Luhrs Tower

Luhrs Tower
Luhrs Tower
	Art Deco style Luhrs Tower in Phoenix, Arizona.
General information
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	Phoenix, Arizona
Address	45 West Jefferson Street
Groundbreaking	March 25, 1929
Completed	December 1929
Cost	$400,000
Height	185 ft (56 m)
Technical details
Floor count	14
Lifts/elevators	2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Trost & Trost
Developer	George Luhrs Jr.
Main contractor	A. F. Wasielewski Company

Luhrs Tower is an Art Deco skyscraper office building in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It is located at the southeast corner of First Avenue and Jefferson Street, on the south side of the former Patriots Square Park.

Architecture

The building was built in 1929 by George Luhrs Jr., a prominent local Phoenix native, Stanford Law School graduate, World War I US Army 2nd Lt., businessman, and son of George Luhrs Sr., Phoenix City Councilman from 1881 to 1885. The tower reaches a height of 185 ft (56 m). Luhrs Tower has 14 stories, with symmetrical setbacks at the 8th and 11th floors.

Luhrs Tower was designed in the Art Deco style by the architectural firm of Trost & Trost in El Paso, Texas. It bears a considerable resemblance to the firm's O. T. Bassett Tower located in El Paso. The design also features several elements of Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design. A. F. Wasielewski Company of Phoenix was the general contractor.^[1]

Popular culture

The Luhrs Tower appeared in the background of a scene from the 1960 film Psycho in which the character Marion Crane (played by Janet Leigh) crossed the street with the deposit she was supposed to make for her boss.