Located in Grand Canyon National Park, the Hopi House sits along edge of the South Rim. The iconic landmark is one of eight buildings in the park designed by American architect and interior designer Mary E. J. Colter. During the early 1900s, Southwest Native American culture fascinated travelers and tourists arriving from the East Coast along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. The Fred Harvey Company, a hospitality oriented business, commissioned Colter, and opened the building at the beginning of 1905 to market souvenirs crafted by local Native American artisans.

Colter took inspiration from buildings in Old Oraibi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited Hopi villages within the United States, located eighty-miles west of the park. Utilizing customary and contemporary construction materials, workers built the three-story terraced structure with red sandstone, wood, and concrete. Colter designed the interior to include adobe walls, thatched ceilings, fireplaces, small windows and doorways, and a mural along the second floor stairway.

The National Park Service added the Hopi House to two separate historic landmark districts in 1987 - the Mary Jane Colter Buildings and Grand Canyon Village Historic Landmark District. Visitors can shop for souvenirs and gifts on the first floor and view Hopi religious artifacts in a scared space, called a kiva, on the second floor. The third floor contains the building manager’s apartment and remains closed to the public. Park visitors can visit the Hopi House and the rest of the South Rim year round.