![]() Converting the Painted Desert Inn to meet this need was considered but ultimately rejected. By 1950, park planners formally identified the need to locate a new headquarters in the north section of the park. Its isolated but accessible location proved to be a boon for business when the monument was expanded northward in 1931 to include the Painted Desert. ![]() The lodge and trading post, later renamed the Painted Desert Inn, became a popular stop for tourists and locals. To capitalize on the increased traffic through the region, local resident Herbert Lore built the Stone Tree House out of petrified wood just off Route 66. The federal highway passed north of the monument and connected Chicago to Los Angeles with some 400 miles of road through Arizona. Public access to the remote site was improved when Route 66 was established in the mid 1920’s. The Petrified Forest was proclaimed a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, recognizing the area’s uniqueness as the world’s largest repository of petrified wood. Petrified Forest National Park’s Painted Desert Community Complex (PDCC) is one of them. In contrast are the modernist visitor center landscapes that were designed as part of the National Park Service’s Mission 66 program. ![]() The vernacular buildings that comprise the region’s ranches, prehistoric dwellings, trading posts, and colonial sites reveal how people lived and worked on the land. are renowned for their grand landscapes, outstanding natural formations, and associations with indigenous peoples. Architect Richard Neutra and a young person sit outside the Painted Desert Community Complex Apartment wing in 1962.
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