National and State Register
Superintendent’s Residence, Great Sand Dunes National Monument
Alamosa County
Constructed in the Territorial Adobe style, the building features a gabled roof, an Anglo modification of the traditional Hispanic flat roof.
The building was the largest project undertaken by the WPA during its late 1930s work at Great Sand Dunes. It represents the Rustic Movement, championed by the National Park Service’s first director, Stephen T. Mather, who advocated the use of native materials and vernacular building traditions wherever possible. There is an adjacent fee station.
National Register
Address
Colo. Hwy. 150, southwest of Mosca
Site Number
5AL.414