canyon South Rim between Verkamp's and Yavapai Point

Grand Canyon South Rim between Verkamp's and Yavapai Point

Hopi House is located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, within Grand Canyon National Park in the U.S. state of Arizona. Built in 1904 as concessioner facilities at the South Rim were being developed, it is the first of eight projects at the Grand Canyon that were designed by architect Mary Colter. Hopi House is a stepped structure executed in sandstone of varying size, texture and coursing. The roof surfaces function as terraces in the same manner as traditional Hopi dwellings. Windows are small and sparse, with doorways on the same small scale. Interior walls are plastered with adobe, while ceilings are composed of saplings, twigs and grass covered with mud. Fireplaces are located in the corners of rooms. The old staircase to the second floor is decorated with murals by an unknown Hopi artist. The second floor houses a shrine, called a kiva, with Hopi religious artifacts. Floors on the second floor were made to look like adobe but were actually cement, which later in the 1930s the floor was laid with hard wood flooring. The third floor was used as an apartment for the building's former managers. It has since been updated and is now used as storage but a number of original features have been preserved. Most of the original furnishings in the main level, were picked out by Colter, have been preserved.

From the National Parks Service interpretive panel: "Duck on a Rock? Grand Canyon’s seemingly endless formations evoke shapes that only our imaginations can bring to life. Early mapmakers saw castles and temples in the rocks. Try taking a playful look at Grand Canyon – like imagining the shape of a duck in the rock that stands before you. Decade after decade, visitors come to this spot to look for the ‘Duck on a Rock.’ What do you see? Nothing in Grand Canyon is static. One day, the duck-like shape will take a different form as the power of erosion slowly sculpts it. Come back in 50 or 100 years and see how the duck has transformed."