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Bright Angel Lodge began on this site in 1896 as a cabin and several tents. The central unit, designed by Mary Jane Colter, was built in 1935. The lodge contains some of the oldest buildings in Grand Canyon Village, now used as cabins. Two unusual fireplaces were constructed with rock native to the Grand Canyon. Its name comes from Bright Angel Creek, which John Wesley Powell named; he was the first explorer through the Inner Gorge of the Grand Canyon.
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Grand Canyon Village, Arizona · United States
