Those who enjoy historic architecture or want to extend their pleasant walk through the village can continue on the south half of Loop Drive. Some of the Maswik Lodge cabins on the south side of the railroad tracks date to the village’s first motor lodge, circa 1927, later replaced by Maswik Lodge.

Past the lodge, the road enters the village’s residential area. Some 2,500 people live in Grand Canyon Village. Offices and employee housing in stone bungalows and dormitories are scattered below the ponderosa pines, most dating to the 1920–1940s. The Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900s (also known as Craftsman-style) influenced architecture in the National Park Service, which was established in 1916.

The impressive Powerhouse near the train tracks was built in Swiss chalet-style in 1926. A trompe l’oeil effect makes the building appear larger than it is.

Past the community building (1935), the mule and horse barns (ca. 1907) are wood clapboard, with massive rooftops broken by cupolas and small dormers. The road loops near the garage, built to maintain the Fred Harvey Company’s fleet of touring cars, and the Craftsman-style park operations building, constructed in 1929.

At the base of the hill where El Tovar stands, another Craftsman-style structure (ca. 1921), served originally as the administration building, then the supervisor’s residence, and now as offices for Xanterra Parks & Resorts. Though their functions have shifted with the times, many of Grand Canyon’s historic buildings still stand.