Gallup Cultural Center
The Gallup Cultural Center has a rich history. The building is a two-story, stucco-clad building constructed in 1918 to serve as an area headquarters for the Santa Fe Railway, the successor to the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. In 1923, an adjoining structure was built to house a famed Fred Harvey hotel and restaurant complex known as “El Navajo.” Designed by the company’s Mary Colter, the hotel was dedicated during a ceremony that included a performance by local Navajo singers and “medicine men.” Much of the hotel portion of the building was demolished in 1957 to make way for a widening of U.S. Route 66.
Gallup Cultural Center201 E Highway 66
Gallup, New Mexico 87301
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