Excerpt from Historic Structure Report Chinle Trading Post, Thunderbird Ranch, and Custodian's Residence Canyon De Chelly National Monument Arizona
This document was prepared as a tool to guide future management of the Site and the buildings of Thunderbird Lodge. Through the years the buildings and site have undergone considerable change. Some of those changes have been compatible while others have been incompatible with the remaining historic fabric and historic scene. This document identifies the extant pieces of historic fabric and scene and recommends ways to preserve or maintain them.
Architectural Historian Laura Soulliere Harrison wrote the Administrative Data; Historic Background and General Site Development; Summary; photographic captions; and the history sections for Site and Landscape, and Buildings. She also compiled the bibliography. Architect Beverley Spears completed the architectural drawings and charts and wrote the Existing Conditions and Recommendations sections. Historical architect Catherine Colby provided additional recommendations.
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