Peach Springs Trading Post

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Peach Springs Trading Post
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Location863 W. AZ 66, Peach Springs, Arizona
Coordinates 35°31′44″N113°25′37″W / 35.52889°N 113.42694°W / 35.52889; -113.42694 Coordinates: 35°31′44″N113°25′37″W / 35.52889°N 113.42694°W / 35.52889; -113.42694
Arealess than one acre
Built1928
Built byDavis, Cecil
Architectural stylePueblo
NRHP reference No. 03001196 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Pat Haigh Stein (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peach Springs Trading Post". 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.