Lookout Studio
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Another Mary Colter building, Lookout Studio, perches on the rim west of Buckey O’Neill’s cabin. Completed in 1914, partly to compete with the Kolb brothers’ successful photography business, the studio displayed photographs of the canyon and featured a telescope for viewing the canyon from its balconies.
Low-roofed, with terraces constructed of the rim’s Kaibab limestone, Lookout Studio blends almost seamlessly into the landscape. The building functions as a gift shop today, and it still provides a sheltered perch from which to view mule riders and hikers descending Bright Angel Trail.
© Kathleen Bryant from Moon Grand Canyon, 4th Edition
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