Robert Stacy-Judd: Lake Mead Recreation Area (Lake Mead, Nev.)

After the Hoover Dam was built in the mid-1930s, Lake Mead became a popular recreation area. Stacy-Judd put forth a proposal to the National Park Service for three tourist areas: Boulder Beach, Lost City, and Pierce Ferry.

The handwritten caption for the first image above reads: "Lake Mead Recreational Area (U.S. Parks Dept.) Approx. 3 1/4 million acres. Consisting of three large resorts, approx. 150 miles apart, triangulating the Lake. Working drawings were completed and bids taken on much of the works when projects were postponed due to World War 2. Above, is Boulder Beach, spreads 4 1/2 miles along shore."

Robert Stacy-Judd, architect

Robert Stacy-Judd papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara

1938-1940

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