Hopi House

Hopi House was built in 1905 to sell Hopi work to railroad tourists, and its history holds both admiration and appropriation. The Fred Harvey Company architect Mary Jane Colter modeled it closely on the centuries-old Hopi village at Orayvi on Third Mesa, and Hopi artisans lived and worked here, making and selling pottery, weaving, and silver. It gave Hopi makers a paying audience even as it packaged their culture for a passing trade. The building stands much as it did, a careful imitation of an architecture its makers had perfected long before.

What the plaque says

Hopi House. Constructed in 1905. , Designed as living quarters for Hopi artisans and as a place to sell Hopi crafts and souvenirs, this building represents the efforts of the Fred Harvey Company to revive Southwest Indian arts and crafts. Designed by Mary Jane Colter, the building was modeled after part of the Hopi village at Third Mesa, in Oraibi. It retains much of its original appearance.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Grand Canyon (South Rim) — 0.5 mi
  A mile down through two billion years — and eleven nations' ground

More markers nearby

• Grand Canyon Village — steps away
• El Tovar Hotel — steps away
• Verkamp's Curios Store — steps away
• Grand Canyon Depot — steps away