Luhrs Building, Historic high-rise office building in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona.
The Luhrs Building is a ten-story L-shaped structure at 11 West Jefferson in Downtown Phoenix, designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the El Paso firm Trost & Trost and faced in brown brick. Marble ornamentation covers the top two floors, and a heavy cornice crowns the roofline. Local builder Jay J. Garfield was the contractor.
The building was completed in 1924 and was the tallest structure in the region between El Paso and Los Angeles at that time. Decades later it gained recognition as a historic property in 1990 and was listed on the National Register in 2024.
The Arizona Club, a private social club, occupied floors seven to ten from 1924 until 1971, with dining rooms, lounges, a library and bedrooms for members. Its departure turned the upper floors into offices. The ground floor housed the US Treasury Department from 1924 to 1935, and Standard Oil first took the sixth floor.
The building stands at 11 West Jefferson in Downtown Phoenix, on the corner of Jefferson and Central Avenue, near the light rail and bus lines. Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour opened on the ground floor on May 30, 2014, and the Moxy Phoenix Downtown hotel opened in the converted structure on December 29, 2023. The ten floors are served by elevators.
The seventh through tenth floors held the Arizona Club, with dining rooms, lounges, a library and bedrooms for members, until it moved out in 1971 and the upper floors became offices. The sixth floor was first occupied by Standard Oil, and the ground floor was leased by the US Treasury Department from 1924 to 1935.
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