Smoke is drawn away through an offset, concealed flue. The Kiva Room features a fireplace with a large picture window directly above where the chimney would ordinarily go. The ceiling is a false structure concealing the roof structure that supports an observation deck. The main space is the Kiva Room in the base structure, apparently roofed with logs that were salvaged from the old Grandview Hotel. Tiny windows are irregularly disposed, some of which are themselves irregular in shape.
The base is arranged within a large circle with the tower to the north. The base was intentionally designed to convey a partly ruinous appearance, perhaps of an older structure on which the watchtower was later built. The structure is composed of a circular coursed masonry tower rising from a rubble base. The closest prototypes for such a structure may be found at Hovenweep National Monument. The tower was designed to resemble an Ancestral Puebloan watchtower, but its size dwarfs any known Pueblan-built tower.
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The watchtower was the last of the series of Mary Colter-designed visitor concession structures at the Grand Canyon until her renovation of the Bright Angel Lodge in 1935. The interior contains murals by Fred Kabotie. The four-story structure, completed in 1932, was designed by American architect Mary Colter, an employee of the Fred Harvey Company who also created and designed many other buildings in the Grand Canyon vicinity including Hermit's Rest and the Lookout Studio. The tower is located at Desert View, more than 20 miles (32 km) to the east of the main developed area at Grand Canyon Village, toward the east entrance to the park. Mary Jane Colter buildings ( ID87001436 )ĭesert View Watchtower, also known as the Indian Watchtower at Desert View, is a 70-foot (21 m)-high stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, United States.
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