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Bluff Historic District

Coordinates: 37°17′16″N 109°33′03″W / 37.28778°N 109.55083°W / 37.28778; -109.55083
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Bluff Historic District
Navaho Twin Rocks and the Twin Rocks Trading Post
Bluff Historic District is located in Utah
Bluff Historic District
Bluff Historic District is located in the United States
Bluff Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Main St., US 191, 2nd E. St., and the bluffs, Bluff, Utah
Coordinates37°17′16″N 109°33′03″W / 37.28778°N 109.55083°W / 37.28778; -109.55083
Area225 acres (91 ha)
Built1880
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.95001273[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 1995

The Bluff Historic District, in Bluff, Utah, is a 225 acres (91 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The district included 11 contributing buildings and six contributing sites.[1]

The district is roughly bounded by Main St., U.S. Route 191, 2nd E. St., and the bluffs.[2]

The district includes a total of 11 or 16 contributing buildings[note 1] and six contributing sites, including five properties already separately listed on the National Register. The contributing buildings are:

separately NRHP-listed. Was deteriorated and vacant in 1995.[2] Renovated since.

The six sites are:

[2]

The district includes 30 non-contributing buildings.[2]

The town's historic commercial and institutional buildings have all been demolished, including its school, church, and co-op store.[2]

The Twin Rocks Trading Post, below the Navajo Twin Rocks, is outside of the district.[2] The trading post is well known for Navajo basket and rug weaving, including those designed by artist Damian Jim.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ The NRHP document states in one place that 11 contributing buildings plus six contributing sites are included, in another that there are 42 buildings in the district. Elsewhere it states that there are 16 contributing buildings amidst 46 total buildings in the district.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Roger Roper; Deborah Hestfall (May 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluff Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2019. With accompanying 12 photos from 1994-95
  3. ^ "Traditional art made new in Utah Navajos' baskets". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2021.