Dinah the Pink Dinosaur
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Dinah the Pink Dinosaur, March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Steel, fiberglass | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subject | Dinosaur | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 12 m (40 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 4,200 pounds (1,900 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Vernal, Utah, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40°27′22.3″N 109°30′40.3″W / 40.456194°N 109.511194°W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Vernal, Utah | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dinah the Pink Dinosaur (sometimes referred to as Dinah the Dinosaur) is a 40-foot (12 m) tall anthropomorphized statue of a dinosaur, located in just off Main Street (US-40) in Vernal, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)[2]
Background
The statue weighs 4,200 pounds (1,900 kg) and is composed of steel and pink fiberglass.[3] It was originally built in 1958 to hold a sign for the Dine-A-Ville Motel[4] and served this purpose until the motel went out of business and was demolished.[5] It was later moved to a city park in the eastern part of town and now holds a sign welcoming visitors that reads "Vernal—Utah's Dinosaur Land".[6][7]
It was listed on the RHP on November 13, 2023[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 24, 2026.
- ^ "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 11/13/2023 THROUGH 11/17/2023". National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
- ^ https://ushpo.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/UT_Uintah-County_Dine-A-Ville-Statue_form.pdf section 7, p. 3 sq.
- ^ "Dinah the dino moves to new Vernal home Pink dinosaur has been a landmark in town for 40 years". Deseret News. Salt Lake City: Deseret Digital Media. The Associated Press. October 10, 1999. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ Wood, Andrew F.; Wood, Jenny L. (2004). Motel America: A State-by-state Tour Guide to Nostalgic Stopovers. Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, Inc. p. 97. ISBN 1-888054-91-3.
- ^ Bahr, Jeff (2009). Amazing and Unusual America. Chicago: Publications International, Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-4127-1683-3.
- ^ Guynn, Jessica (September 23, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Dine-A-Ville Dinosaur". National Park Service. Retrieved March 29, 2025.
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