Peach Springs Trading Post

Peach Springs Trading Post
Location 863 W. AZ 66, Peach Springs, Arizona
Coordinates 35°31′44″N 113°25′37″W / 35.52889°N 113.42694°W / 35.52889; -113.42694Coordinates: 35°31′44″N 113°25′37″W / 35.52889°N 113.42694°W / 35.52889; -113.42694
Area less than one acre
Built 1928
Built by Davis, Cecil
Architectural style Pueblo
NRHP Reference # 03001196[1]
Added to NRHP November 21, 2003

The Peach Springs Trading Post, at 863 W AZ 66 in Peach Springs, Arizona, is a historic building built in 1928. It was built by Cecil Davis and includes Pueblo Revival architecture. It has served as a post office and a general store and also as a dwelling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

In 2003, it was owned by the Hualapai Indian Nation.[2]

A 1936 postcard image depicts young men on horseback in front of the post, with a swastika in the signage of the post in the background.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Pat Haigh Stein (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peach Springs Trading Post" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying five photos, including a 1936 postcard image that has a swastika
  3. Note: the swastika cross, while having general connotations now with Nazism, has been used by various Indian cultures with no such association; it is uncommon to see it used publicly as in the 1936 postcard included in the NRHP nomination, however.


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