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Arizona Mid-Century Modern Domes (page 2)

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former Valley National Bank
Tempe, AZ
2004: 2024:
This Valley National Bank was designed by Weaver and Drover. It was built in 1962 and was the first geodesic dome built in Arizona. This building later housed a Bank One branch. Later, it housed the Arizona State University Visitors Information Center. In 2007, the University demolished the building for new development. However, the roof was saved and moved across the street to the ASU apartment complex, Vista del Sol, where it is used as an event area canopy. For more, see this website. [map]

Mobil gas station
Winslow, AZ
The Mobil gas station convenience store was probably another trading post originally. It is located on the road to Meteor Crater, just south of the Meteor City Trading Post described above. There was another dome like this in Houck, AZ. These dome trading posts were all probably owned by Armand Ortega. [map]

Washington Elementary School
Winslow, AZ
The Washington Elementary School was built in the 1970s. [map]

Meteor City Trading Post
Winslow, AZ
The Meteor City Trading Post, a souvenir shop, opened in 1938. The original building was replaced with this dome in 1979. The dome burned down in 1990 and was replaced. Just a few months after these photos were taken in 2012, the place closed. It has been vacant since then. In 2024, restoration of the dome began. The Trading Post is expected to reopen in 2025. There was a similar dome at the Indian City in Allentown, AZ. For more, see this website. [map]

Dinesphere
Yucca, AZ
The Dinesphere, often called the Golf Ball House, is a 40 foot in diameter geodesic sphere. It was built in 1976 as the Dinesphere nightclub and restaurant for a land development project. The Dinesphere never actually opened and the company went bankrupt around 1981. Around 1981, new owners bought it and spent about seven years converting the building into their three-story house. There is now a convenience store on the property with a few other spaceship sculptures next to it. For more, see this website. [map]

Gila Vista Junior High School
Yuma, AZ
This round, dome-topped concrete building at Gila Vista Junior High School is used as the library. It appears to be from the 1960s. [map]

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